On 6 March 2020 Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that (at the time) 1,045 amalgamated hromadas had been established and that 350 more had to be created.
[1] As of 2020 the amalgamated hromadas already took over most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's June 2014 draft constitutional amendments proposed changing the administrative divisions of Ukraine, which should include oblasts, raions and hromadas.
[10] Because many of the small rural councils and cities of district significance could never hope to do this, the new administrative unit amalgamated hromada was created.
[2] On 6 March 2020 Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that 1,045 amalgamated hromadas had already been established in Ukraine, noting that 350 more had to be created.