"We decided to take away the business" — Kharkiv IT cluster criticized the creation of a cluster in Transcarpathia

The Kharkiv IT cluster sharply criticized the idea of creating such a cluster of IT specialists in Transcarpathia, accusing the authorities of the western region of intending to take this business away from Kharkiv. This is stated in the statement of one of the founders and ideologists of Kharkiv it Cluster Alexander Kolb.

"They said that, they say, they are safe and they guarantee specialists that they will not be included in the lists of conscripts. This is an absolute manipulation of the Transcarpathian regional state administration, because in fact no one can guarantee anything to anyone. In addition, this is looting," the founder of Promodo believes.

In particular, he stated this in a comment to the publication AIN.

"They serve it under the sauce of saving the IT business, but in fact they are destroying the region. While Kharkiv covers the western part of Ukraine, they raised prices and decided to take the business away. Without consulting anyone about anything, without even talking," Kolb was indignant.

Earlier it was reported that a national IT cluster is being created in Transcarpathia. Moreover, to protect the Ukrainian economy, all IT specialists in this region are released from military service during martial law.

Subsequently, it became known that the specialists of IT companies of Kharkiv region who are liable for military service want to be released from mobilization into the army. The authorities are also considering the possibility of retaining specialists at the places of registration, said the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov.