Security Assessment of Hromadas


📐 Civil Network OPORA initiated the development of the security audit matrix — a tool using objective criteria to identify the feasibility for holding elections in a Hromada. It involves a comprehensive study of the social, economic, political, and security situation, with a special focus on the territory most affected by the war.

The development of the security audit matrix does not imply any launch of the election process. However, since the organization of the first post-war elections will be accompanied by numerous challenges, such as security-related ones, the solutions shall be considered in advance.

The application of the security audit will help avoid the hands-on management and ensure the predictability of decisions for election organizers, citizens, and international partners.

The suggested methodology implies a comprehensive and easy-to-apply approach, such as quick data collection, efficient use of resources, and decision-making at the level of individual polling stations and Hromadas. We are certain the approach will strengthen trust in the election process and foster civil control.


🔍 In March and April 2025, Civil Network OPORA conducted the safety audits in 4 Hromadas: Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Poltava, and Snihurivka. The dashboard presents the brief findings and conclusions of OPORA experts.


Zaporizhzhia


 

Zaporizhzhia city territorial Hromada is located in the south-east of Ukraine, within the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and is part of the newly established Zaporizhzhia Raion.

The Hromada has a strategically favorable geographical location. It is situated on the banks of the Dnipro River, a main waterway of Ukraine. The administrative center of the Hromada is the Zaporizhzhia city.

The Hromada is located in the close vicinity to the area of hostilities, 33 km from the front line.

Zaporizhzhia city territorial Hromada is a mono-community, with only one settlement, the city of Zaporizhzhia.

The Hromada is divided into seven districts situated on both banks of the Dnipro river. Each district has its own district administration. The Hromada borders with several neighbouring Hromadas: Shyrokivska (Shyroke) and Mykhaylivska (Mykhaylivka) Hromadas in the north, Kushuhumska (Kushuhum) Hromada in the south, Matviyivska (Matviyivka) and Stepnenska (Stepne) Hromadas in the west, and Dolynska (Dolynske) Hromada in the east. The total area of the Hromada is 311.7 km².

As of January 1, 2022,the population of Zaporizhzhia city territorial Hromada was 710,052 persons. The full-scale invasion caused massive relocation of citizens to safer areas in Ukraine and out of the country. The precise numbers on the current population is not available since under the martial law and the ongoing migration processes, no census can be possible. However, in the reply to OPORA’s information request, the Executive Committee of Zaporizhzhia City Council informed that as of April 2025, the number of registered persons in the register of the territorial Hromada was 626,412.

With the start of the full-scale invasion, the Hromada became one of the key centers welcoming the internally displaced persons. At the same time, according to the official information from the Social Security Department of Zaporizhzhia City Council, as of April 2025, the number of registered IDPs was 152,781.

Following the local elections held in October 2020, Volodymyr Buriak (Volodymyr Buriak’s Yednannia Party) was elected mayor of Zaporizhzhia city territorial community for the second time, winning the support of almost 60% of voters. In September 2021, he resigned, after which the Secretary of the City Council, Anatoliy Kurtiev (Servant of the People party) took over as mayor. The next change in the community’s management took place on April 24, 2024, when Regina Kharchenko (Servant of the People party) was elected as the new Secretary of the City Council and the Acting Mayor.

The Zaporizhzhia City Council of the VIII convocation includes representatives of six political forces. Volodymyr Buriak’s Yednannia Party won the most votes – 20.88%. The second place was taken by the Opposition Platform – For Life, with 16.91%, and the third place was gained by the Servant of the People party, receiving 15.86%. Next follow the European Solidarity (with 13.63%), New Politics (with 6.25%), and Shariy’s Party (with 5.27%).

Zaporizhzhia City Territorial Hromada is one of Ukraine’slargest administrative, industrial, and cultural centers. As the Oblast capital, Zaporizhzhia has a significant impact on the surrounding territories. The catchment area includes 14 cities, 23 townships, and a high number of village-type settlements. The total population in the agglomeration is over 1.68 mln persons. 

The economy of Zaporizhzhia Hromada is dominated by heavy industry. The key industries are:

  • Metallurgical complex: Manufacture of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ferroalloys, rolled steel, and aluminum.
  • Machine building: Aircraft engine building, transformer production, aircraft repair.
  • Energy: Electricity generation.
  • Processing industry: Metalworking, coke and refractory production, and food processing.

