Russia causes almost $1.8 billion in damage to telecommunications in Ukraine

SkyNews reports on Friday with reference to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is a structural organization of the UN.

"Ukraine will need at least $1.79 billion to restore its telecommunications sector to pre-war level," the document states.

Report, which covers the first six months of war, notes significant damage and destruction of telecommunications infrastructure in more than 10 of Ukraine's 24 regions. At the same time, it is emphasized that the aggressor either completely destroyed or captured telecommunications and critical infrastructure in occupied territories, as well as in the combat zone.

In addition, the Russian Federation unilaterally changed Ukrainian telephone codes established by the UN agency to Russian ones.

Separately, Russia conducted 1,123 cyber attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

• On January 4, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported that damage caused to Ukraine as a result of war exceeds $700 billion, while at the beginning of June this amount was half as much.