Shmyhal spoke about the program to phase out Ukraine from coal until 2030

This is reported by the portal of the government of Ukraine.

“We are ready for the challenges that Ukraine faces in the context of a green transition, decarbonization of the economy and the need to reform the coal sector and transform coal mining regions,” Shmyhal said.

According to him, at the moment there are 61 coal regions in Ukraine.

These are mono-cities that are tied to a single enterprise, coal mine or station.

But the country's authorities are already developing a program to phase out the use of coal for the period until 2030.

“All these regions have the old infrastructure of the 60-80s of the last century.

Depletion, closure of mines and gradual strategic closure of the coal industry as a whole will create social tensions in the future.

It is necessary to take a number of strategic steps to provide socially for people in these regions, ”he said.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the country's intention to abandon the use of coal over time.