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Member of Parliament of Ukraine; First Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee at the Parliament of Ukraine

Dr Julia Klymenko

We have to build a NEW Ukraine: modern, efficient, green, comfortable

Only in railways we have lost over 23% of the infrastructure. This is supplemented by the destroyed roads, bridges, and airports, as well as blocked, mined and destroyed ports. One should add also the economic losses which were caused by the blocked export of grains, sunflower oil, metal, chemicals, etc., which amounted to 2-3 Bn USD. A rough estimate of losses from the russian invasion (excluding occupied territories since we cannot calculate there) already exceeds 1 Tn USD.

Involvement during Russia’s war against Ukraine

Yulia takes an active social position and communicates with foreign ambassadors, inter-factional unions , and other representatives to raise awareness on the war in Ukraine.

According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of losses incurred by the Ukrainian transport infrastructure due to the Russian invasion exceeds 40 Bn USD? How much time may Ukraine need for its restoration?

First of all, I would say that infrastructure losses are much higher than USD 40 Bn. Only in railways we have lost over 23% of the infrastructure. This is supplemented by the destroyed roads, bridges, and airports, as well as blocked, mined and destroyed ports. One should add also the economic losses which were caused by the blocked export of grains, sunflower oil, metal, chemicals, etc., which amounted to USD 2-3 Bn. A rough estimate of losses from the russian invasion (excluding occupied territories since we cannot calculate there) already exceeds 1 Tn USD. But we must start reconstructing our country right now because, on the one hand, we have to defend our land and, on the other hand, rebuild and keep the economy running. And we have to rebuild a NEW Ukraine: modern, efficient, green, comfortable and competitive globally.

In June 2022, the EU and Ukraine signed the Agreement on the liberalisation of road transportation on the Ukraine-EU routes. What global impact do you expect from such decision?

I believe it will improve and speed up logistics between Ukraine and the EU. This is critically important right now when the Ukrainian economy is completely dependent on sustainable logistics through its western borders. Ukraine feeds 400 million people, mostly in low-income countries. In global consumption. Ukraine exports 58 million tonnes of agricultural commodities annually. 90% of it was shipped through the seaports of Azov and the Black Sea, through a developed infrastructure ecosystem of river- and seaport facilities equipped with storage and export laboratories. Understanding how critical our food supply is for many countries (Egypt depends on Ukraine, as the latter accounts for 80% of its wheat consumption), despite the war, Ukraine has invested to triple its river, railway, and road transportation capacity. Now we can export through our western borders 1.5-2 million tonnes of grain monthly (vs. 0.5 million tonnes before).