Deputy PM assesses cost of Donbas restoration at $15 bln
Deputy Prime Minister, Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Hennadiy Zubko has said that $15 billion would require for the restoration of infrastructure damaged by hostilities.
"Unfortunately, the eastern part of Donbas was hit by the war. The approximate cost of restoring infrastructure, companies and houses would be up to $15 billion," Zubko said in an interview with KyivPost publication.
The minister said that the investment interest is shifting to the country's east, to Kharkiv and Kramatorsk. The most attractive for investors are western regions of Ukraine.
Zubko said that Japan's Fujikura producing automotive parts in Ternopil region and Kromberg and Schubert producing wiring systems for the automotive industry in Zhytomyr are developing.
"Recently 17 U.S. companies producing spare parts also showed the interest to operation in Ukraine," he said.
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