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Russian missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every halted hour
Original: ‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses
A new estimate puts the cost of air raid alerts in Ukraine at roughly $45 million for every hour businesses are forced to stop, as workers head to shelters during missile and drone warnings. Officials and economists say the disruptions, now routine across the country, are a growing drag on an economy already strained by more than two years of war.
Why now: The striking price tag on daily air raid disruptions highlights the mounting economic toll of the war on Ukraine's businesses.
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- ‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses · The Guardian
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