The relevant draft resolution was submitted to the parliament.
Gorodel urban-type settlement of Bucha district, which < strongly> suffered greatly during the Russian invasion in the Kiev region, want to turn into a city. The relevant bill has already been registered in the parliament.
The draft resolution № 7400 “On classifying the urban-type settlement of Gostomel in Bucha district of Kyiv region as a city” was initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
certain rights that distinguish it from a number of rural settlements. In Ukraine, a settlement can receive the status of a city only under a separate law of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and provided that the settlement has at least 10,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the “vast majority” of the population should be employed in non-agricultural sectors.
According to the State Statistics Service for 2020, almost 17,000 people officially lived in Gostomel.
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Recall that in March, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the title of “Hero City” to the village of Gostomel for heroism during the repulse of Russia's armed aggression.
