Drohnen: Hält die Wirtschaft der Ukraine Moskaus Luftangriffen stand?
Im fünften Kriegsjahr richtet Russland seine Gewalt zunehmend gegen die zivile Wirtschaft in der Ukraine. Moskau will die Ukrainer zermürben. Drohnen treffen auch deutsche Unternehmen.
Russia is escalating its war of aggression against Ukraine on a new front: targeting the neighbor's economy. Missiles and drones strike steel mills, shopping centers, factories, and suppliers of supermarkets. The targets include pharmaceutical manufacturers, mail and logistics, data and telecom hubs, railways, ports on the Black Sea.
"Russia wants to kill our economy and break our resistance," says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Economy Minister Oleksander Krawchenko estimates the damage to Ukraine's fixed assets alone this year at ten billion US dollars (8.9 billion euros). Each hour of air alert costs Ukraine approximately 40 million euros, he told the "Guardian" newspaper: "When people are in bunkers, the economy stands still."
Concern grows about how long Ukraine can withstand this pressure. Questions and answers on the matter: Why is Russia intensifying the economic war? "Because it can," says Hlib Wyschlinskyj, director of the Denkfabrik Centre for Economic Strategies in Kiev. He mentions the debate over whether intensified Ukrainian attacks on Russia's oil industry or the online retailer Wildberries provoked Russia, the dpa reported. "But we didn't start this war."
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