Kyiv and International Partners Create Recovery Fund to Accelerate Post-War Reconstruction
Ukraine, together with international partners, is launching the Recovery Fund, a new instrument that will accumulate state and donor resources for the accelerated recovery of the regions affected by the most destruction.
The Gaze reports on it, referring to a post made by Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery of Ukraine – Minister of Community and Territorial Development, Oleksiy Kuleba, on Telegram.
Oleksiy Kuleba announced during the 15th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Donor Platform in Kyiv that the scale of destruction in Ukraine continues to grow.
According to RDNA4, total losses were estimated at more than $524 billion, and in 2025 alone, energy facilities suffered an increase in losses of almost 70%. Black Sea and Danube ports are regularly shelled, and Ukrzaliznytsia and residential areas also remain at constant risk.
In this regard, Kuleba noted that last week, the government, together with its partners, launched RDNA5 with a special focus on frontline regions.
The minister also announced the creation of the Recovery Fund, a fast, stable, and transparent tool that will accumulate state and donor resources to finance reconstruction through a single portfolio of priority projects within the Single Project Pipeline.
“We will direct funds to where they are most needed – to the regions that have suffered the most destruction,” he stressed.
The second critical step, according to Kuleba, is the launch of the Recovery Task Force—a joint team of donors and government officials that will coordinate the work of all parties and ensure synchronization of actions.
The minister stressed the importance of stable heating and energy systems, as well as protecting critical infrastructure. To this end, equipment reserves are being formed, decentralized generation is being developed, and the government has created a Coordination Center for the Physical Protection of Facilities, which has already begun work on more than 100 facilities.
Kuleba also emphasized that frontline regions remain at the center of the recovery policy.
“The priorities remain unchanged: shelter, water, heat, education, and medicine. Where communities are working in conditions of constant destruction, the state must strengthen local self-government bodies,” the minister wrote.
The situation in Ukraine remains critical due to the large-scale destruction of infrastructure and residential areas, especially in frontline regions that are under daily shelling. This makes the country's recovery an extremely urgent task, as effective support for these territories is key to the stability of the entire state.
Recognizing these challenges, Ukraine is seeking and finding significant support from partner countries, international organizations, and non-governmental donors.
Earlier, the European Union announced that it would provide €50 million to help reconstruct Ukrainian hospitals damaged by Russian attacks or struggling under high patient loads caused by the war.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Ukraine is set to file a $44 billion claim against Russia for environmental and climate damage caused by its full-scale invasion, including increased greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and destruction of water and soil resources. Experts estimate the invasion has generated 237 million tonnes of additional CO₂-equivalent emissions since February 2022. The claim is to be submitted through a Council of Europe compensation mechanism, with potential funding sources including frozen Russian assets abroad.
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