In Ukraine, 8% of housing worth more than $50 billion is damaged due to war — research

This is stated in the results of the study of the Kyiv School of Economics.

This accounts for more than one-third of the total damage to Ukraine's infrastructure and assets.

The study shows that $46.6 billion resulted from the destruction and damage to apartment buildings, while more than $7 billion was attributed to the destruction and damage of private homes.

As of June 2023, more than 163,000 housing properties in Ukraine were either damaged or destroyed, which makes up 8.6% of the total housing stock area. The regions most heavily affected were Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Chernihiv. In Kyiv alone, 454 residential buildings were destroyed or damaged, resulting in a total loss of $734 million.

Cities like Mariupol, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, Bakhmut, Marinka, Lysychansk, Popasna, Izyum, and Volnovakha experienced the highest levels of destruction and damage to residential buildings. 

Sievierodonetsk, for instance, witnessed damage to 90% of its housing stock. It's important to note that the data on housing damage is current as of May 2023 and does not include losses from the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant. 

The KSE Institute's project, "Russia Will Pay," is currently analyzing the direct damage caused by this tragedy to residential properties.

• During the Council of Europe summit on May 17, a declaration was signed to establish a register of damages caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation. 

• On June 20, it was reported that Ukrainian citizens will soon be able to register the damages and losses they suffered from the war.