PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine needs nine billion dollars over ten years to revive its cultural and tourism sector, Unesco said on Tuesday, which estimates the cost of the two years of war for the sector at $19 billion. tourism of the country.
Russia launched what it presented as a “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, denounced by Kyiv and its Western allies as an invasion.
It is the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
In an assessment published ahead of the second anniversary of the start of the war, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Program (UNESCO) estimated the cost of the damage caused at some $3.5 billion. by the fighting over Ukrainian cultural property.
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Unesco said it had analyzed the damage caused to 340 cultural sites, including museums, monuments, libraries and religious sites. Others are currently being evaluated.
“We estimate the need for extraordinary financing at nearly nine billion dollars over the next ten years,” said Krista Pikkat, director of UNESCO’s Culture and Emergencies entity.
“The damage continues to increase, and the needs for the recovery of the sector continue to increase,” she added to the press.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau, edited by Jean Terzian)
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