Residents of Mykolaiv owe 261 million hryvnias for heating

<span><span><span><span><span><span>Customers of the municipal utility “Mykolaivoblteploenergo” owe 261.1 million hryvnias for heat supply services. Of this amount, approximately 29.3 million hryvnias are charges for July.</span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span><span><span><span><span><span>This was reported by the Mykolaiv City Council. </span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span><span><span><span><span><span>The company offers the option to enter into a debt restructuring agreement. Funds are also collected through court-ordered enforcement. In July, there were 375 such court rulings totaling over 5.77 million hryvnias. The State Enforcement Service collected over 2.5 million hryvnias this month.</span></span></span></span></span></span>

<span><span><span><span><span><span>Since the beginning of 2026, 1,278 court rulings have been issued totaling over 19.23 million hryvnias. The State Enforcement Service has collected over 15.7 million hryvnias.</span></span></span></span></span></span>

Previously,<span><span><span><span><span><span>the Mykolaiv region ranked among the top three regions for utility debt. Over the past </span></span></span></span></span></span>six months, 12,841 enforcement proceedings were initiated<span><span><span><span><span><span>here </span></span></span></span></span></span>, accounting for about 12% of all new cases in Ukraine. Only the Kharkiv region recorded more new debtors—22,171 cases—and the Dnipropetrovsk region—19,636.

Earlier, the Mykolaiv municipal utility“Mykolaivvodokanal” announced a tender to procure the services of a debt collection agency to handle debtors for water supply and wastewater services. The estimated cost of the procurement is 1.24 million hryvnias.

Previously,<span><span><span><span><span><span> the Mykolaiv Maternity Hospital had accumulated millions in debts for </span></span></span></span></span></span>unpaid wages and medical supplies. The final mechanism for repaying these debts is still under discussion. 

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