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The video game ‘Fallout 3“It started with a phrase:” War … war never changes. ” But it turns out yes: the War between Russia and Ukraine has shown us that, in drone season, Military adaptation It is the difference between enduring another day or not. He has also represented the prelude What we are seeing now Between Iran and Israel. What is true that it has not changed is the trail of destruction that the continuous attacks leave in their path.
And this chart reveals the direct economic cost that war has already left in Ukraine:
Housing and Transport. Prepared by Visual Capitalistin the upper graph we can see a representation of the figures of the World Bank’s Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment. Updated until December 2023, (similar to 176,000 million estimates more recent), in the graph the direct damage of the Russian offensive in nine key sectors are broken down. The total? More than 175,000 million dollars in verified destruction.
Two of them, at least two of the ones that most involve the population, are housing and transport infrastructure, and between them they are more than half of those 175,000 million. Specifically, it is estimated that one in eight Ukrainian homes has been damaged or destroyed, which translates into the need to have 57,000 million for reconstruction.
On the other hand, damage to roads, bridges and rail lines are estimated at about 37,000 million dollars.
Energy is not far behind. What housing and transport are the most damaged sectors directly does not imply that the rest of the destroyed elements are of lower importance and, in fact, everything goes hand in hand. For example, energy, with estimated damage to more than 20,000 million, occupies third place in the list. Although the country is connected to the European Emergency Electricity, it is something that has Exposed to blackouts to homes and companies. In fact, the Greater European nuclear power plant is Ukrainian. Or it was.
And, as we said, everything is connected. Housing damage is causing the displacement of the population to other cities with rental housing in safer regions, than by the law of supply and demand, they rise in price, away from those refugees. And the damage to transport infrastructure not only hinders the movement of people and merchandise internally, but also the exports of grain and metals that help the economy of the country.
Other sectors. Below 20,000 million we have other basic legs in any country. Are the following:
- Commerce and Industry – 17,500 million dollars.
- Education and Science – 13.4 billion dollars.
- Agriculture – 11.2 billion dollars.
- Water supply network 4.6 billion dollars.
- Culture and Tourism – 4.1 billion dollars.
And another 10.3 billion dollars in other sectors. In the end, and as we indicated, many of them are related.
Many more millions. Now, something important to keep in mind is that these are the estimated direct costs of verified physical damage. Which will cost to recover the country amounts to an astronomical figure: more than 524,000 million. According to the World Bankit is necessary for recovery during the next decade if the contest will end.
This figure represents almost three times the estimated nominal GDP of Ukraine by 2024 and only the Rubble management It will require about 13,000 million dollars. In fact, the estimated breakdown for recovery is as follows:
- Housing – 84,000 million dollars.
- Transport – 78,000 million dollars.
- Energy and Mining – 68,000 million dollars.
- Commerce and Industry – 64,000 million dollars.
- Agriculture – 55,000 million dollars.
And, again, all this counting with the end of the short -term conflict, something that is not yet on the horizon. On the sidelines, we must not put aside something irreplaceable. human losses. Because if something betrays the brutality of this war It is that Ukraine would have lost between 60,000 and 100,000 left. On the side of Russia, 250,000 soldiers would have already died in combat.
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