Since the first days of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, and as of April 2025, the city of Zaporizhzhia has been systematically shelled and air raided by Russian occupation forces. Both critical infrastructure and civilian buildings, including residential buildings, are targeted. The attacks result in significant destruction and civilian casualties.

As a result of numerous missile attacks and unmanned aerial vehicle strikes, apartment buildings and private homes in different parts of the city were damaged. According to the official information provided by the Executive Committee of Zaporizhzhia City Council in response to OPORA’s request, as of April 2025, 1,043 apartment buildings and 2,178 private households were damaged by shelling in the community. 19 apartment buildings were partially destroyed, and another 35 private houses were completely destroyed.

  • ⚔️ he key security challenge for the community is the frequent Russian shelling of the city’s civilian infrastructure and the city’s proximity to the front line (about 30 kilometers). Thus, in January-April 2025, the Russian army shelled the Hromada at least 14 times using various types of weapons (ballistic missiles, GBUs, UAVs). As a result, at least several dozen civilians were killed and 249 people were injured.

  • 🚗 The community can be safely reached by motorways, and its territory is not contaminated by explosive ordnance. However, it should be noted that the community and the surrounding area are subject to regular shelling, and therefore, there are potential risks of unexploded cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance in certain areas and roads.

  • 👮 Units of the National Police and the State Emergency Service are functioning as usual. National Police units respond promptly to calls. Patrol police response teams arrive at the scene within the established standards. The average arrival time is 12 minutes and 47 seconds.

  • 🏛️ The Zaporizhzhia City Hromada has maintained a stable functioning of basic services: banks, post office, medical facilities, and centers for administrative services are open. Citizens have access to cash, transportation, and administrative services, despite some reduction in routes and medical resources. The healthcare system remains functional.

  • 🗳️ Election infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia has not suffered any severe damage from Russia’s full-scale invasion. However, alternative premises need to be found for polling stations No. 231109 and No. 231110, since they are not usable.

  • 🏫 Zaporizhzhia Hromada has 109 municipal facilities of secondary education, 82 of which have equipped bomb shelters. Following the Russian aggression, 51 schools were damaged, but the education process continues. In this regard, 27 schools in the Hromada need to furnish the bomb shelters.

  • 📉 The Hromada is losing teachers; their numbers have dropped since 2021. Thus, in September 2021, 4,083 teachers worked in the Hromada. As of March 2025, there were 3,273 teachers. The downward trend can also be observed among the healthcare professionals. As of January 1, 2022, 2,198 doctors worked in the Hromada; in 2025, 1,968.

  • 🙋 Despite the drop in population and the decrease in the number of teachers, Zaporizhzhia Hromada still has the capacity to recruit members for election commissions.

  • ✅ Zaporizhzhia City Hromada generally shows the readiness for conducting elections in case the security situation improves. Electoral infrastructure was not seriously damaged, and the bomb shelter system ensures a basic level of protection for elections.

🔍 Read the full report on the Hromada.


Kryvyi Rih


 

The Kryvyi Rih City Territorial Hromada is located on the right bank of the Dnipro River, in the southwestern part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Kryvyi Rih. The distance from it to the center of the region (Dnipro city) by road is 146 km. Most of the Hromada’s territory is located within 70 km of the front line (according to DeepState).

The Hromada covers an area of 431.9 km². It consists of 6 settlements: the city of Kryvyi Rih, the villages of Hirnykove, Avanhard, Kolomiytseve, and the villages of Novoivanivka and Ternuvatyi Kut.

As of the beginning of the full-scale war, according to the Register of the Territorial Hrmada and the Registration Department of the Executive Committee of the Kryvyi Rih City Council, the community was home to 680,000 people. There is no information on the exact population as of 2025. As of March 2025, the Hromada had 84,500 registered internally displaced persons.

Since 2021, the acting mayor has been the secretary of the city council, Yuriy Vilkul (mayor of Kryvyi Rih in 2010-2020, elected from the party “Vilkul’s Bloc ‘Ukrainian Perspective’”), who administered the community after the death of the mayor, Kostyantyn Pavlov (Opposition Platform - For Life), in August 2021.

No military administration was established in the Kryvyi Rih city Hromada. In March 2022, the City Defense Council was established in Kryvyi Rih, run by Oleksandr Vilkul, a member of parliament of three convocations from the now banned pro-Russian political parties Party of Regions and Opposition Bloc, leader of the Vilkul Bloc ‘Ukrainian Perspective’, and son of Yuriy Vilkul. In 2023, the representatives of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration claimed that the position of “Head of the Defense Council of Kryvyi Rih” does not exist, so they checked Oleksandr Vilkul’s credentials, but in the end, there was no clear answer from the OMA. On the other hand, the Kryvyi Rih City Council emphasizesthe legitimaxcy of their decision. 

