Kyrylivka Territorial Community
- Type: Urban-rural
- Population: 5,939
Community and War
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Kyrylivka Community found itself under occupation. From the first days, a clear system of cooperation between the local authorities, businesses, and the public was established in the community. All the necessary services continued to work in a higher alert mode on a 24/7 basis. The leadership of the community has established a system of providing the vulnerable categories of the population with humanitarian aid and medicines. Free bread was baked in the community for large families, low-income families, and pensioners.
The large-scale evacuation of the population began in the first days of the occupation of the territory of the community.
On March 25, russian troops occupied Kyrylivka. The head of the community refused to cooperate with them.
Today, approximately 40% of the population still stay in the community, the vast majority of whom are pensioners and elderly people. In April 2022, the first evacuation bus departed from the village with the residents of the community fleeing the occupation. In the early morning of May 24, the invaders captured the head of the community, his deputy and the director of the local municipal institution, and later an employee of the financial department of the settlement council. As a consequence, the village was finally taken over by the invaders.
After the release from captivity, the team of the village head moved to the territory controlled by Ukraine in the city of Zaporizhia and continues to ensure the work of the community.
Communication with the residents of the community, who had left the community, was established. They created a special Telegram community channel for communication because more than 60% of the population left the occupied territory. Fruitful cooperation with various charitable foundations and volunteer organizations made it possible to provide residents with humanitarian aid, organize various activities for children and adults, and receive educational tablets for children from low-income and large families. The residents of the community help the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they donate money, knit socks, and hand over various hygiene products. All in all, they have sewn more than 3,000 pillows for the military.The leadership of the community is preparing for the de-occupation of the territory and is establishing relations with various international foundations and organizations.
