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Activities related to ITU Council Resolution 1408 on Ukraine

This webpage provides information related to the activities the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) secretariat is undertaking to address this resolution, in particular focusing on monitoring and reporting, coordination mechanisms, technical assistance, capacity-building activities, and resource mobilization.

BACKGROUND

According to the Fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5), released in February 2026, Ukraine's telecommunications, digital, and media sector has sustained an estimated USD 2.48 billion in direct damage and USD 2.69 billion in losses since the start of the full-scale invasion. The continued functioning and modernisation of this infrastructure remain essential for Ukraine's economic recovery, public service delivery, resilience, and long-term digital transformation.

During the ordinary session, held in July 2023, the ITU Council modified Resolution 1408 on “Assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector".

The Council expressed grave concern, amongst others, over the devastating impact that the war against Ukraine has had on the operation of telecommunication facilities and services in Ukraine. This included the widespread destruction of critical infrastructure, and on Ukraine's sovereign right to regulate telecommunications within its territory.

ITU council resolves to instructed the Directors of the three Bureaux:

To provide and present detailed regular reports assessing Ukraine's immediate, medium- and long-term ICT reconstruction needs resulting from the Russian Federation's invasion at subsequent Council meetings and future ITU conferences, until the withdrawal of all Russian Federation's military forces from the territory of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders, and until the reconstruction of the telecommunication and media infrastructure in those areas that suffered is complete, and to prepare proposals for effective technical assistance;
To provide assistance and full support to Ukraine for rebuilding its damaged and destroyed telecommunications and television infrastructure, supporting the ICT/telecommunications, and promoting digitalization for recovery and sustainable development;
To review and prevent publication of information in any ITU documents, submitted by the Russian Federation, regarding the assignment of frequencies or National Destination Code (NDC) under the country code of the Russian Federation "7" for the territories that, in part, are or have been under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation;
To ensure adequate financial and human resources mobilization, including under the internal budgets and the Information and Communication Technology Development Fund, for the implementation of the proposed actions;
To continue using the Partner2Connect mechanism, collecting pledges and commitments of stakeholders.

The ITU Council also instructed the ITU Secretary General to coordinate the activities carried out by the three Sectors of the Union in accordance with the measures above, to ensure that the Union's action in favour of Ukraine is as effective as possible.

Moreover, Member States were invited to support the Government of Ukraine on a bilateral level or in coordination with the Union, as indicated above, to respond to the call for pledges under the Partner2Connect Initiative, to provide financial contribution to the Special Fund, and to cooperate in the implementation of infrastructure projects in order to rebuild the telecommunications sector of Ukraine and improve Connectivity.

The outcomes and progress of ITU activities aimed at the implementation of the Resolution 1408 on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector are outlined in the following documents:

The ITU Council 2026 Document C26/68 “Update on the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408 on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector" provides the recent updates on the activities carried out by ITU since ITU Council 2025.
The ITU Council 2025 Document C25/68
The ITU Council 2024 Document C24/68
The ITU Council 2023 Document C23/59
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference Document 70

For more information, please reach out to the ITU Office for Europe at eurregion@itu.int.

CURRENT CALLS FOR ENGAGEMENT

Priority initiatives prepared jointly with ITU and Ukraine's Ministries of Digital Transformation and Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, inviting governments, development partners, international financial institutions, industry, and academia to contribute expertise, technology, financing, and partnerships.

In accordance with ITU Council Resolution 1408 (Mod. 2023) on assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding its telecommunication sector, the ITU continues to support Ukraine in strengthening the resilience, recovery, and modernisation of its digital sector, working in close coordination with Ukraine's ministries, the United Nations system, the European Commission, international financial institutions, and development partners.

