According to the World Bank, the losses of the Ukrainian telecom market as a result of the war amount to approximately $2.6 billion, in total, a quarter of all Internet networks in the country were destroyed. This is stated in the message of the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

As noted in the Ministry of Digital Development, before the full-scale war, Ukraine had the largest high-speed Internet coverage in Europe.. Last year alone, more than 7,000. social facilities are connected to the Internet and more than 1 million Ukrainians in 3 thousand. villages for the first time got the opportunity to use high-speed Internet.

According to the World Bank, in order to restore the telecom sector in Ukraine, it is necessary:.

$1.79 billion to clear the area of \u200b\u200brocket debris, the aftermath of the invasion, and rebuild destroyed and damaged infrastructure;

$0.71 billion to purchase towers, cables, fiber and construction equipment;

$ 0.1 billion - the amount of losses of companies due to lost subscription fees.

“After the Russian invasion, the digital infrastructure was destroyed, hundreds of kilometers of cable and tens of thousands of pieces of equipment. In total, a quarter of all Internet networks in the country were destroyed, and this is more than 1.7 million fixed-line communication lines..

The agency added that the assessment was carried out by the World Bank team in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Development, the National Commission for State Regulation in the Fields of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and Postal Services (NKEK) and the Kyiv School of Economics. Information from the central executive authorities and military-civilian administrations was also taken into account..

Recall that now 12,000 Starlink terminals operate in Ukraine.. This is the highest rate in Europe.

The first batch of Starlink satellite Internet stations from Elon Musk arrived in Ukraine in response to the request of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Elon Musk activated the Starlink Internet over the territory of our country for the first time..

Musk's Starlink system helps the Ukrainian army track and destroy invaders. Satellite communications are actively used in the army for communication in hard-to-reach places - Starlink has significantly improved this process.

As of the beginning of May, about 150,000 people used Starlink's satellite Internet daily in Ukraine.