Winter Under Fire: Senkevych and Other Mayors Discussed Protecting Cities with Zelenskyy

It also concerned assistance to people and the resilience of local budgets

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14 Nov 2026

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Зустріч Володимира Зеленського з керівниками українських міст за участі Олександра Сєнкевича

The Mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, joined a meeting between the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and city leaders. The participants discussed how to prepare communities for winter, protect them from Russian attacks, and ensure financial resilience.

Preparations for the cold weather were discussed amid Russian strikes on critical and transport infrastructure, as well as residential buildings. The participants focused on the following issues:

the state of the energy sector;
airspace protection;
internal security threats;
communications stability;
support for the population, including assistance for people who may find themselves in difficult circumstances during winter;
maintaining the financial resilience of local budgets.

The President stressed that he expects local authorities to provide timely and accurate information about conditions in their regions.

In addition to Oleksandr Sienkevych, the meeting was attended by:

the Mayor of Kharkiv;
the Mayor of Dnipro;
the Mayor of Uzhhorod;
the Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk;
the Mayor of Chernivtsi;
the Mayor of Cherkasy;
the Mayor of Vinnytsia;
the acting Mayor of Odesa;
the acting Mayor of Zaporizhzhia;
the acting Mayor of Lutsk;
the acting Mayor of Rivne.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke about the meeting, said that this format was used for the first time. He added that similar discussions would be held regularly in the future.

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