by War is war, but asphalt is on schedule. When someone at the front gets a ‘hit’, someone in the rear gets a ‘visit’—from a grader. And this is not a joke, but a completely serious state strategy. The government has decided to allocate over 700 million hryvnias for the repair of highways in the frontline regions: Kharkiv region will receive the most—450.5 million, and also Poltava and Sumy regions—256 million hryvnias.
Traditionally, social media is already asking: “Why do we need roads when there’s a war?”—but such remarks usually come from those who have no idea that logistics is not a luxury, but a weapon. It is precisely these roads that carry **military columns, humanitarian cargo, evacuation buses, and everything that keeps the frontline regions afloat.
Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko explained: roads are being repaired not for “comfort,” but to ensure the lifeblood of the front. Because when a fuel truck gets stuck in a pothole, it is no longer a question of convenience—it is a question of defense.
Businesses operate under shelling, communities are being restored, and road workers, it seems, have become another type of rear-guard troops. And while some grumble about ‘bad timing,’ in the frontline villages and cities, the machinery that repairs not just asphalt is humming.
