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Half of enterprises continued operating during the 'yellow' level of alert.
Each hour of rocket-alerts, during which work is halted for a large number of enterprises, costs Ukraine about 45 million dollars. This is reported by The Guardian, citing Economy and Ecology Minister Oleksandr Kravchenko.
“What we did not foresee until now is how quickly Russia will develop these jet-powered drones and begin using them to attack everything,” he said.
According to the minister, Russian attacks force enterprises to halt operations as workers must move to shelters. At the same time, air alarms can last up to 10 hours per day. At the same time, according to him, more than half of the enterprises continued to operate during the 'yellow' level of danger.
Kravchenko emphasized that the 'yellow' level of danger does not guarantee safety. As an example, he cited the strike by a Russian jet-powered drone on the building of the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv during a 'yellow' alert. He said that as a result of the attack two people inside the building were killed.
Kravchenko noted that this year alone Russian attacks caused damage to basic funds amounting to about 10 billion dollars. Among the targets were metallurgical enterprises, warehouses, logistics infrastructure, and recently — data processing centers.
He also stated that Ukraine is currently counting on additional support from the EU, Japan, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In particular, the possibility of early provision of loans planned for next year.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Retail Association analyzed changes in consumer behavior due to prolonged alarms and threats in large cities, including Kyiv. Alarms affected traffic in large store networks and shopping centers. For example, Auchan and METRO stores close during alarms, so in 2025 year the downtime of the Auchan network amounted to more than 4 thousand hours.
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