Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal ordered to take measures to arrange basements for shelters in educational institutions or to develop solutions for each educational institution to provide reliable shelters for children.

"The government's priorities in the field of education today are to create safe learning conditions and at the same time maximum coverage of in-person education. Following the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine, a meeting was held today with the participation of the Minister of Education, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the head of the State Emergency Service, the deputy head of the President's Office and the heads of the regional military administration on the use of simple shelters in educational institutions," he said in the Telegram channel on Wednesday.

Shmyhal said not all simple shelters meet safety requirements. "I have instructed that measures be taken to equip basements for shelters in educational institutions where such premises exist. In those institutions where they are absent or unsuitable, within a week the Ministry of Education and Science and the State Emergency Service together with the regional military administrations must develop technical solutions for each educational institution that will allow for the arrangement of safe above-ground shelters," the prime minister said. "We must approach this issue with full responsibility, because the safety of children is the most important task," the prime minister said.