Eight impact initiatives: Fostering digital infrastructure recovery & development in Ukraine: Call for support to eight impact initiatives
Separate digital initiative: Strengthening the resilience of the digital capabilities of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Fibre-optic cabels initiative: In coordination with Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, a special urgent need was identified to boost the recovery of the country's damaged fibre-optic infrastructure. Leading global manufacturers of fibre-optic cable are being reached out to and invited to donate excess or unused stock for exclusively civilian use. Currently, ITU coordinates with these manufacturers and Ukrainian internet service providers to deliver donated materials to the most affected regions. Contributions could be recognized as a pledge under ITU's Partner2Connect Digital Coalition (P2C), offering global visibility and recognition.
ITU Special Fund in Trust for Ukraine: To ensure adequate financial and human resources for implementing the activities of Resolution 1408, ITU established the Special Fund in Trust. To date, the Fund has benefited from contributions received from Japan, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Lithuania, with additional resources dedicated by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau. All stakeholders are invited to contribute to the Special Fund; for further details, please reach out to eurregion@itu.int.
Partner2Connect Digital Coalition: Sample of Pledges Related to Ukraine: In response to ITU Council Resolution 1408, and by leveraging the pledging mechanism of the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition, ITU has collected a series of pledges from all over the world. Please find below the pledges that have been collected as of today.

OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES BY ITU SECRETARIAT

ITU Special Task Force on Resolution 1408, established at the level of the General Secretariat and serviced by the ITU Office for Europe, continues to provide the platform for intersectoral response to all issues related to the implementation of this Resolution.
ITU is in regular coordination with the Ukrainian Administration on the activities related to the implementation of the Resolution 1408. As a member of the UN Country Team, ITU continues to coordinate all its action with the UN system in the country.
ITU actively participates in the annual Ukraine Recovery Conference, contributing expertise on rebuilding the country's telecommunications and digital infrastructure under Council Resolution 1408. Click to explore ITU's engagement by year; URC 2026, URC 2025, URC 2024, URC 2023.
In June 2026, ITU, in coordination with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, identified a special urgent need to boost the recovery of the country's damaged fibre-optic infrastructure. ITU coordinates with manufacturers and Ukrainian internet service providers to deliver donated fibre-optic cables to the most affected regions.
Since early 2026, ITU has been engaged with the ITU-UNICEF Giga initiative to advance school connectivity in Ukraine.
Joining URC-26, ITU co-organised the workshop-5 Business Dimension: "Ukraine's Digital Economy: Driving Recovery, Innovation, and Long-Term Growth" . In cooperation with Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, ITU presented the call for support of fostering digital infrastructure recovery & development in Ukraine
The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 (URC-26) was held in Gdańsk, Poland on 25-26 June 2026.
ITU provided support to ITU Academia Member, the State University of Information and Communication Technologies (Ukraine) in organising the Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital Transformation, AI and Cybersecurity: Shaping a Trusted Digital Future" which was held on 17–18 June 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
ITU has signed the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2025–2029, contributing to the country's digital development objectives.
At the ITU Regional Development Forum for Europe 2026 held in Prague, Czech Republic, Ukraine presented its set of priority projects for the reconstruction and development of the telecommunication sector.
ITU supported the participation and representation of Ukrainian representatives in the Regional Training on Critical Infrastructure Protection and MISP in Montenegro (September 2025), organised in cooperation with the Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Centre, as well as in the ITU Regional Radiocommunication Seminar for Europe held in Athens (February 2026).
In November 2025, ITU supported the organisation of the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital Transformation: Strengthening Cybersecurity Capacities in the Modern World", held in Kraków, Poland.
In July 2025, upon the invitation of Italy, the ITU participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 held in Rome. On the margins of the Conference, ITU co-organised the side event "Building Telecom Resilience: Ukraine's Wartime Transformation and Global Investment Partnerships".
ITU continues coordination with the relevant international partners and donor community, including CEPT, European Commission, EBU, Council of Europe, OECD, EIB, WB, EBRD.
ITU continues to coordinate and contribute to the activities of the United Nations Country Team. ITU developed in 2025 Ukraine Digital Development Country Profile providing comprehensive overview of the digital development complemented by the contributions of other UN Agencies and partners.
ITU continues to mobilize funds under the Special Fund in Trust, facilitating the scale up of ITU's operations related to further implementation of Resolution 1408.
ITU continues to use Partner2Connect mechanism to collect pledges dedicated to support Ukraine.
Under the umbrella of the GovStack initiative, ITU continues to support actions related to the Ukrainian Platform of Registers. In partnership with ITU, GIZ is carrying out the tender on the Diia.Engine prototype development.
In June 2024, upon the invitation of Germany, the ITU (represented by the ITU Office for Europe) participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Berlin. At the roundtable for international organizations, alongside numerous international partners, including representatives of the UN system, the ITU presented its activities aimed at supporting Ukraine under Resolution 1408.
Upon the request presented by the National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and the Provision of Postal Services, the ITU designed an Executive Training Program on 5G roll-out for Ukrainian officials. As part of the ITU's capacity-building activities, the ITU Europe Office team organized five sessions from March to July 2024 that served for Ukrainian representatives as the platform for learning and exchanging the experience with three ITU sectors, representatives of Polish, Lithuanian, and Romanian National authorities, representatives from Nokia and Ericsson.
Level of damages of fifteen broadcasting stations was considered and ten stations were selected for the immediate assessment, leading towards the development of technical specification including financial dimension of investment needed and implementation timeline. As the outcome of the activity ITU developed bankable project documents that are used to facilitate the aid from international donor community for the reconstruction of the broadcasting infrastructure. 
Building upon the results of the ITU Assessment, with 40 broadcasting stations affected by the war, and following coordination with the Administration, ITU is currently focusing on rebuilding and reconstructing the broadcasting systems of Ukraine that have been identified as immediate priority. As of February 2024, five stations, Kharkiv, innytsia, Trostyanets, Bilopyllya, and Velyka Oleksandrivka, have already been assessed, with the next five, Blystova, Luch, Antopil, Vynarivka, and Kalynivka, underway. Five initial bankable project proposals are currently seeking financial support in order to kick off the rehabilitation.

