Overview
- A joint World Bank, UN, EU and Ukrainian assessment pegs a decade-long recovery need at about $587.7 billion, with transport, energy and housing the costliest sectors.
- More than a dozen senior European officials, including Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa, visited Kyiv to mark the anniversary and reaffirm support.
- EU plans for a 20th sanctions package on Russia and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine remain blocked by Hungary, though Brussels signaled it intends to find a way forward.
- Russian missile and drone attacks have intensified against power facilities, with recent strikes hitting Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv and causing widespread outages.
- U.S.-brokered talks remain stalled over control of Donbas and future security guarantees as Russia holds roughly one-fifth of Ukraine, and the UN reports about 15,000 civilian deaths.