{"id":50267,"date":"2026-08-21T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=50267"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:57:36","slug":"how-russia-is-faking-the-reconstruction-of-war-ravaged-donetsk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/usa\/how-russia-is-faking-the-reconstruction-of-war-ravaged-donetsk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"How russia is faking the reconstruction of war-ravaged Donetsk region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of russia\u2019s illegitimate elections in the temporarily occupied territories, the occupation authorities in Donetsk region have intensified a PR campaign promoting the alleged \u201creconstruction\u201d of the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fdenis pushilin, the russian-appointed head of the so-called \u201cdpr,\u201d said more than 63,000 proposals had been submitted to united russia\u2019s new \u201cpeople\u2019s program,\u201d which is intended to define the region\u2019s \u201cdevelopment priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fHowever, the \u201creconstruction\u201d outlined in the program does not correspond to the scale of destruction caused by russia\u2019s aggression. In Mariupol alone, around 2,600 apartment buildings have been damaged, with more than half suffering critical or complete destruction. At the same time, the \u201cpeople\u2019s program\u201d plans to renovate only 2,800 apartment buildings across the entire temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fMoreover, even housing built by russia does not always go to people who lost their homes due to russia\u2019s aggression. In Mariupol, for example, around 75% of property buyers are reportedly newcomers from russia, while local residents have been waiting for years for the compensation and restored housing promised by the kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0fAfter 12 years, the part of Donetsk region under russian occupation has not become an example of the promised \u201creconstruction.\u201d Instead, it has faced systemic problems with utilities and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The kremlin is trying to create an illusion of regional reconstruction and legitimize the occupation. In reality, it views the seized Ukrainian territories merely as a resource for pursuing its own interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of russia\u2019s illegitimate elections in the temporarily occupied territories, the occupation authorities in Donetsk region have intensified a PR campaign promoting the alleged \u201creconstruction\u201d of the region. \u25ab\ufe0fdenis pushilin, the russian-appointed head of the so-called \u201cdpr,\u201d said more than 63,000 proposals had been submitted to united russia\u2019s new \u201cpeople\u2019s program,\u201d which is intended to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50270,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50267\/revisions\/50270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}