Following the 2020 local elections, Kryvyi Rih city council consisted of 5 factions: “Vilkul’s Block ‘Ukrainian Perspective’” (19 mandates), “Servant of the People” (16 mandates), ‘OPFL’ (9 mandates), “Power of People” (5 mandates) and “European Solidarity” (5 mandates). In March 2022, MPs left the banned OPFL faction and created the “For Kryvbas, For Ukraine” group.

The share of the mining and metallurgical complex is 86% of the city’s total industrial output. Kryvyi Rih is home to 8 of Ukraine’s 11 iron ore mining and processing enterprises. The main one is ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the largest mining and metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine. Due to Russia’s full-scale invasion, its metallurgical production decreased by 50%, while mining production dropped by 25%. The Ingulets Mining and Processing Plant, part of the Metinvest mining and metals group, is also idle due to electricity restrictions.

According to the city authorities, as of March 2025, Russian shelling damaged 3,000 facilities in the city, of which 2,660 are residential houses. 

The Kryvyi Rih Hromad is often under attack by Russian forces. In January-March 2025, the air alert was announced in the Hromada 434 times, and the alerts lasted 804 hours (33 days) in total. Between January and March 2025, the Russian army fired 11 times at the Hromada using point weapons (Iskander missiles) and drones. As a result, 101 people were affected: 13 people were killed and 88 were injured. On April 4, 2025, a ballistic attack on a residential area of the city killed 20 people, including 9 children. 80 peole were injured. 

According to the Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih Hromada is not mine contaminated, and safe movement between settlements is possible.

  • ⚠️ During January-March 2025, the Russian army struck the Hromada 11 times. Most of the attacks were carried out with the use of ballistic weapons (Iskander missile systems), which makes it virtually impossible for citizens to respond quickly to the threat, as the missile reaches the target in a few minutes after launch.

  • 📊 Kryvyi Rih city Hromada gains the required number of points in the Socio-Economic Situation and Democratic Processes sections. At the same time, the audit revealed a number of problems that affect the safety of residents (insufficient number of shelters, in particular near polling stations, recorded cases of attempted terrorist attacks, threats or violence against law enforcement officers and public figures).

  • 🛡️ Information on the number of equipped shelters in the Hromada varies depending on the source. For example, according to the city council website, as of the end of 2024, 376 simple shelters were registered in Kryvyi Rih. At the same time, the website of the municipal enterprise “Center for Electronic Services” records 324 such shelters. 

  • 🛡️ As for the total number of protective facilities, the website of the Kryvyi Rih City Council states that the Hromada has 699 protective facilities. On the other hand, in an interview in November 2024, the acting mayor Yuriy Vilkul noted that 785 shelters had been arranged in Kryvyi Rih.

  • 👥 It remains problematic to provide shelters for Hromada residents - according to various sources, the existing protective structures can accommodate only 63 to 73 thousand people (covering about 10% of the Hromada population).

  • 📝 230 out of 272 regular polling stations in the Hromada (84.6%) have at least one shelter within 1.5 kilometers. These shelters can accommodate at least 20% of voters living within the respective territory.

  • 🏚 The electoral infrastructure is almost intact. As of April 2025, out of 296 polling stations in the Hromada, 3 were destroyed, and 19 were damaged and need repairs. Solutions need to be sought to ensure the electoral process on the territory of 3 polling stations and to implement a comprehensive program to restore those polling stations that have been damaged.

  • ️️🏫 Schoolchildren in the Hromada study in a hybrid format. Shelters are provided for 90 pre-school education institutions (59% of the total) and 107 general secondary education institutions (85% of the total). About 50% of students can stay in school shelters at one time.

  • 🏢 Government bodies, such as ASCs, Pension Fund and State Treasury offices, as well as service providers such as banks, post offices, etc. operate stably in Kryvyi Rih.

  • ⏳ However, due to the large number of air alerts and the increased danger to the region, the working hours of these institutions are limited, which reduces the level of access to services for citizens.

  • 🚒 The Hromada is equipped with the upgraded air raids alert system, emergency services (SESU, emergency ambulances, and police) function on a high level and had been involved in the recovery after Russian shelling.

