Zelensky in a speech to the Ukrainians explained how he wants to deal with accommodation in the devastated cities TVNOVINY.sk – TVNOVINY.sk

And to whom will they allocate new flats and houses first. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government had begun planning Ukraine’s post-war future. The American news television CNN reported about it. In an address published on Sunday night, Zelensky informed that he had a meeting on Saturday dedicated to the “reconstruction of our cities”. He acknowledged that it was “a huge amount of work, but (it is) still less than defending the state in the war.” According to CNN Zelensky, he called the current period a “historic moment, a moment when we can solve many old problems once and for all” and start with a “real modernization of our cities.” He mentioned in this context “good spatial planning where it did not exist”, taking into account transport flows, guaranteeing energy efficiency, the use of environmentally friendly materials and inclusiveness. He also recalled the problems people struggle with when trying to raise money to have their own apartment or build a house. He said he had set himself the task of providing temporary housing to all internally displaced people whose homes had been destroyed in the war. He explained that it would be temporary housing “until we rebuild their houses”. According to him, the priority should be apartments and houses for war veterans or those who have worked or are working in the interest of society and do not have their own housing. Zelenskyj also informed that the construction of monuments is planned, one of which “will testify to the destroyed bridge in the Kiev region, which connected the cities of Irpin and Bucha with Kiev”. CNN recalled that the bridge was an escape route for thousands of civilians who fled the Russian bombing in March. In his speech, the Ukrainian president also addressed the situation in the besieged port city of Mariupol. He called it “still very difficult”. “It is simply inhumane. The Russian Federation has done so. Deliberately. And it is consciously continuing to destroy cities. It is consciously trying to destroy everyone there,” Zelensky said. He said that “there are only two ways” to influence the situation in the city. “Either partners will provide Ukraine with all the heavy weapons and aircraft it needs, without exaggeration immediately, so that we can reduce the pressure on the Mariupol attackers and end the blockade,” Zelenskyj said. He cited negotiations as a second solution, in which Ukraine’s partners should also play a decisive role. At the same time, the Ukrainian president declared: “Since the beginning of the Mariupol blockade, there has been no day that we do not seek a solution. Militaryly or diplomatically – anything that is needed to save the people.” He added that finding such a solution is very difficult. So far, he said, “there are no completely real options,” neither in the military nor in the diplomatic field.