Ukraine has deployed 5,200 POPs throughout Ukraine, which have been used by 100,000 people over the past two weeks, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said at a briefing in Kiev on Friday.
“We are tirelessly preparing for different scenarios of events, deploying more and more Indestructibility Points throughout the country. Over the past two weeks, 100,000 people have already used them. As of today, 5,248 points have been set up. All the points are provided with generators,” he said.
Thus, 4098 points were equipped by regional military administrations in cooperation with communities, 1028 points were provided by the State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies.
Timoshenko added that there are 1.3 million places for internally displaced persons in 15 regions. According to his data, 89% of them are occupied, most of all – in Vinnitsa, Poltava, Lviv, Cherkasy, Khmelnitsky and Kirovograd regions.
At the same time the largest number of vacancies is in Rivne, Zakarpattia, Odessa, Zhytomyr, Poltava and Volyn regions.
The deputy head of the OP added that the evacuation from the territories of active hostilities continues. Since August 2, 317,800 people have been evacuated, including 76,000 children, 8,000 people with disabilities.
