Mykolaiv airport will need €13 million to rebuild destroyed airport

Mykolaiv International Airport after the fighting. Photo: archive NikVesti April, 2022

Mykolaiv Airport, which was destroyed at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, needs €13 million to restore its operations.

This is stated in the Mykolaiv Region Development Strategy until 2027, according to NikVesti.

Direct hits from shells and missiles damaged important airport facilities, including the airport terminal complex, lighting and radio equipment, the apron and the fire station.

The technical condition of the airport currently prevents it from operating normally, and many areas need urgent restoration.

According to the technical report, the total cost of infrastructure restoration is approximately 13 million hryvnias.

As a reminder, on 13 February, Mykolaiv Regional Council amended the Regional Development Strategy until 2027.

Mykolaiv International Airport after the fighting. Photo: archive NikVesti April, 2022

Mykolaiv International Airport after the fighting. Photo: archive NikVesti April, 2022

Mykolaiv International Airport after the fighting. Photo: archive NikVesti April, 2022

Mykolaiv International Airport after the fighting. Photo: archive NikVesti April, 2022

As you know, in early March 2022, fierce fighting broke out on the territory of Mykolaiv International Airport between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian occupiers.

The Ukrainian defenders managed to repel the enemy's attacks and prevent them from taking up positions in an important strategic point. However, as a result of the battle, the airport was subjected to devastating shelling by Russian troops and was effectively destroyed. To see what Mykolaiv International Airport looks like after the fighting, see the photo report NikVesti.

In 2023, the Mykolaiv Regional Council included the restoration of the airport in its action programme. The restoration of the enterprise involves ensuring a high level of flight safety, regularity of flights, and improving the quality of service and service culture.

In summer 2020, the airport received its first scheduled flight from Kyiv for the first time in 13 years. To make this happen, money was raised from across the region to repair the terminal and runway, including from the regional, district, city and village budgets.

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For several years, people from Mykolaiv flew from here to Turkey, Egypt, and Kyiv. Just a month before the outbreak of full-scale war, on 23 January, «Motor Sich» launched a regular flight to Kyiv, and the day before «Mykolaiv International Airport» was approved in advance to be included in the state airport development programme for 2022.

The director of a non-operational airport in Mykolaiv received almost ₴700 thousand in salary last year

In 2023, Volodymyr Berko earned almost 700 thousand hryvnias as director of a non-operational airport.

According to his declaration, the director of the regional utility company does not own any real or personal property. Since 1999, Volodymyr Berko has been using a 51.1 square metre apartment in Mykolaiv. The owners of the apartment are listed in the declaration as Olena and Liudmyla Berko.

Volodymyr Berko is also a member of the car garage co-operative «Sapel-4» in Mykolaiv, where he has the right to use two garages with a total area of 42 square metres.

Since 2008, Volodymyr Berko has been using a 2007 Chery Tiggo. The owner of the vehicle in the official's declaration is Olena Berko.

Volodymyr Berko has no monetary assets. He also received a pension of 83,810 hryvnias.