The biggest Ukrainian flag in Kyiv. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 2.The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine estimates the total losses of the country's economy against the background of the special operation of the Russian Federation at $600 billion. «According to government estimates, the total losses of the Ukrainian economy due to the war have already reached $600 billion,» 
New EU sanctions are more painful for Europe than for Russia, expert believes partners to help fill the Ukraine Recovery Fund, saying it would take $500 billion. Vladimir Zelensky at a round table as part of the IMF spring session in April said that Ukraine, according to preliminary estimates, had lost $550 billion. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
