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"Thanks to the financial decentralization reform and the support of local governments, a record UAH 9 billion has been allocated this year, while last year there was UAH 7.2 billion available to prepare the country for the heating season. We have already transferred the money," the prime minister said at a government meeting on Wednesday.

Read alsoUkraine boasts gas reserves at 15 bcmAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian Minister for Regional Development, Construction, and Housing, Deputy Prime Minister Hennady Zubko has said the readiness of the housing and communal services of Ukraine for the heating season of 2017/2018 is 95.6%.