The government has approved the creation of national recovery brigades
The Cabinet of Ministers supported the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development’s initiative to create national recovery teams and approved the mechanism for implementing this project. The new teams are expected to help speed up the restoration of damaged infrastructure and address the consequences of war-related destruction.
This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery and Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba.
“We are scaling up last year’s successful experience, when we mobilized more than 2,000 specialists from across Ukraine to address the consequences of shelling in the capital,” he wrote.
National brigades will make it possible to quickly mobilize qualified specialists, machinery, and equipment from various regions to where they are most needed.
The focus will be specifically on restoring heating, water, and electricity infrastructure, sewage systems, and residential buildings damaged by Russian attacks.
Ukrzaliznytsia will coordinate the formation of these brigades. They will include specialists from companies with experience in emergency repair and restoration work.
In 2026, the project will be funded from the state budget’s reserve fund and local budgets.
“This new mechanism will significantly reduce the time needed to address the aftermath of attacks and strengthen communities’ ability to respond to emergencies,” Kuleba concluded.
Read also:
A trend to restrict smartphones in schools is gaining momentum worldwide. According to UNESCO, by the end of 2024, 79 education systems (about 40% of the world’s) already had bans or restrictions on the use of phones in schools.
Back in 2020, Member of Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada proposing to ban the use of mobile devices and other internet-connected gadgets in schools during class.
China’s Ministry of Education has banned elementary and secondary school students from using cell phones on school grounds.
