On 19 September, members of the Varash city council voted for giving consent to access the village of Zabolottsi village council to the city. Consequently, Varash became the first city of oblast significance in the Rivne Oblast, which began the process of forming an amalgamated hromada.

It is worth mentioning that on 21 May this year Roman Hondoka, the Zabolottsi village head, has initiated such accession by issuing a corresponding order. According to the Rivne Local Government Development Centre, established with the support of the U-LEAD with Europe Programme and MinRegion, a positive decision of the city council became possible only after reforming the parliamentary corps of Varash.

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