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David Lawder

Ukraine war damage tops $100 billion so far, economic adviser says

A person walks past the "Slovo" building, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Lapshyn

Ukraine's top government economic adviser Oleg Ustenko said on Thursday that invading Russian forces have so far destroyed at least $100 billion worth of infrastructure, buildings and other physical assets.

Ustenko, chief economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told an online event hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics that the war has caused 50% of Ukrainian businesses to shut down completely, while the other half are operating at well below their capacity.

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