What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
Short-term rental app Airbnb has signed an agreement with the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine committing to market local tourism after the war with Russia ends as well as "the exchange of analytical and statistical information." The memorandum commits the two to "joint marketing activities
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, will work with US-based hardware and software firm Trimble to install almost 200 communications towers across Ukraine to offer high-precision satellite positioning services for use in engineering, mapping, shipping and other trades. The companies will build 41 communications towers in the remainder of
A severe shortage of bulldozer operators, mechanical fitters and other specialized workers will make it "difficult or impossible" to start reconstruction of the destroyed Kakhovka hydropower plant next year, according to research by the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine. Mass conscription and mass migration have drained the regions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed priorities for the reconstruction of his country with the newly appointed US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker. In the meeting in New York on Wednesday, Zelensky "emphasized the importance of participation of American business in the reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 18, 2023 The new US special representative supporting the rebuilding of Ukraine said she will encourage investment in agriculture, green energy, steel, mining, critical materials and Ukraine's burgeoning IT sector as an important part of her duties. Penny Pritzker, the former US
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 Dream, the Ukrainian state portal meant to organize the reconstruction of the country, has entered closed beta testing for new features meant to help choose which projects to prioritize and create milestones for reconstructions works. The updates to the portal, which also now
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, announced it will hold an international competition to rebuild the city center based on a master plan created by a team of foreign and domestic architects led by the Norman Foster Foundation. Kharkiv City Council said in a
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 A drone survey of Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, one of the region’s heaviest hit in the ongoing war, shows about 10% of the infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged, the United Nations Development Programme said. The damage and destruction includes 300 “social
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff (Sept 7, 2023) Ukrainian civil servants will need intense national training in project appraisal, procurement and other areas to help carry out the expected massive reconstruction campaign to follow the war, a senior official for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. The fight against
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Ukraine has been rebuilding or repairing war-damaged hospitals, clinics and other medical buildings at an average rate of 1.4 facilities a day since Russian forces invaded, according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. From the invasion on Feb 24 of last year
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine after Kyivstar, increased capital spending in the first half of the year by 75% year-on-year as it repaired damage inflicted in the ongoing war and increased its resilience to power outages and shortages. Capital expenditures rose to
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The reconstruction of Ukraine will pass through three distinct phases as fighting in the country gradually winds down and the war likely ends in a “frozen outcome” similar to the tense peace between North and South Korea since 1953, Fitch said in its latest risk
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The Ukrainian government has allocated 350 million hryvnii ($9.6 million) from the State Budget Reserve Fund to help energy companies in the country pay interest on loans taken out to repair or rebuild energy infrastructure damaged in fighting. “State financial support will be provided
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Fighting has smashed windows in towns and villages in large parts of Ukraine and a lack of glass to replace them is preventing many refugees from resettling, The Guardian writes in a feature report. The country lost its only sheet glass factory in the Russian