🔍 Read the full report on the Hromada.


Poltava


 

Poltava city territorial Hromada is located in Poltava Oblast, with the center in the city of Poltava, which is also the Oblast capital. The distance to Kharkiv is 140 km; the distance to the nearest border with Russia is 114 km; the distance to the front line (Vovchansk city in Kharkiv Oblast) is 188km.

Poltava city Hromada is a transportation hub, an intersection of motorways and railways. The motorway М03 runs close; it connects Kyiv and Kharkiv, and used to run to the checkpoint Dovzhanskyi in Luhansk Oblast (border with Russia).

The area is 550.3 km². The Hromada includes 56 settlements: 1 city and 55 villages. The city of Poltava is divided into three districts: Shevchenkivskyi (population is 134,133 people), Kyvskyi (103,092 people), Podilskyi (42,368 people). There are 8 starosta districts, of which the most numerous settlements are Suprunivskyi (5,808 people), Kovalivskyi (5,142 people), Hozhulivskyi (4,052 people).

As of January 1, 2022, the Hromada had 305,539 residents, of whom 279,593 were urban residents and 25,946 were rural residents. Due to the geographical proximity to the affected areas of the Russian aggression, a significant number of internally displaced persons relocated to the Hromada. As of March 31, 2025, there were 48,015 registered IDPs. 

The distance from the center of Poltava city to the remote settlements of the Hromada is over 20 km.

The city is governed by the Poltava City Council, elected in the 2020 elections. There is no city military administration. Oleksandr Mamai was elected mayor (held office in 2010-2018), and was dismissed in April 2023 due to the entry into force of a court verdict in a corruption case. Since July 2023, Kateryna Yamshchykova (“Servant of the People”) has been the acting mayor and secretary of the city council. 

There are 6 deputy factions in the city council: “Servant of the People”, “For the Future”, “European Solidarity”, “Ridne Misto”, “Serhiy Kaplin’s Party of Common People”, and “Svoboda”.

The main areas of industry in the Hromada include food processing (Poltava Oil Extraction Plant-Kernel Group PJSC, Dominic Co LLC); machine building and metalworking (Poltava Automobile Aggregate Plant Trading House LLC, Poltava Foundry and Mechanical Plant PE, Poltavamash PJSC); light industry (Vorskla-Moda LLC); construction industry enterprises (Poltavtransbud ALC); manufacturing of medical equipment, instruments, and materials (Poltava Medical Glass Plant JSC), etc.

As a result of the Russian aggression, between February 24, 2022, and March 2025, 106 facilities were damaged in the Hromada, including: 104 residential facilities; 1 agricultural facility; 1 healthcare facility. 

Between January and March 2025, 314 alarms with a total duration of 800 hours were recorded in the Poltava region. The longest of them, on January 19, 2025, lasted 13 hours and 22 minutes. 

In the first three months of 2025, the media reported 19 explosions in the city of Poltava. On February 1, 2025, an X-22 missile struck a residential building, killing 15 people. 

On March 28, a massive UAV strike took place: the strikes and as a result of hits and falling debris, warehouses, an administrative building and a transformer of one of the enterprises were damaged.

There are no mined areas, and movement between the settlements is safe. 

  • 💥 The community is intermittently targeted by Russian UAVs. In the first three months of 2025, the media reported about 19 cases of explosions. Also, on February 1,  2025, the Х-22 struck the residential area killing 15 people.

  • 🗳️ As of March 2025, the Hromada had 151 regular and special polling stations ready.

    • 📍 Shevchenkivskyi district – 64
    • 📍 Kyivskyi district – 58
    • 📍 Podilskyi district – 29
    • 🏚️ One polling station in the Myltsi village has been ruined by time, and requires to be relocated.
  • 🏠 113 of 134 regular polling stations (85%) have the bomb shelters fort the capacity of 20% of voters, in the 1.5 km radius. ⚠️ The need for bomb shelters is still open for 15% of polling stations.

  • 📢 The alert system requires modernization. The city of Poltava has the 100% coverage with the “Attention to all” system. The villages of Suprunivka and Zaturyne have the black start electric sirens installed. Other settlements of the Hromada deliver the signals via the mobile apps and media. 🛠️ There is a plan to build a local automated centralized alert system.

  • 🚍 The territory of Poltava city Hromada is safe for movement, there is no contamination with explosive ordnance. The suburban and Oblast transportation is stable. The number of transport connections has increased, compared to January 2022: from 44 to 61 in the city of Poltava, and from 3 to 16 in suburban connections.

