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Posted on May 30, 2025
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Ukraine seeks €500M to restore Black Sea ports damaged by Russian attacks, crucial for its export economy.
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine needs an initial 500 million euros ($566 million) to rebuild the most important infrastructure facilities at its Black Sea ports destroyed by constant Russian missile and drone attacks, a government minister said on Friday.
Almost 400 port infrastructure facilities have been damaged as a result of Russian attacks during more than three years of war. Seaports are critical for Ukraine, which ships more than 90% of its exports by sea.
"The main critical infrastructure facilities for ports and shipping that we have already lost have been identified ... and now we have to restore them," Andriy Kashuba, deputy minister of territorial development, told the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa.
Ukraine currently operates three major seaports in the Odesa area. Other Black Sea ports suspended operations after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Kashuba said the total cost of rebuilding the ports' infrastructure was estimated at around 1 billion euros.
That figure is dwarfed by the total estimated cost for Ukraine's overall reconstruction and recovery. The World Bank last December put that cost at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade, or about 2.8 times the country's estimated nominal GDP for 2024.
Many industrial and residential infrastructure facilities across Ukraine have been destroyed or severely damaged by Russian attacks.
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(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Gareth Jones)
Ukraine needs an initial 500 million euros ($566 million) to rebuild critical port facilities damaged by Russian attacks.
The total cost of rebuilding the ports' infrastructure is estimated at around 1 billion euros.
Almost 400 port infrastructure facilities have been damaged due to Russian attacks during more than three years of war.
The World Bank estimates the total cost for Ukraine's overall reconstruction and recovery at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade.
Ukraine currently operates three major seaports in the Odesa area, while other Black Sea ports have suspended operations since the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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