The Ministry of the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine currently employs 85 people and only one person works in an office located in Donetsk region Eugene Vilinsky, the first deputy chairman of Donetsk regional military-civil administration, described the situation in the Ministry.
– A year ago, the ministry bragged that its main office would be in Donbas. So what? Today one person from the Ministry works in Donetsk region. Isn’t effective as it was promised? – Evgeny Vilinsky said.
The ministry’s budget for 2017 is UAH 25.3 million. According to Georgy Tuka, the deputy head of this ministry, the amount is barely enough for salaries and rent of several offices in the center of Kyev.
Evgeny Vilinsky also said that the ministry is disable to achieve the state target program for the restoration and development in Donbas amounted UAH 48.7 billion during 2017-2020.
In the middle of last year Donetsk and Lugansk regions received additionally to its budgets UAH 3.6 billion for approved projects to restore infrastructure and housing. Later, the inter ministries commission revealed that the local administrations had managed to spend only 5% and 14% respectively donated amounts.
Let’s remind, earlier it was informed, that in the Lugansk area social payments for 60 thousand internally displaced persons are suspended.
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