# Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses

https://mins.news/en/item/79678

- The Guardian, 2026-09-30 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/30/missile-alerts-cost-ukraine-businesses-halt

> Ukraine’s economy and environment minister, Oleksandr Kravchenko, says missile alerts cost an estimated $45m for each hour they stop businesses. Russia has been striking industrial sites, warehouses, logistics hubs and datacentres. Kyiv has introduced red and yellow warnings to limit disruption, though a drone strike during a yellow alert killed two people at the National Academy of Sciences.

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