«There is no money», — Kim said that this year there will be no free firewood for residents of Mykolaiv

This year, Mykolaiv Oblast will not be able to provide free firewood to households that were left without heating as a result of Russian aggression. We are talking, in particular, about de-occupied settlements.

The head of Mykolaiv RMA Vitalii Kim told about this at a briefing, «NikVesti» writes.

We will remind that last year in 2022, in some communities of the region, firewood was distributed free of charge to people who were forced to remain without electricity and heating.

According to Vitalii Kim, this year the budget does not have enough funds for the purchase of firewood for the population.

— Unfortunately, this year there is no subvention for the purchase of firewood. We provided 6.5 thousand cubic meters of wood to our forest farms so that the price was lower than the market price, everything was reserved, everything was signed and agreed, but now there is no money for the purchase, — he said.

We will remind, earlier the head of the Mykolayiv RMA Vitalii Kim reported that the Mykolayiv region is 86% ready for the upcoming heating season, which was supposed to start in October.

As you know, in Mykolaiv CHP has once again dug up Mariupolska Street to replace 300 meters of pipe — the work is promised to be completed before the beginning of the heating season.

We remind that, according to the mayor of the city Oleksandr Sienkevych, the previous heating season was difficult, but we managed to cope with all emergency situations.

Earlier it was reported that 11 tons of equipment from Denmark were delivered to Ukraine for the establishment of water supply and heating in Mykolaiv.

We would like to remind you that today the debt of Mykolaiv residents for heat supply to PJSC «Mykolaivska CHP» reaches 234 million hryvnias.

It is worth noting that «Mykolaivoblteploenerho» signed acts of readiness for the heating season for only 19 apartment buildings. A total of 1,247 buildings are serviced by the enterprise.

It was previously reported that as of October of this year, «Mykolaivoblteploenerho» will need 455 million hryvnias to repay the debt between the approved and economically justified tariff.

Also, the head of «Energoatom» Petro Kotin said that the company is currently making efforts to ensure the operation of all nine power units of nuclear power plants located on the territory controlled by Ukraine during the heating season.

We remind, in July of this year, «Ukrenerho», together with the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Finance, signed two agreements with the World Bank on the allocation of grant aid to the company in the amount of 240 million to increase the reliability of the energy system.

It should be noted that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a decision to ensure the unchanged heat tariffs for the population in the new heating season.

Earlier it was reported that the worst situation in Ukraine with preparations for the new heating season is in the border regions with Russia, as well as in the front-line territories. In Mykolaiv, the situation is more or less stable.

In addition, the United Nations has launched an initiative to raise $268 million to support Ukraine during the heating season.