Klitschko: more funding allocated to to the city reserve fund to step up the military defence and civil safety in Kyiv
13.03.2022
As the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko revealed in his Facebook post, the City Council members approved to allocate more funding to to the city reserve fund to step up the military defence and civil safety in Kyiv.
“Dear frіends! Thank you that during this difficult time for both our country and its capital city, a majority of Kyiv City Council members remain in the city and work to reinforce the defensive measures and ensure the safety of Kyivans,” he addressed the attendees of the session.
Today 68 City Council members from all factions gathered for a City Council meeting and approved to allocate more funding to the ₴250 million city reserve fund to step up the military defence and civil safety in Kyiv. In particular, public transportation, including the metro which operates also as a shelter and a bus transportation authority that helps evacuate people from Hostomel, Bucha, Vorzel and Irpin will receive a wartime infusion. Additional funding is being earmarked to ensure the stable electricity/ heat supply in Kyiv as well as to accommodate other important city needs. Now the reserve fund totals ₴1.3 billion.
He also pointed out, that the City Council called on the sister cities of Kyiv to appeal to their governments for closing the air space over Ukraine or providing Ukraine with fighter jets and air-defence systems.
Also, the City Council members addressed their peers from Minsk which is a sister city of Ukraine’s capital. “We know that ordinary Belarusians do not want war and would resist Russia’s provocations and attempts to bring them into war against Ukraine,” announced Klitschko.