This was announced by Viktor Mykita, head of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration, in an interview with Ukrinform.

“We’re facing a situation where many representatives from the IT community are referencing that we don’t know how to fight, but we know how to win. Considering they’re profitable and we have a lot of displaced people. people who need free food in communities, we paid taxes for these IT businesses. They pay taxes there and The community is feeding the displaced with this money,” he said.

According to Nikita, the IT industry is a profitable business.

“Very cost-effective, after analyzing the situation we realized that it (IT specialist – ed.) would not be as useful as a machine with a computer. The guys who created the programs used in the environment approached us. The Earth and Bill Gates almost chase them to hire them, and the same At the same time, can’t we reserve them for military service ?! they are officially registered, the Ministry of Economy is reserving them, “he explained.

According to the head of the OBA, today 50 experts have such a reservation on the next list – another 67.

As Ukrinform reported, the Transcarpathian IT cluster officially began operations on May 23 and currently has 120 residents, including 50 incumbent companies and 70 sole proprietors.