Olga Dorovskykh is a Ukrainian business journalist currently studying in the US. She began working as a reporter in 2006, and since then she has tried a lot of activities in the field, including working with newspapers, radio and TV, online media, photography, event management, news editing, web design, etc. Olga's primary area of interest is economy and business news, IT, marketing and management, and digital startups. Olga is currently studying Strategic Communication at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Her research is focused on examining changing business models of modern media through the lens of evolving advertising landscape.
Ukraine has some of the biggest potential shale gas reserves in Europe. After months of fighting, the country’s industrial Donbas region as well as the economy in general are severely damaged and will take years to recover. The role of energy resources in this war might be underestimated.
According to the U.N., estimated losses from infrastructure destruction in the Donbas region of Ukraine are $440 million since the armed conflict there started. Every day the debt is increasing, and the country is being pulled into economic and humanitarian disaster. It will take years until full recovery is possible. But until the fighting stops, it’s too early to talk about recovery.
Dependent on gas imports and with an economy in ruins, Ukraine is now reconsidering its energy policy and looking to reform its internal energy market and systems.