Ukraine says $560 billion in damage after a month of conflict
Ukraine’s Economy Minister said the country lost $ 564.9 billion after more than a month of fighting with Russian forces.
Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said today that the conflict with Russia has cost Ukraine 119 billion USD in infrastructure, 112 billion USD in GDP loss, and 90.5 billion USD in damage to residents including 10 million square meters. houses, 200,000 cars and food security for 5 million people.
The damage caused to businesses and organizations was $80 billion, direct investment in Ukraine’s economy also cost $54 billion and the state budget lost $48 billion.
A shopping center in northwestern Kiev was destroyed on March 21. Photo: AFP.
“It should be noted that these figures change daily and are constantly increasing,” Svyrydenko said, stressing that Ukraine will seek to seek compensation from Russia, through litigation and access to its frozen assets. Russia.
Ukraine’s Economy Ministry will start calculating preliminary GDP damage caused by the conflict with Russia from the beginning of April. Top economic adviser to the Ukrainian government Oleg Ustenko earlier this month estimated the conflict has caused the nation to This country lost at least 100 billion USD.
More than a month after Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the conflict still shows no sign of abating. The delegations of Russia and Ukraine have held many rounds of direct negotiations to find a peaceful solution, but have only reached an agreement on the issue of setting up a corridor to evacuate civilians, and a breakthrough on the ceasefire has not been reached.
Since the outbreak of armed conflict, more than 3.8 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine and more than 6.5 million have been displaced from their homes, the United Nations says.
Hong Hanh (According to Reuters)
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