Brussels recommends that Kyiv start developing plans to restore Ukrainian territories affected by hostilities, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries from Lithuania Virginijus Sinkevičius said during his Ukraine trip today, Report informs via TASS.
“As long as the war continues, it is difficult to say when it will be possible to start reconstruction work, but preparations for them cannot be delayed. The European Commission recommends starting planning work in the affected areas now,” the EU Commissioner said.
Sinkevičius noted that according to EU estimates, the damage to nature alone is around 42 billion euros. It is much higher in the destroyed cities and is growing daily.