For the past two years, the project’s experts have conducted monthly monitoring of reconstruction spending and procurement activities within the sector.

What has changed in strategies and finances

The Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Policy is rethinking its approach to regional development, with a new strategy for 2028-2034 specifically addressing frontline territories. This shift is already yielding results: 925 communities now have their own strategies, making them ripe for investment. The “eVidnovlennia” program has been a huge success, reaching 100,000 families and distributing over 25 billion UAH in compensation. Plus, international partners are stepping up, providing $200 million for frontline communities and €150 million from Belgium for energy, education, and healthcare initiatives.

How procurement is progressing

In the first quarter of 2025, there were 21,500 construction tenders totaling 40 billion UAH. However, a significant 78% of these were non-competitive. The most expensive tender, for 1.46 billion UAH, was for road repairs in the Lviv region. The Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kyiv regions’ departments led in terms of tender volume.

Areas of recovery: medicine, education, demining

Over 1,000 healthcare facilities, including hospitals in the most severely affected regions, have been restored to operation. The rebuilding of educational institutions is also progressing, with 676 schools, 399 kindergartens, and 83 universities now transferred to the balance sheets of local communities. Meanwhile, humanitarian demining continues; over 200,000 hectares of territory have been cleared by more than 250 pieces of equipment and 87 certified operators.

“eVidnovlennia” Program: 100,000 families have already received compensation

A sum of 9.8 billion UAH has been allocated for repairs, with another 25 billion UAH designated for housing certificates for new homes. Despite this, the number of applications is rapidly increasing, as new damage continues to be reported daily throughout April. The average payout for destroyed housing stands at 1.5 million UAH.

Despite the availability of money, there’s no spending

The Ministry of Development only managed to spend 1% of its annual reconstruction budget in the first quarter of 2025, largely due to procedural holdups and the slow rollout of projects.

The release was prepared within the framework of the EU-funded project “The recovery spending watchdog”. Previous releases are available here. The project is a joint effort of the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, and the NGO “Technologies of Progress”. All project participants are members of the RISE coalition.