A total of 909 united territorial communities have been already created in Ukraine within the framework of the decentralization reform.

First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Vyacheslav Nehoda made a corresponding statement, commenting on the results of the unification monitoring, the Decentralization portal informs.

"There are already 909 united communities that have taken responsibility for the development of their territories. People there already live under the conditions when the local authorities do not hide from problems, do not shift them to senior authorities of a region or the state, but try to solve them independently or together with residents. The united territorial communities have both powers and opportunities to do this," Nehoda said.

According to monitoring data, the communities in 94 districts out of 490 (except 25 temporarily occupied districts) still do not participate in the process of unification. Zhytomyr region retains leadership in the formation of the united communities.

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