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Ukraine Needs 500 Million Euros To Rebuild Critical Port Facilities Damaged By Russia

Ukraine Needs 500 Million Euros To Rebuild Critical Port Facilities Damaged By Russia

KYIV, May 30 (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.

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