The people of Ukraine need to clean up first so they can start rebuilding their cities, hoping to return.The people of Ukraine need to clean up first so they can start rebuilding their cities, hoping to return.In Ukraine, hope takes the form of reconstruction.Zoya Potapova, a retiree, planted some flowers behind the ruins of her house near kyiv, bombed by Russian forces, hoping for a quick rebuild even before she laid the foundation stone.The inhabitants of the northern areas of kyiv who still feel the trauma of the passage of the Russians but trust the government's promise of reconstruction.But in Gorenka, a small town hit hard at the start of the invasion, this sixty-year-old war widow is still waiting for her land to be cleared."I hope we are not forgotten because we did a lot to stop the progress towards the capital," says the retiree, dressed in all black among a pile of rubble that still gives off a strong soot smell, through tears.Waiting for the cleaning, her garden is promising: among the ashes, under decapitated fruit trees, potatoes and raspberries grow rapidly.According to a local Gorenka official, Tetiana Shepeleva, the authorities have already processed a thousand files of citizens whose homes are totally or partially destroyed to start the reconstruction of Ukraine.With the good weather, some have already begun to prepare the concrete, but "the material is lacking" and the workforce, in this small town where 10,000 people lived before the war.In late May, Prime Minister Denys Chmygal estimated the costs of the destruction at some $600 billion nationwide.At the moment, in the communes in the north of kyiv, the AFP found that a lot of debris was being removed and demining operations were being carried out.The electrical network was also gradually being restored.A meeting will be held in Switzerland in early July to mobilize funds internationally.In Bucha, where many civilian bodies were found after the withdrawal of Russian troops, 600 families are looking for a roof over their heads and vacation rental houses are being requisitioned.Before the conflict, the city received many visitors who appreciated its tranquility and the nearby forests.The first groups were also installed in gray containers placed in the parking lot of a large market, now in tatters.Recently, the head of the Polish government, Mateusz Morawiecki, inaugurated the first displacement camp set up in Borodianka, near Gorenka.Several of these temporary devices are being installed in areas where the Russian military is accused of having committed abuses."The government has set it up for free" with a capacity for 92 families, explains the mayor of Bucha, Anatoli Fedoruk, 50, showing the small spaces of about 20 square meters that can accommodate four people.Thanks to the help of Poland, in cooperation with the Ukrainian government, he will receive another three packages of prefabricated facilities.Oksana Polishchuk excitedly discovers this place, impeccably clean, disinfected bathrooms and large dining rooms with colored walls.This 41-year-old vendor has the impression of being reborn, after her food stand was destroyed more than two months ago and she was miraculously saved in her half-collapsed building.She feels a little calm in this aseptic universe of plastic, but she doesn't see herself, with her six and nine-year-old children, staying in the region."I want to be compensated and rebuild my life elsewhere," she says, as she recalls the psychological treatment and panic attacks she suffers.Ukrainians are not afraid of the works that await them.Everything we had before, we're going to take it back.The only thing that counts is winning this war.”With information from AFP.DCS MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS SA DE CV COPYRIGHT (C) 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.