The losses, the damage, the insurance and the war.
Ukraine is turning to energy companies themselves to help defend the country’s power infrastructure from Russian drones, creating a system that lets businesses fund and operate air defence but not control when it is used. The shift comes as passive defences such as fortifications prove insufficient against sustained Russian
Direct damage to Ukraine’s buildings, infrastructure and other physical assets has reached $197.5 billion since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to a new assessment by the KSE Institute. The estimate, announced on Aug. 17 but covering damage recorded between February 2022 and February 2026, is $27.
A Russian missile strike on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has killed two people, injured 13 employees and contractors and forced the steelmaker to partially halt production, the company said. The attack, which hit the plant overnight on Aug. 15-16, damaged key facilities used in energy and blast furnace production. ArcelorMittal
Russian missile and drone strikes destroyed sportswear brand Puma's logistics complex in Kyiv and hit other major commercial distribution facilities, prompting Ukraine's new government to announce emergency measures aimed at helping businesses maintain supply chains during the war. The attacks killed at least 10 people and
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Ukraine's private war-risk insurance market has expanded since the launch of its first large-scale commercial facility 18 months ago, with more than 1,000 industrial and commercial assets now quoted for coverage market-wide and more than 100 ultimately insured to date, according to FortuneGuard, the
