What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
Ukraine's government will cover up to 50% of the cost of reconstruction, or construction, of irrigation systems for farmers and will pay them to keep farming in frontline areas, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The funds will come from a UAH 200 million ($4.9 million) allocation from
(Below is the introductory article in a URN series, to be published over the coming weeks, on medical and industrial cannabis in Ukraine, its potential uses in the reconstruction of the country and the possibilities for foreign investors.) Today, Aug. 16, the law regulating cannabis in Ukraine changes. The new
At least 1,646 medical facilities have been damaged and 215 have been completely destroyed in fighting in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion of February 2022, Ukraine's Health Ministry said. At the same time, 587 ambulances have been destroyed, damaged or seized by Russian forces.
A German-supported program to teach Ukrainians skills needed to rebuild their country has finished training 1,200 people and plans to raise that number to 2,000 by the end of the year, Ukraine's Economy Ministry said. The Skills4Recovery program, administered by the German state-run Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Olympic victories have helped position the reconstruction of Ukraine's sports program as a fundamental part of the $500 billion-$1 trillion physical rebuilding of the country after the war, say sports figures and government officials.
Ukraine's Health Ministry appointed representatives of the UNDP, Unicef and the Embassy of Lithuania to a committee overseeing the rebuilding of a missile-struck children's hospital after complaints of poor transparency thwarted an earlier attempt at reconstruction. Representatives of the three bodies are among the first eight
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, said it boosted investments by 63.1% year-on-year in the second quarter of the year to rebuild and upgrade the country's war-damaged telecommunications network. The company, which has 23 million mobile subscribers, said it invested UAH 2.275 billion ($55 million)
Compiling a directory of law firms doesn't sound very ominous. But add a full-blown Russian invasion, missile attacks, air raid alarms and constant power outages, and you start to get the idea of the challenge of putting together the 21st edition of Ukrainian Law Firms for Foreign Clients.
The Ukrainian government has changed regulations to let foreign companies with offices in Ukraine carry out construction of more complex or sensitive buildings, such as malls, hospitals and factories under a simplified procedure. Foreign companies with representative offices or separate divisions in Ukraine will be allowed to build structures classified
Unscrupulous real estate developers in Kyiv are quietly bulldozing historical buildings to make way for more profitable projects while the attention of the nation is focused on the war against the Russian invasion, the Kyiv Independent reported. The bulldozing on July 19 of the Zelensky Manor, the historic dwelling of
Peace in Ukraine may be closer than most people suspect, says Timothy Ash. The associate fellow at Chatham House and senior sovereign strategist at RBC Bluebay Asset Management laid out five reasons for his belief in his latest blog post. Here is a much-abridged summary by Ukraine Rebuild Newswire: 1
Foreign investors should adhere to a "build back better, made in Ukraine" policy that prioritizes Ukrainian firms when sourcing supplies, recruiting primary contractors and allocating donated resources for the reconstruction of Ukraine, the Brussels-based International Politics and Society (IPS) magazine said in its latest edition. IPS, published by
Japan's Justice Ministry plans to help Ukraine overhaul key laws to help streamline the reconstruction after the war with Russia ends, The Japan Times reported, citing anonymous government sources in Tokyo. The ministry is studying the legal situation in Ukraine before deciding on the components of a legal
Some $20 million has been raised in donations and government transfers for reconstruction and medical care after a Russian missile strike destroyed a wing of Ukraine's largest children's hospital on Monday. Ukraine's government said it has earmarked 100 million hryvnias ($2.4 million) for
UK defense firm Pearson Engineering has won a contract from the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) to supply remote mine clearance vehicles and other mine-clearing equipment to Ukraine, the company said. As part of the contract, Pearson Engineering will provide MW370 remotely controlled mine clearance vehicles to "defeat ordnance
Ukrainians can start filing damage claims from the Russian full-scale invasion as of Tuesday via a new claims register in The Hague, the executive director of the register announced. The Register of Damages for Ukraine, which opened formally Tuesday at an international conference, will initially take down claims of damages
