Urban planning and housing policy: The challenges of Post‑war reconstruction of Ukraine

Due to the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine faces challenges and risks in all areas of life. The heavy fights in urban areas have led to numerous victims, significant damage, and a refugee crisis. Since February 24, 2022, almost 13 million people in Ukraine have fled their homes due to the Russian invasion.
By June 7, at least 4.8 million refugees (mostly women and children) have been recorded at border crossings from Ukraine, with another 2.3 million crossings back into the country. By May 11, the total number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine was over 8 million persons. According to data from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, there is an observed tendency towards an increasing the number of persons returning to Ukraine, and the number of
persons who went abroad from western oblasts (36,000) is even smaller than the number of persons moving within Ukraine (37,000) as of July 5.
At the beginning of June, direct losses to Ukraine’s economy from the damage and destruction of residential and non-residential buildings and infrastructure due to the full-scale invasion of Russia had already exceed 105.5 billion dollars, and the total amount of infrastructure damage is estimated at 564–600 billion dollars. Ukraine now faces the challenges of post‑war recovery, and presented The National Plan at the beginning of July 2022.