The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Order No. 239-r dated 18 March 2026, which approved the allocation of a state budget subsidy to local budgets to implement a public investment project designed to ensure safe conditions in educational establishments.

This relates to the arrangement of bomb shelters in general secondary schools (in particular military lyceums and lyceums with enhanced military and physical training), as well as in preschools.

The total amount of the subsidy for 2026 is UAH 2,037,227,721.

The funds have been allocated among 24 community budgets and the regional budgets of Vinnytsia and Lviv regions.

Who will receive the largest amounts of the subsidy:

• Zaporizhzhia urban community — UAH 387,389,662
• Sumy urban community — UAH 323,214,603
• Lozova urban community (Kharkiv region) — UAH 214,171,843
• Slobozhanske urban community (Kharkiv region) — UAH 125,907,001
• Mena urban community (Chernihiv region) — UAH 99,260,074

Other beneficiary communities include:

• Vinnytsia region (regional budget) — UAH 83,983,062
• Mykolaiv urban community — UAH 20,474,608
• Bereznehuvate settlement community (Mykolaiv region) — UAH 72,784,276
• Dubrovytsia urban community (Rivne region) — UAH 61,316,077
• Kodyma urban community (Odesa region) — UAH 41,533,732
• Lyman settlement community (Odesa region) — UAH 53,231,453
• Ratne settlement community (Volyn region) — UAH 4,323,899
• Solone settlement community (Dnipropetrovsk region) — UAH 30,732,48
• Mykhailo-Lukasheve rural community (Zaporizhzhia region) — UAH 5,385,929
• Stare Selo rural community (Rivne region) — UAH 9,880
• Berezove rural community (Rivne region) — UAH 79,201,763
• Donets settlement community (Kharkiv region) — UAH 91,532,438
• Valky urban community (Kharkiv region) — UAH 68,642,561
• Vilkhivka rural community (Kharkiv region) — UAH 29,481,475
• Kharkiv urban community — UAH 87,125,372
• Veyka Oleksandrivka settlement community (Kherson region) — UAH 23,540,647
• Novovorontsovka settlement community (Kherson region) — UAH 54,393,22
• Chornobaivka rural community (Kherson region) — UAH 53,463,441
• Lviv region (regional budget) — UAH 16,258,125

This decision marks a further step by the state towards safeguarding children’s right to a safe educational environment, even under martial law. The arrangement of modern bomb shelters will expand opportunities for in-person learning and protect the lives and health of those involved in the educational process.