Ukraine's Economy Minister announced the extent of the damage after more than a month of Russia's military operation in the country.
Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said today that the conflict with Russia has so far cost Ukraine $ 564.9 billion due to the destruction of infrastructure, loss of economic growth and other factors. other factor.
According to Yulia, the fighting with Russia has damaged or destroyed 8,000 km of roads and 10 million square meters of housing.
Ukraine's Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko said on March 20 that, according to preliminary calculations on the basis of tax revenues, about 30% of Ukraine's economy is either shutting down or shutting down.
Previously, Oleg Ustenko, a senior economic adviser to the President of Ukraine, on March 10 confirmed that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has destroyed a series of infrastructure in Ukraine such as roads, bridges, factories, causing damage to the estimated $100 billion in just 2 weeks.
"Currently about 50% of our businesses have to shut down, while the rest cannot operate at 100% capacity," Mr. Ustenko said.
Mr. Ustenko said Ukraine's economic growth was "very worrying, even if the hostilities ceased immediately". He called on European governments and other countries around the world to block Russia's money by embargoing its oil and gas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on forced confiscation of property belonging to Russia and of Russian people in Ukraine because of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The Ukrainian parliament also passed a bill authorizing the nationalization of Russian assets in Ukraine.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 9 approved a quick disbursement relief package of $1.4 billion for Ukraine. In its preliminary assessment, the IMF said the loss of lives, critical infrastructure, trade disruptions and the flow of refugees had reduced Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) by at least 10 percent. The IMF also said that the conflict in Ukraine would cause "terrible" damage to the global economy.
The World Bank (World Bank) in early March disbursed nearly 500 million USD to support Ukraine, this is part of a financial support package worth 3 billion USD. In addition, the US Congress on March 9 also approved a $ 14 billion support package for Ukraine.
The head of the Operations Department of the Russian General Staff, Sergei Rudskoy, announced on March 25 that after more than a month of fighting, Ukrainian forces lost more than 14,000 soldiers, and all 24 large Ukrainian units suffered. heavy losses".
The Russian side confirmed that Ukraine also lost a significant part of its combat equipment, including 65.7% tanks and armored vehicles, 42.8% artillery and mortars, 30.5% multiple launch missile systems and 82 % of S-300 and Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems. A total of 85% of the total Tochka-U tactical missile systems have been scrapped. In addition, three-quarters of Ukraine's military aircraft and half of its helicopters were destroyed.
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