Shelter built in Mykolaiv music school

A music school in Mykolaiv has completed the repair of a shelter. As a result, the school will be able to open its doors to students in the near future.

This was reported by the Mykolaiv City Council.

The shelter has an area of 400 square metres and is designed for 300 people. Ventilation and lighting (including emergency lighting) have been installed, water supply has been organised and drinking water supplies have been prepared. There are also toilet rooms and two exits. The classrooms were equipped with furniture so that students could study even during air raids.

The repairs were carried out by the utility company «Zakhyst» for three months.

As of early September 2025, contractors are developing projects to repair shelters in nine schools and kindergartens in Mykolaiv.

In 2024, the Capital Construction Department of the City Council spent 7.6 million hryvnias on the construction of shelters in schools and kindergartens in Mykolaiv.

Prior to that, the Capital Construction Department had named the safety component as a priority for its work in 2025. The plan was to build seven new shelters in schools and kindergartens, and to overhaul three more in hospitals.

At the same time, Mykolaiv region was among the three regions where the largest number of school shelters were built under the programme «School Offline».