RELATED REPORTS

Ukraine Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (February 2026)

The 5th edition of the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) report was undertaken jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations, the European Commission, the Government of Ukraine. It estimates the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine while also addressing damages incurred since the start of the war. For the forth year, ITU had provided input to the chapter on 'Telecommunications and Digital'.

The full report was released in February 2026 and serves as a guiding document for the international donor community to assist in Ukraine's reconstruction process. According to it, as of 31 December 2025, according to the Fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) reconstruction and recovery needs for the telecommunications, digital, and media sector are projected at USD 7.10 billion over the period 2026–2036, representing a 21% increase compared to previous assessments.

Technical assistance on the assessment of the rehabilitation costs of the broadcasting sector of Ukraine

ITU, in cooperation with the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSICP) and the Broadcasting, Radiocommunications and Television Concern, carried out the assessment of the Rehabilitation Costs for 10 Stations of the Broadcasting Network of Ukraine. The report presents 10 initial bankable project proposals for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the stations with a build-back-better approach.

Primary Assessment of Rehabilitation Costs for Five Stations of the Broadcasting Network of Ukraine: Kalynivka, Vynarivka, Luch, Blystova, Antopil (June 2024)

Primary Assessment of the Rehabilitation Costs for Five Broadcasting stations: Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Trostyanets, Bilopyllya, Velyka Oleksandrivka  (January 2024) 

Ukraine Digital Development Country Profile (January 2023)

Considering the events occurring in Ukraine, this country profile specifically aimed to provide a comparative analysis of the digital development level of the country before and after the war that started on the 24th of February 2022.

Interim assessment on damages to telecommunication infrastructure and resilience of the ICT ecosystem in Ukraine (December 2022)

The interim assessment on damages to telecommunication infrastructure and resilience of the ICT ecosystem in Ukraine was developed to serve the purpose of programming effective assistance to Ukraine, and of facilitating resource mobilization to rebuild the telecommunication infrastructure in Ukraine.

PARTNER 2 CONNECT DIGITAL COALITION: SAMPLE OF PLEDGES RELATED TO UKRAINE

In response to the ITU Council Resolution 1408, and by leveraging the pledging mechanism of the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition, ITU collected a series of pledges coming from all over the world. Please find below the following pledges that have been collected as of today:

Finland

2025: Vodafone Ukraine, Nokia, and Finnvera have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the modernization of Ukraine’s digital infrastructure, announced during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome. With the commitment of €30 million in financing over the next three years, the partnership aims to expand 4G and GPON coverage, strengthen network resilience during wartime disruptions, and prepare for future technologies like 5G and 6G.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

2024: VEON Group and its Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has submitted the pledge committing to invest 600 million USD over the next 3 years to build Ukraine's digital infrastructure.