  • 🏫 Schools mostly operate in a hybrid format. Out of 58 institutions, 37 operate in a hybrid format, and 3 more in a remote format. 18 schools conduct classes offline. This may negatively affect the potential for recruiting PEC members during the election process.

  • 🛡️ 49 out of 58 schools have been provided with the most basic shelters, and another 7 rent facilities nearby, from the Civil Defense Protection Fund.

  • 🏥 The healthcare system is operating consistently. Following the restructuring, the number of municipal health care facilities of the Poltava City Council has decreased, but the number of doctors remains the same (as of January 1, 2022 - 1,026 doctors; as of March 26, 2025 - 1,023 doctors). 

  • 🚓 🚑 National Police units and emergency ambulance crews respond to calls within the established standards for response times. At the same time, they mostly meet the standards. 🚒 SES brigades - the average arrival time of fire and rescue units in Poltava city is 11 minutes, and 14 minutes in rural areas.

  • 🛡️ Arrange a sufficient number of shelters for voters and election commissions near 21 regular polling stations.

  • 🗳️ Provide replacement premises for the time-damaged polling station No. 530759 in the village of Myltsi, with a voter population of 625 people

  • 📢 Expand the emergency notification system to cover the entire community.

  • 💰 Develop ways to raise funding for the modernization of the public warning system and for the construction of a local automated centralized warning system. In addition to the city of Poltava and the villages of Suprunivka and Zaturyno, other settlements in the Hromada receive alerts through mobile applications and media.

  • 🏫 It is advisable to consider ways to find funding for the construction of shelters in 7 of the 58 Hromada schools that do not have their own shelters and have to rent the defense facilities nearby.

🔍 Read the full report on the Hromada.


Snihurivka


 

Snihurivka City territorial community is located in the southeastern part of Mykolaiv Oblast, within the Bashtanka district. The administrative center is the town of Snihurivka. The Hromada borders on the Kherson Oblast. The distance from the Oblast capital of Mykolaiv to the center of the Hromada by road is 70 km. The distance from the center of the neighboring Oblast, the city of Kherson, to the center of the Hromada by road is 55 km. Most of the Hromada’s territory is located in the section 30 to 50 km from the front line.

The Hromada total area is 634.4 km², the number of settlements is 23, including 1 town (Snihurivka), 2 townships (Vasylyk and Yasna Poliana), and 20 villages: Aafanasiyivka, Bezimenne, Burkhanivka, Vasylivka, Halahanivka, Yevhenivka, Yelyzavetivka, Ivano-Kepyne, Kalynivka, Kobzartsi, Liubymivka, Novovasylivka, Novokondakove, Novopavlivske, Pavlivka, Pavlo-Maryanivka, Pershotravneve, Tamaryne, Trudoliubivka, and Yuryivka.

As of the outbreak of the full-scale war, the Hormada population was  22,729 persons; as of March 2025, it is 16,128. The number of internally displaced persons in the Hromada is 870.

They established in the Hromada the Snihurivska City Military Administration. The head is Ivan Kukhta.

The main sector of the economy of Snihurivska City TH is agriculture. The territorial Hromada’s lands are mainly used for various agricultural production. Thus, the Hromada’s agriculture is represented by such industries as crop production (growing cereals, industrial, fodder, vegetables, melons and gourds), livestock (cattle, pigs), poultry (egg production), and fish farming.

In 2024, the highest revenues in the Hromadawere received by agricultural companies: ZORIA Private Agricultural Enterpriseprivate company (UAH 29.6 mln), ПОСП FORVARD Private Lease Agricultural Enterprise (UAH 23.8 mln), TABORIVSKE Agricultural Production EnterpriseLLC (UAH 22.1 mln), V-KUT-III Private Lease Agricultural Enterprise (UAH 15.3 mln), VELES-AGRO N Farming Enterprise (UAH 13.5 mln).

Over the 8 months (from March 19, 2022, to November 10, 2022), Snihurivska Hromada stayed under the occupation and had a strategic value for the Russian military grouping on the right bank of the Dnipro River. The Hromada has a favorable location, logistical advantages (motorways and railways), and the defence value due to its close proximity to the Inhulets River. In 2022, Russian occupiers “annexed” the Hromada to join the Kherson Oblast and conducted a pseudo-referendum on joining the RF.

