Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine has caused $151.2 billion in direct damage to the latter country’s infrastructure as of September this year since the invasion first started in February 2022, a new study revealed.<\/p>\n
According to the study by the Kiev School of Economics, the damages have increased by over $700 million as compared to June 2023, from $150.5 billion to $151.2 billion<\/p>\n
It revealed that the housing sector was the worst hit, amounting to $55.9 billion.<\/p>\n
In total, 167,200 housing units have been destroyed or damaged as a result of the hostilities, comprising 147,800 private houses, 19.1 thousand apartment buildings, and an additional 0.35 thousand dormitories.<\/p>\n
The regions Donetsk, Kiev, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kherson and Zaporizhia have been the most severely affected<\/p>\n
In second and third place in terms of damages are the infrastructure and industry sectors, with $36.6 billion and $11.4 billion in damages, respectively.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the war, 18 airports, civil airfields, 344 bridges and overpasses, and over 25,000 kilometers of state and local highways and communal roads have been damaged.<\/p>\n
Damages in the industry sector encompass at least 426 large and medium-sized private enterprises and state-owned companies that have been damaged or destroyed due to the war.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the education sector has also been significantly affected.<\/p>\n
As of the beginning of September , the war has caused $10.1 billion in damages, marking an increase of over $400 million compared to June.<\/p>\n
The total number of damaged and destroyed educational facilities has exceeded 3.,500, including more than 1,700 secondary education institutions, over a 1,000 preschools, and 586 higher education institutions.<\/p>\n
According to regional military administrations, the highest number of destroyed and damaged educational institutions were recorded in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kiev regions.<\/p>\n
Additionally, direct losses in the healthcare sector also continue to escalate, estimated at $2.9 billion as of September 1.<\/p>\n
In total, the war has led to the destruction or damage of 1,223 medical facilities, including 384 hospitals and 352 dispensaries.<\/p>\n