Bridge Strategy of Ukraine. Five action points to save bridges and give them a chance of being rebuilt
Ukraine cannot afford to approach its growing bridge crisis one project at a time. Thousands of ageing and deteriorating bridges, combined with wartime attacks on critical crossings, require difficult choices about what to save, repair, replace or abandon. This article sets out five action points for a national bridge strategy: prioritise indispensable crossings, protect funding for maintenance and repairs, integrate Ukraine’s bridge sector with European standards and markets, optimise the existing network rather than simply expanding it, and develop major projects with international financing and expertise.
Promises or commitments? Fifty shades of green at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026
“Green recovery” has become mainstream language at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, but what does green actually mean in practice? Looking back at URC 2026 in Gdańsk, the authors explore stronger civil society and municipal engagement alongside an increasingly pragmatic, business-oriented recovery agenda, and argue that environmental safeguards, social concerns and sustainable solutions need a much stronger place in the debate.
Reconstruction architecture: why Ukraine needs not only speed, but also a system
The RISE Ukraine Shadow Report assesses how Ukraine’s reconstruction architecture works in practice and identifies the systemic gaps that still need to be addressed. It highlights fragmented governance, uneven institutional and local capacity, coordination challenges, human capital needs and gaps in transparency, while calling for a more coherent approach to public investment and reconstruction. The report also stresses that the “build back better” principle should become a practical framework for achieving more sustainable, resilient and inclusive reconstruction. Its central message is clear: successful recovery depends on building an integrated, data-driven and accountable system, not simply rebuilding individual facilities.