Damages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are estimated at $143.8 billion, deputy chief of Ukraine's Committee of National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, Yuriy Aristov, said on April 21. Aristov added that 37 percent of residential buildings, a quarter of infrastructure objects, about 8 percent of industrial facilities, as well as about 6 percent of educational facilities, land resources, and energy objects have been fully destroyed. The Kyiv School of Economics added that more than 150,000 buildings, at least 25,000 kilometers of roads, 344 bridges, thousands of kindergartens, schools, and museums have been damaged. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Ukrainian Government Estimates Damages Caused By Russian Invasion At $143.8 Billion
A man looks up at a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Slovyansk, Donetsk region, on April 14.