According to the State Statistics Service, the total area of residential buildings for which construction permits were issued in 2023 decreased by 37% compared to 2022 and amounted to 4.2 million square meters (67,000 new apartments).
In Kyiv, the volume of new construction decreased by 66% compared to 2022 and amounted to 299,400 square meters, and in Kyiv region by 67%, to 616,100 square meters. In Lviv region, the figure decreased by 14% to 870,300 square meters, and in Khmelnytsky region by 5.3% to 313,100 square meters.
On the other hand, in Ivano-Frankivsk region, the volume of new construction increased by 130% to 469,000 square meters. Significant growth was also recorded in Chernivtsi (+275.4%, to 225,400 square meters), Zakarpattia (+79.3%, 256,000), and Vinnytsia (+77.4%, 230,600).
In other regions, the volume of new construction decreased and amounted to less than 200,000 square meters.
Ukraine is developing a Patriot-level Kilceni SAM system
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has faced a severe shortage of modern air defense systems capable of effectively countering missile strikes, drones, and aircraft.
In Lithuania, citizens of Russia and Belarus received over a million euros in aid for Ukrainians
The European Union’s support for Ukrainian refugees from the war in Lithuania has also been extended to citizens of Russia and Belarus. The amount of money involved is over a million euros.
EU approves 17th package of sanctions against Russia
It includes restrictions on nearly 200 vessels of the so-called “shadow fleet.”