Snihurivska Hromada is one of the most heavily mined areas in Mykolaiv Oblast, and the demining process here is the most difficult. Out of the total area of the Hromada, 43 km2 remain contaminated/possibly contaminated. The most recent missile attack on the Hromada (at the time of drafting the report) took place on January 12, 2025. Moreover, the Shahed 131/136 UAVs regularly pass through the Hromada territory. Over the past three months, 245 air raids have been announced in the Hromada, with a total duration of 373 hours.

The Hromadawas affected by the blast of Kakhovka water power plant by Russians, which led to the 6 m rise in water level on the Inhulets River. 13 settlements were flooded, with 367 houses, and 9 water wells. Two people were killed. Five bridges went underwater, while the one located near the Yelyzavetivka village was destroyed, and 2 other bridges were damaged.

60% of the Hromada’s critical infrastructure was affected by the Russian full-scale invasion. According to the City’s Military Administration, direct damage includes the following:

  • The amount of certificates issued for destroyed real estate is UAH 160.3 million;
  • Compensation for damaged real estate - UAH 41.3 million;
  • Compensation for damaged real estate as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant - UAH 20.1 million;
  • The amount of accrued damages to land resources, according to claims submitted to the commission for damage accrual from kand owners and land users, is UAH 16.8 mln.

  • 📍 During 8 months, from March 19, 2022, to November 10, 2022, Snihurivska Hromada stayed under the occupation ⚔️.

  • 💥 60% of Hromada’s critical infrastructure was affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion . The Hromada was affectedby the blast of Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power plant inflicted by Russians, when it flooded 13 settlements, 367 houses, and 9 water wells. The direct losses from the russian full-scale invasion amount to UAH 240 mln.

  • 🗳️ Key challenges for the organization of voting are the destroyed electoral infrastructure and mine threats. 

  • 🏫 Three polling stations in the Hromada center, the town of Snihurivka (No.480639, No.480641, No.480643) and the polling stations in the villages of Ivano-Kepyne (No.480624), Vasylivka (No.480600), Pavlo-Maryanivka (No.480602), and Kobzartsi (No.480610) are not prepared for the organization of voting because of the damage and destruction. At the same time, the Hromada is planning to rebuild some premises, and to repair others ️🔧.

  • 🏚 The Bezimenne village was severely damaged, and has been one of the most heavily mined places in the Oblast. The hostilities completely destroyed the village’s infrastructure and the electricity grid, the housing facilities were destroyed, the village is currently depopulated, while its reconstruction is estimated as economically impractical 📉.

  • ⚠️ 43 km² of the Hromada’s territory is still contaminated/likely contaminated by explosive ordnance. 📍 Some sections of the territories of the places Yevhenivka, Ivano-Kepyne, Kalynivka, Kobzartsi, Novokondakove, Pavlo-Maryanivka, Snihurivka, Tamarivka, Yasna Poliana, Afanasivka, Burkhanivka, Vasylivka, and Vasylky are located within the territories qualified as likely contaminated/contaminated.

  • 🚫 The audit revealed that Hromada faces a number of challenges affecting its general organizational capacity:

    • 🛜 infrastructure-related challenges (insufficient Internet coverage, the need to improve transport infrastructure).

    • 🛡️ security risks (no complete coverage with the physical alert system, no bomb shelters in 46% of polling stations).

    • 🏥 social and demographic challenges (schools and health care facilities need rennovation and additional equipment of bomb shelters, the Hromada requires a comprehensive approach to stimulate people to return 👥).

  • 🗺 To build the logistics for voting with account for eight polling stations that are currently not ready for the election organizaion, and for the number of voters staying in the territories.
  • 🏗 To develop the fundraising solutions to renovate the damaged and destroyed polling stations in the Hromada.
  • 🚧️ To certify safe itineraries to ensure electoral logistics. 43 km² of the territory stay contaminated with explosive ordnance.
  • 📢 To continue the awareness campaign about mine threats, to produce safety protocols.
  • 🛡️ To furnishthe sufficient number of bomb shelters for voters and the needs of the commission at 14 polling stations.
  • 🔔 To extend the alert system to the entire territory of the Hromada.

🔍 Read the full report on the Hromada.


Comparison of Hromadas

This table helps compare the security audit matrixes for the four Hromadas under analysis.

  • 📌 — Mandatory criteries (must be followed, at least partially)
  • 📎 — Optional criteries (preferably to be followed)


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