Denmark: Siltanews – News Desk
The mayors of Bashtanka and Pervomaisk went to Denmark together with the head of Mykolaiv RMA. They presented investment proposals from their communities to partners.
The video of the visit was published by the head of the region Vitaly Kim in his Telegram channel.
In addition to Oleksandr Berehovyi and Oleh Demchenko, the deputy mayor of Mykolaiv Serhii Koreniev can also be seen in the footage.
They presented investment proposals from their communities — Pervomaisk, Voznesensk, Bashtanka, Kobleve, and Mykolaiv. In particular, partners were invited to participate in the supervision of project implementation.
Vitalii Kim also reported that Mykolaiv region is now moving to a new level of cooperation with Denmark — a community-commune. Such a model of cooperation will make it possible to receive assistance that best meets the needs of an individual community.
According to this principle, the authorities want to proceed to the strategic planning of assistance to partners for the next three years.
Back in March 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking before the Danish parliament, called on the country to take «chiefship» over Mykolaiv after the end of a full-scale war.
And already at the end of August 2022, the mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych and the Minister of International Development of Denmark Flemming Møller Mortensen signed a memorandum of cooperation. It envisages joint work on the formation of reconstruction projects and the involvement of investors from different countries in the restoration of Mykolaiv.
In January 2023, a meeting of representatives of Denmark and Ukraine took place in Mykolaiv regarding the planning of further restoration of the city. And in July, the Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark announced a package of aid for the Mykolaiv region for special equipment, medical equipment and repair of shelters.
Last September, after a meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the opening of the office of the Danish Embassy in Ukraine in Mykolaiv.
And at the beginning of November, Denmark announced a new large-scale aid package to Ukraine for 40.2 million euros. At that time, it was reported that the main focus of the aid package was on Mykolaiv and the region.
In January 2024, the Kingdom of Denmark allocated another 21 million dollars to the reconstruction of the Mykolaiv region. In May — 17.2 million dollars for the reconstruction of destroyed educational institutions in the region, and in June — 33.5 million euros for the restoration of infrastructure and improving access to water and electricity supply.
In general, about 60% of the aid that Denmark sends to Ukraine goes to Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region, said the ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Denmark has provided 118 million dollars in aid to the Mykolaiv region. He also stated his vision of the post-war reconstruction of Mykolaiv with friendly conditions for pedestrians and bicycle infrastructure.
While in Mykolaiv, the ambassador explained that after the end of the full-scale war, Denmark would help Mykolaiv to restore and modernize its shipbuilding capacity.