Lithuania will help rebuild war-damaged schos in de-occupied territories

This is said in a statement issued by the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Develment flowing the meeting of agency representatives with a delegation of the Republic of Lithuania, Ukrinform reports.

"Lithuania is joining the reconstruction of schos destroyed as a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine," the report says.

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It is noted that joint projects between Ukraine and Lithuania are already ongoing. The Lithuanian Central Project Management is invved in the reconstruction of schos in Avdiivka and Borodianka.

"This year, the experience of coeration can be scaled to 11 key most war-torn regions: Kherson, Mykaiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipretrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions," the report says.

The local self-government of Lithuania’s capital can provide technical support to facilitate the rapid implementation of reconstruction projects. In particular, coeration with Lithuania will help provide Ukrainian communities with readymade projects for educational institutions.

The Agency for Reconstruction is currently working out the needs of communities and regional military administrations in the specified regions and is forming a portfio of projects for 2023.

As reported, as of the end of 2022, more than 2,600 educational institutions were damaged and 406 were destroyed completely in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion. As many as 12,902 schos are erating in the government-contrled territory.