Four stationary post offices and eight mobile operating in liberated parts of Donetsk Oblast (Photo:Ukrposhta)
Ukraine’s state-owned Ukrposhta postal service has reopened four post offices in liberated settlements in Donetsk Oblast, the company’s press service reported on Nov. 8.
In particular, the company reopened two offices in Lyman, and one each in Yarova and Sviatohirsk.
According to the press service, six post offices were operating in Lyman before the war. Two of them have been reopened, while another four are still closed due to damage from Russian shelling.
In total, four stationary post offices and eight mobile post offices are operating in the liberated territories of Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrposhta post offices are covering all of the 40 liberated villages and towns of the Lyman and Sviatohirsk united territorial communities, including thanks to the work of crews of mobile post offices from other locations.
According to Vadym Shestopalov, director of Ukrposhta’s Donetsk Directorate, most premises in the liberated territories have been destroyed or badly damaged. The budget for the complete restoration of one post office, including the equipment stolen by the Russian invaders, amounts to UAH 1 million ($27,346), and there are four such in Lyman.
However, mobile post offices will provide a full range of services, he said.
Shestopalov added that Ukrposhta plans to automate mobile post offices starting next year, which means they will also provide banking services in villages.
Some 84 stationary and 21 mobile post offices are operating in Donetsk Oblast as of early November.