What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
The Italian government has pledged €45 million to restore five architectural monuments in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa that have been damaged during the Russian invasion, said an Odesa city official. Ivan Liptuha, head of the city council's Department of Culture and European Integration, told the news
France has committed to delivering 19,000 tonnes of railway track to support the recovery of Ukraine and help streamline its rail services with those of Western Europe, said Pierre Heilbronn, France's envoy to the reconstruction of Ukraine. The first shipment of the track, which is enough to
Shortly after saying he will not let Ukraine use German weapons in long-range strikes against Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for an intensification of efforts to end the war. "I believe that now is the moment when we also need to discuss how we can get out of
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a €175 million facility to PrivatBank and €150 million to Ukrgasbank as part of a program to improve Ukraine's energy security, the European financial institution said. The lenders will use the unfunded portfolio-risk-sharing facilities to support
Land mines laid since the Russian invasion of 2022 are shaving more than $11 billion per year off of Ukraine's GDP, according to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. A study by the institute and Ukraine's Economy Ministry also found that the mines have lowered
Greenpeace has opened a new office in Kyiv to boost its focus on promoting green projects in the reconstruction of Ukraine as well as to research environmental crimes stemming from Russia's invasion, the environmentalist organization said. The group said it will also monitor security concerns and radiation levels
A serious shortage of personnel in the construction materials market due to the refugee crisis and military service in Ukraine is hampering production and economic development, various industry associations have said. In a feature report, news agency Interfax Ukraine spoke to heads of industry associations, who said the shortage has
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has given a green light to Irish building materials giant CRH to buy the Ukrainian cement-making unit of Italy's Buzzi, Dyckerhoff GmbH, after a year of deliberation. The €100 million purchase gives CRH, which already owns three plants in Ukraine under the Cemark
The government of Slovakia is preparing a €178 million upgrade to the Danube River ports of the capital, Bratislava, with an eye to increasing their participation in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The country's transport minister has submitted a proposal that includes upgrades to the cargo port in Bratislava
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed nine new ministers, including the high-profile Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in the most sweeping government overhaul in the country since the Russian invasion of February 2022. Zelensky, who has been accused of using the Cabinet shuffle to buttress his power within the government while the
Reconstruction of residential buildings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv damaged by this week's deadly Russian missile and drone strikes will cost more than UAH 100 million ($2.7 million), said Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi. Some 154 buildings were damaged in the attack Wednesday, with 10 needing
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and several other senior government figures resigned in what appears set to be the biggest Cabinet shuffle and government reorganization since the full-scale invasion of 2022. Kuleba joins more than half a dozen colleagues, including the ministers of Strategic Industries, Justice, Reintegration and Ecology Minister,
The Swedish government has appointed Ulrik Tideström, its former ambassador to Georgia and Armenia, to the newly created position of special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine to promote Swedish businesses seeking to help rebuild the war-torn country. Tideström, currently the director of Diplomatic Training for the Ministry of Foreign
European Union Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson called for immediate action to help Ukraine repair heating and power facilities, decentralize energy production, install rooftop solar systems and expand interconnection capacity within months.
The Ukrainian government will miss Penny Pritzker's "Chicago style of doing things" now that she has been replaced as the US envoy for the reconstruction, Ukrainian Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said. Pritzker, who finished her one-year term as envoy this month, gained a reputation
The Ukrainian military's surprise advance into Russian territory this month has cast a new light on the war in Ukraine. Once seen as battered and increasingly willing to make concessions for peace, Ukraine is now viewed as stronger, more energized and more likely to stay in the fight
