Ukraine will need to invest a minimum of $1.79bn (£148bn) to restore its telecommunications sector to pre-war levels, the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has determined.
The agency was commissioned in April to conduct a damage assessment of the destruction of Ukraine's communication networks as a result of Russia's ongoing invasion of the country.
The long-anticipated report has found that there was considerable damage and destruction to communications infrastructure in more than 10 out of 24 regions of Ukraine over the first six months of the conflict.
It also alleged that Russia had "destroyed completely or seized" networks in parts of the country.
"Since the beginning of military attacks, with the purpose of using the facilities in its interests and for its own needs, the aggressor either destroyed completely or seized the regular operation of public and private terrestrial telecommunication and critical...