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title: "“The Most Important Thing Is People”: How Interpipe Holds the Line in Frontline Nikopol"
description: "Since 2022, the Interpipe holding has been supporting workers in the frontline city of Nikopol: evacuating families, compensating for housing repairs, issuing grocery certificates, and supplying mobilized employees with equipment and electronic warfare means."
date: 2026-08-25T12:50:00.000Z
lang: en
url: https://xab.info/en/posts/interpipe-support-for-workers-in-nikopol
tags: [interpipe, nikopol, ukraine-war, corporate-social-responsibility, military-support]
publisher: "XAB.info"
---

# “The Most Important Thing Is People”: How Interpipe Holds the Line in Frontline Nikopol

![Interpipe employee sorts military gear at a warehouse in frontline Nikopol](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/25/interpipe-podderzhka-rabotnikov-v-nikopole/interpipe-podderzhka-rabotnikov-v-nikopole-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- Interpipe has been evacuating the families of Nikopol workers and compensating them for the repair of damaged housing and rent since 2022.
- Employees who remained in the city are issued a monthly certificate worth 1,000 hryvnias for groceries.
- The holding’s patronage service supplies mobilized workers with equipment, drone detectors, and electronic warfare means, and also supports the families of the fallen.
- Nikopol is located a few kilometers from the occupied Enerhodar and the ZNPP and has been subjected to shelling and drone attacks since the summer of 2022.

Ukrainian industrial holding Interpipe systematically supports its workers in the frontline city of Nikopol — a city that has been under regular artillery shelling, “Shahed” drone strikes, and FPV drone attacks since the summer of 2022. According to RBC-Ukraine, citing a piece by “Obozrevatel” (“Interpipe’s Guardian of Freedom”), the company has been helping both those who stayed in the rear and those mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the first days of the full-scale invasion. “Every one of our workers who remains in Nikopol today is already a hero, and the life of the city today is a story of invincibility, because despite everything, Nikopol continues to live,” said the company’s Communications Director Lyudmyla Novak, emphasizing that “the most important thing we have today is people.”

### Evacuation of Families and Grocery Certificates

After the shelling of Nikopol began, Interpipe organized, at its own expense, the evacuation of its employees’ women and children to safer areas of the Dnipropetrovsk region. For workers who remained in the city for various reasons, the company provides a monthly certificate worth 1,000 hryvnias for purchasing groceries at a supermarket. In essence, this measure has become part of the corporate social policy in conditions where the frontline city is deprived of normal logistics and part of its infrastructure.

### Housing and Rent Compensation

A separate area of support is the restoration of damaged housing. Since 2022, the holding has reimbursed workers for the costs of installing windows and doors, repairing roofs and utility systems. If an apartment is deemed uninhabitable after a shelling, the company covers the cost of renting housing. In this way, the corporation effectively insures its employees against the main domestic risk of war — the loss or destruction of their home.

### Patronage Service and Supply of Military Personnel

For workers serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Interpipe operates a patronage service, which also supports the families of fallen and missing servicemen and veterans. Assistance is provided based on the current needs of the fighters: if in the initial stage the main requests were for uniforms, equipment, body armor, and helmets, now employees more often ask for equipment, drone detectors, and electronic warfare means. The patronage service also helps in case of injuries, provides organizational support, and arranges legal consultations.

### The Voice of a Serviceman

An Interpipe employee, now a serviceman, Oleksandr Karabak, said that during his service the company had provided him with uniforms, a charging station, and a car. According to him, he joined the army as a volunteer at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and took part in the Izium offensive, the battles for Avdiivka and Orikhiv, as well as the Pokrovsk defense. His story illustrates how corporate support intertwines with the personal combat experience of employees on key sections of the front.

### Context: Nikopol a Few Kilometers from the ZNPP

It is important to consider the geography: Nikopol is located a few kilometers from the occupied Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is situated. This is precisely why the city has been subjected to artillery shelling, “Shahed” and FPV drone attacks since the summer of 2022, and its population and enterprises operate under a constant threat. Against this backdrop, Interpipe’s program — from evacuation and housing repair to supplying mobilized personnel — looks like a long-term corporate response to the war, rather than a one-off event. It was also previously reported on how Interpipe helps veterans adapt to the workplace after returning from the front.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Evacuation of Families, Housing, and Military Support: How Interpipe Helps Its Own in Nikopol](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/evakuatsiya-rodin-zhitlo-i-pidtrimka-viyskovih-1787660029.html) - Единственный источник; перепечатка корпоративного материала. Факты (эвакуация, 1000 грн/мес, компенсация жилья, патронатная служба, цитаты Новак и Карабака) приведены со слов компании, независимая верификация отсутствует.

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: What support measures does Interpipe provide to workers who remained in Nikopol?
**A:** The company provides a monthly certificate worth 1,000 hryvnias for groceries, and also reimburses the costs of repairing damaged housing (windows, doors, roofs, utilities) and, if the apartment is uninhabitable, the cost of renting housing.

### Q: How does the holding help workers mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
**A:** Through the patronage service: supply of uniforms, equipment, body armor, helmets, and now — equipment, drone detectors, and electronic warfare means, assistance in case of injuries, organizational and legal support, and support for the families of the fallen and missing.

### Q: Why is Nikopol considered a frontline city?
**A:** The city is located a few kilometers from the occupied Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia NPP is situated, and has been subjected to artillery shelling, “Shahed” and FPV drone attacks since the summer of 2022.