Ukraine Launches New Assessment to Update Damage from Russian Aggression
Ukraine, together with international partners, has begun work on a new nationwide assessment of war-related destruction and long-term reconstruction needs.
The Gaze reports this, referring to a post by Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba.
He announced that the government, in cooperation with the World Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations, and other institutions, has initiated the fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5).
The report will measure the total impact of Russian attacks from February 24, 2022 through December 31, 2025.
According to Kuleba, the upcoming assessment will provide an updated picture of the war’s toll across every sector of public life, including housing, transport, energy infrastructure, industry, agriculture, education, science, and water systems.
He noted that the previous RDNA4 identified more than 236,000 damaged or destroyed homes, amounting to around 13% of Ukraine’s housing stock.
But Russia has continued its strikes, hitting residential areas, transport hubs, logistics routes, and social facilities throughout 2025.
Railway infrastructure has been among the hardest hit: over 300 strikes targeted Ukrzaliznytsia facilities since August alone, and more than 800 attacks since the beginning of the year.
Kuleba said frontline regions remain under the heaviest shelling, accounting for around 82% of all documented damage. The number of damaged or destroyed energy facilities has also surged by an estimated 70% in 2025 compared with last year.
“We are making a major transition from rebuilding individual sites to planning comprehensive recovery,” he said. “Alongside the traditional damage assessment, we will – for the first time – carry out a preliminary evaluation of the integrated restoration of entire communities.”
As The Gaze reported earlier, Ukraine is also preparing to seek compensation from Russia for environmental and climate damage, an issue the Ukrainian delegation raised this week at the UN Climate Conference.
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