Kyiv, Feb. 23 (SANA) — Rebuilding Ukraine after years of war will cost nearly 588 billion dollars over the next decade, according to an updated international assessment released Monday by the Ukrainian government, the World Bank, the European Union and the United Nations.
The report estimates total recovery and reconstruction needs at about 587.7 billion dollars over ten years, roughly three times Ukraine’s projected gross domestic product for 2025. It covers the 46-month period from the start of Russia’s military operation in February 2022 through December 2025, and finds that housing, transport and energy are the hardest-hit sectors, with damage concentrated near frontlines and in major cities.
Long-term needs are highest in transport, energy and housing, followed by trade and industry, and agriculture, with eastern Donetsk and northeastern Kharkiv identified as requiring particularly extensive reconstruction. In Kyiv alone, where Russian drones and missiles have struck repeatedly, rebuilding costs are put at more than 15 billion dollars.
The assessment warns that the human, social, economic and environmental consequences of the conflict will stretch across generations. It is part of a series of annual Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments jointly prepared by the World Bank, the Ukrainian authorities, the European Commission and UN agencies since 2022.
