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 $27.7 billion, or 16%, higher than KSE’s previous assessment at the end of 2024.
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
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent Mountains of red mud, mine tailings, coal ash and metallurgical slag sprawl across Ukraine’s old industrial regions, the residue of decades of mining, metals production and Soviet-era heavy industry. Piled into dumps and tailings facilities and long treated as an environmental burden, that
Ukraine’s vast mine-contamination problem is creating a market that extends well beyond traditional clearance, with investment opportunities emerging across drones, satellite imagery, sensors, artificial intelligence, mapping software, robotics and heavy equipment, according to a new report from Pravo Intelligence. Roughly 139,000 square kilometers, or about 25% of
