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Missile alerts cost Ukraine €40m per hour, economy minister says
Original: ‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine €40m for every hour they halt businesses. Missi
Ukraine's economy minister says air raid alerts are costing the country an estimated €40m for every hour they halt business activity, as Russian missile and drone strikes repeatedly force workers into shelters. The warning underlines the growing economic toll of the war on Ukraine's economy, with businesses in Kyiv and across the country regularly disrupted by air defence alerts.
Why now: The striking figure quantifies the war's economic cost at a time when Ukraine's financial stability is under scrutiny.
Evidence
- ‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine €40m for every hour they halt businesses. Missile alerts are costing Ukraine an estimated €40m (£34m) for every hour they bring business to a halt, according to the country’s economy minister, as Kyiv… · mf_analysis@mastodon.mediafaro.org · 2
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