UAH 83.3 million allocated by Cabinet of Ministers to complete construction of fortifications in Zaporizhzhia
On March 28, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allocated UAH 83.3 million to complete the construction of fortifications in the Zaporizhzhia region.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk.
"UAH 83 million 320,735 thousand has been allocated on a non-refundable basis from the state budget reserve fund to the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration (for the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration) to implement measures related to strengthening the state's defense capability, to complete the construction of military engineering and fortification structures, fortification equipment for defensive borders, and to install a system of non-explosive barriers," Melnychuk wrote.
Construction of fortifications
In early December, Servant of the People People's Deputy Mariana Bezuhla said that two years after the liberation of Kharkiv region from the enemy, no fortifications have been built on the Oskil River and on the border with Russia.
The Financial Times reported that the defense lines on the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region are still unfinished, and there are gaps between Velyka Novosilka, Kurakhove and Pokrovsk that could become a critical vulnerability in the event of a Russian offensive.
Yurii Butusov, editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, said that the Russian occupiers seized a key fortified area near Pokrovsk without a fight due to the actions of the Ukrainian command.
To recap, the construction of fortifications in Mykolaiv region has been completed in full, and in Zaporizhzhia region the work is at the final stage. As of December 5, 2024, the Prime Minister reported that the construction of fortifications in the Kharkiv region was 99.9% complete.
