Aid money pours in – Past damage in Ukraine is “colossal”

First, the networks for heat, gas, water and electricity must be repaired. That would involve repairing roofs, replacing windows and doors and removing potholes in the roads, it said. For this, the Kiev region will receive 400 million hryvnia (12.5 million euros), the Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the northeast each 250 million hryvnia (7.8 million euros), the Zhytomyr region in the west 100 million hryvnia (3.3 million euros). euros) euros). These parts of Ukraine had been occupied by Russian troops for weeks, with great destruction in their wake.

“First phase of reconstruction”
Even before the Russian attack on February 24, Ukraine was one of the poorest countries in Europe. The war damage is estimated at many billions of euros. Schmyhal wrote on Telegram that the money from the government’s reserve is only the first stage in the country’s fundamental reconstruction. “We will start with that immediately after our victory.”

Losing just “colossal”
According to government estimates, Ukraine has suffered up to a trillion dollars in damage from the invasion of Russian troops. That said Deputy Economy Minister Olexander Griban on Sunday during a government meeting, according to the Unian agency. The losses are simply “colossal”, the list is not yet complete. “It involves billions of dollars in damage, possibly up to $1 trillion,” Griban said, without any further substantiation of his numbers.

The amount is the result of damage to infrastructure, health care and education. “And then there are other levels of casualties — state, municipal and private,” Griban continued the list. “We have a lot of work to do on the reconstruction.”