Lithuania

2023: The Ministry of Transport and Communications continues its pledge to provide vital technical assistance by organizing the retransmission of the Ukrainian radio signal through a powerful medium wave transmitter located in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.
2023: The Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) commited to provide in-kind contribution by sharing its expertise when dedicating RRT's human resources (RRT experts) for implementation of concrete tasks in partnership with the ITU in the scope of Connect to Recover or in other best ways possible.
2022: The Communications Regulatory Authority and The Ministry of Transport and Communications have pledged to provide programmatic assistance to Ukraine. This assistance is aimed to support Ukraine in rebuilding its telecommunication sector, in particular, in the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408.

Poland

2023: The Ministry of Digital Affairs has submitted a pledged to share experiences and know-how in the area of enabling rapid roll-out of high-speed Internet access networks within the scope of ITU initiatives, which might be useful for Ukraine in the process of establishing national mechanisms for effective use of financial support provided by international community for rehabilitation of ICT infrastructure.
2022: The Chancellery of the Prime Minister has submitted an advocacy pledge on assistance provided on countermeasures to the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine. Poland already has successfully provided Ukraine with donation of 10 000 Starlink Units, donated Data Centres equipment as well assisted in the straitening common cooperation regarding cybersecurity. Poland also stated during Plenipotentiary Conference 22 that its pledge to support Ukraine within the Partner2Connect framework has increased from 1,4 Mio USD to 20,7 Mio USD.

The Republic of Slovenia

2023: The Ministry of Digital Transformation continues its support by providing further assistance to Ukraine in the form of exchange of good practices and experience in the field of digital transformation.
2022: Slovenia has submitted a financial pledge to support Ukraine's needs for assistance in ICT equipment in these difficult times and donates ICT equipment. Slovenia is also one of the coordinating countries for a donation of 5000 Starlink kit.

Spain

2023: Spain's support to Ukraine is aligned with international commitment of other countries which contribute to supporting Ukraine by working with ITU within the ITU Council Resolution 1408 on “Assistance and support to Ukraine for rebuilding their telecommunication sector". Update on P2C Pledge 358. “EU4DigitalUA: capacity building, communication and data protection.“
2022: Spain submitted a policy pledge within the ongoing project funded by the European Union on the development of Ukraine's digital government infrastructure, public e-services, and cybersecurity and data protection.

Sweden

2023: The Swedish Government announced the allocation of at least 1,3 million US dollars over three years for further support to Ukraine's national public service (Suspilne).

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2022: The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has submitted a programmatic pledge to support Ukraine against cyber threats. UK is committed to cooperation aimed at the implementation of ITU Council Resolution 1408.

The European Union

2022: The EU has submitted financial and programmatic pledges in terms of which the EU mobilized around 4,1 billion to support Ukraine's overall economic, social, and financial resilience in the form of microeconomic financial assistance, budget support, and assistance, crisis response, and humanitarian aid.

Germany

2022: The Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has submitted the programmatic pledge to provide support to Ukraine in building up the digital public infrastructure.

Estonia

2022: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted a programmatic pledge stating that it will support Ukraine with all available means both during this war and in the post-war reconstruction of the country..

Japan

2022: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has submitted financial pledges to launch the new task force. Japan will also invite Ukraine telecommunications engineers to Japan for capacity-building and to help accelerate the rebuilding of the telecommunications sector in Ukraine.

United States of America

2022: The Department of States has submitted a programmatic pledge supporting Ukraine's telecommunication professionals. The USA will also provide legal and regulatory assistance to support Ukraine's new telecommunications regulation agency, and these programs will also respond to emerging needs based on the new assessments that are coming in now.

ITU SPECIAL FUND IN TRUST FOR UKRAINE

To ensure adequate financial and human resources needed for implementing the activities of Resolution 1408, ITU established the Special Fund in Trust.

For the time being the Fund benefited from the contributions received from Japan, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Lithuania. Additional resources were dedicated by the ITU Telecomminucation Development Bureau.

All stakeholders are invited to contribute to the Special Fund. For further details, please reach out to the eurregion@itu.int.