The mayor of Chernihiv told how many years it will take to restore the city

The mayor of Chernigov, Vladislav Atroshenko, said that in order to rebuild the city destroyed by Russian troops, it would take at least four years. Ukrinform writes about this.

He noted that this period is relevant if the funds for the restoration of the regional center will be allocated quickly and they will come in full.

However, the reality may be different, because, for example, in Ukraine there are no technologies yet for dismantling damaged "powerful concrete houses" located surrounded by other high-rise buildings, he admitted.

Therefore, now the city authorities systematize data on the destruction.

The mayor noted that the format for fixing the damage caused to the city should be agreed upon at the level of the international expert community, or with the involvement of foreign specialists. This is necessary so that the damages caused by the communal premises, infrastructure facilities, schools, hospitals, residential buildings and the like are properly documented and documented.

The war is not over yet. She could be back any minute. Indirectly confirming the horrors that Chernihiv endured, we see from the number of crates of Russian weapons after artillery and mortar shelling, discovered during the cleansing of the suburbs. These are thousands of shells of caliber 152, thousands of mines of 120 caliber, - the mayor said.

In addition, approximately 150 high-rise residential buildings were seriously damaged.

There are no people to calculate all this, a very large amount of work. Huge losses - tens of billions of hryvnia. Just to rebuild the thermal power plant, about 200-300 million euros are needed, - Atroshenko said.

Also, the mayor stressed that the condition of the damaged buildings and communications will have to be carefully studied by experts before starting restoration work.