While Ukraine remains locked in a brutal war with Russia, Ukraine's government in Kyiv is already looking forward to a day when the country rebuilds itself from the ground up.
The World Bank estimates that, as of early this year, Ukraine's rebuilding costs surpassed $410 billion.
To recover from Russia's bombing, shelling, and attacks against critical infrastructure, Ukraine will need massive investments in its water services, agriculture, mine disposal, health care system, and more.
While the push to rebuild Ukraine's critical infrastructure will be gargantuan, there is also a mounting need to repair the country's housing stock.
The World Bank estimates Ukraine will need at least $69 billion to replace homes and apartment buildings damaged and destroyed by the war-roughly $2 billion of that amount is needed urgently.
While billions are pouring in from governments around the world to fund Ukraine's defensive efforts and to replace critical infrastructure, the country is turning to private donors to help replace its citizens' wrecked homes.
Using United24, Kyiv's official crowdfunding platform, the government is hoping to show its supporters what's been lost and what might be rebuilt.
As part of the crowdfunding campaign, supporters can explore a map of homes that are in need of repair.
Each address features a 3D rendering of the home before it was damaged in the war.
It also includes personal stories from the building's former residents and testimonials about their desire to return.
Some even include a livestream of the construction in progress.
Another, a brutalist apartment block in Borodianka, was devastated by air strikes and mortar shells-some of its residents stayed in the building through the frigid Ukrainian winter, having repaired a hole in the wall themselves.
In Hostomel, a huge apartment building was damaged by a Russian missile before being occupied by the invading soldiers.
The Russians mined the area before leaving, according to Kyiv.
This Cyber News was published on www.wired.com. Publication date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:43:04 +0000