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Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m per hour of halted business
Original: Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /30/mis
New reporting puts a hard price on the routine of war in Ukraine: every hour that air-raid alerts force businesses to pause operations costs the country's economy an estimated $45 million. With Russian missile and drone strikes triggering shutdowns on a near-daily basis, the figure highlights how the war's disruption compounds the direct physical damage, weighing heavily on Ukraine's economic resilience.
Why now: The striking dollar figure quantifies the war's economic toll at a time when Western support for Ukraine is under scrutiny.
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- Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /30/missile-alerts-cost-ukraine-businesses-halt # Ukraine # Europe # Russia # DronesMilitary · theguardian_world_news@halo.nu · 1
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