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per day. Guaranteed import capacities from Hungary, at 8 million cubic meters per day, and Poland, with 4 million cubic meters per day, were created for the first time, and capacities from Slovakia were increased from 27 to 42 million cubic meters per day. Also, according to Makogon, Ukraine is becoming a critical gas transport hub for Eastern and Southern Europe, providing gas transit from Poland to Hungary through Ukraine's gas transmission capacity of more than 1 million cubic meters per day.
A gas pipeline between Poland and Lithuania has officially started operating. The GIPL gas pipeline, which connects the gas transmission systems of Poland and Lithuania, was officially launched on May 5. The gas pipeline is 508 km in length, of which 343 are from the Polish side and 165 from the Lithuanian side. It was built to eliminate the so-called "energy islands" - regions where gas can only be supplied from one direction - and to diversify the market. GIPL is scheduled to reach full capacity in October 2022. From May 1 to September 30, the capacity in the direction of Lithuania will be 2 billion cubic meters, in the direction of Poland - 1.9 billion cubic meters per year, and then - 2.5 billion in the direction of Lithuania and 2 billion in the direction of Poland.
The fuel prices in Ukraine should decrease with the gradual filling of the market. The current price of gasoline at 52-55 UAH / liter and diesel fuel at 58-60 UAH / liter is an equilibrium point for the market. However, with the gradual arrival of new volumes of petroleum products, the price will decrease, predicted the director of the A-95 consulting group Sergey Kuyun. At the same time, Kuyun noted that the fuel price of UAH 40-45 per liter, which was determined by state regulation, was fair for a stable, well-off market, "which we do not have today." According to the A-95 group, the average retail prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in Ukraine from May 16 to 23 increased by 22-30%.
9.1.2 Automotive sector news
Ukrainians have brought 80,000 free customs-cleared cars from the EU.
As of May 14, 80,000 vehicles have been delivered to Ukraine within the framework of the law establishing free customs clearance of cars from the EU, announced First Deputy Head of the State Customs Service Oleksandr Shchutskyi. According to him, this has created large traffic jams at the border and prevents the border crossing of goods needed by the army and the delivery of humanitarian aid. Schutsky noted that the average price of most imported cars at the zero rate ranges from €5,000 to €10,000. As the Zelenskyy administration reported earlier, Russians have destroyed around 90,000 vehicles since the onset of the war.
Russian occupiers have damaged cars worth $1.3B, $92B in infrastructure, and enterprise assets totaling $10B. Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukrainians have lost at least 90,000 cars, valued at a total of $1.3B, according to the analysis of the Russia Will Pay project. As of May 2, the total amount of direct documented infrastructure damage is almost $92B. Over the past week, Ukraine's direct losses due to the destruction and damage of civilian and military infrastructure have increased by nearly $4.5B. According to joint estimates from the Ministry of Economy and KSE, the total losses of the Ukrainian economy due to the war, including direct and indirect losses (GDP decline, investment cessation, labor outflows, defense, and social support expenditures), range from $564B to $600B. At the same time, enterprise direct
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