Which of Ukraine’s regions has suffered the greatest infrastructure damage from the Russian invasion?
Due to enemy attacks, damage to infrastructure has reached colossal proportions. According to UA War Infographics, direct damage to buildings and infrastructure is $153B, and growing daily.
The Donetsk region has suffered the most damage, with estimated losses at $38.7B. The Kharkiv region holds second place, where losses reach $27.8B. The list of the most affected areas also included the Luhansk region ($17.8B), the Zaporizhzhia region ($13.5B), the Kherson region ($12.6B), and the Kyiv region ($11.2B). Damage to the infrastructure in the Sumy and Mykolaiv regions is estimated at $5.5B and $5.6B, respectively. The damage done to the Chernihiv region is estimated at $3B, and $2.9B in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
At the same time, there are two regions where no infrastructure damage was recorded – Ternopil and Chernivtsi.
Recently, KSE experts reported that damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure exceeded $150B. The estimate also includes the damage caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP.