The housing and communal services of the DPR told about the program for the restoration of Donetsk

This year, the development of a large program for the restoration of the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) began. The regional government is working on this together with its federal colleagues, and the final document will have to be signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, urban planners have begun developing a master plan for Donetsk, which will be designed for the next 20 years, Yulia Mervaezova, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the DPR, told Izvestia.

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According to the deputy minister, until recently, due to the constant threats of shelling, measures to restore Donetsk were targeted. It was impossible to implement a full-scale project, as in Mariupol.

2025 was the first year when it became possible to fully rebuild Donetsk. In particular, it is now possible to work safely in areas that until recently were on the firing line: Kievsky, Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky. At the start, the first projects in the recent "red zone" are the restoration of the destroyed school No. 51 (it came under fire more than 10 times) and the emergency kindergarten No. 314.

"The reconstruction of two buildings of the Kalinin Hospital, damaged after direct hits in 2022, is already underway in the city. A four—storey youth center is being created with lecture halls, conference rooms, and facilities for master classes. Gulliver Park is being improved, and the bridge is being reconstructed. Construction of a residential complex has begun in the city center, on Vatutina Avenue. The construction of another one will start in 2026," said Mervaezova.

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