Reconstruction of Ukraine begins with Dutch help
06:05 | The war is not over yet, but the reconstruction of Ukraine has already begun. Fifteen Dutch companies want to help build houses, clear debris and build bridges, according to research by BNR. Our government contributes to the costs. Read the whole story.
In April, the Kiev government announced it would start rehabilitation works in areas where the conflict appears to have subsided. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) therefore engaged a local Ukrainian consultancy, Praktika, to draw attention to the services of the Dutch business community. Fifteen big names appear in a brochure published by RVO, including that of heavy haulage company Mammoet.
Situation on Monday 1 May
According to the White House the Russian army suffered 100,000 casualties in the past five months, including 20,000 dead. Especially in the Bachmut region.
Russia has one new missile attack carried out over eastern Ukraine, resulting in two deaths, starting huge fires and damaging dozens of houses and other buildings in the city of Pavlohrad.
An explosion in the western Bryansk regionat the border with Ukraine, it derailed a Russian freight train on Monday, the local governor said in a social media post.
Ukrainian counterattacks Russian troops have been driven out of some positions in the besieged eastern city of Bachmut, but the situation remains “quite difficult,” a senior Ukrainian general said.
The head of the Private militia Wagner he reiterated his call for the Russian Defense Ministry to provide more ammunition to its fighters trying to take Bachmoet.
Since last summer has Russia “some of the most extensive military defense systems in the world for many decades” built in areas it controls in Ukraine and its own border areas.
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