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Amid Russia war, Ukraine building US$1.4 billion holiday resort in Carpathian Mountains

25 hotels, a range of ski slopes and ski lifts planned for Carpathian Mountains near Lviv in country’s far west, far from Russian war front

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A resort under construction in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine will offer 25 hotels with more than 5,000 rooms, ski lifts and a range of ski slopes. Photo: Instagram/nartypl
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Ukraine might be fending off a full-scale Russian invasion but a brand new holiday resort is taking shape in the western Carpathian Mountains.

It will offer 25 hotels with more than 5,000 rooms, in a ski area kitted out with lifts and a range of pistes, spanning 127 hectares.

Built near the village of Volosyanka in the Lviv area, mountains here reach some 1,200 metres.

Ukraine is in the midst of a war that still causing civilian casualties, especially in its east, but the resort complex is reassuringly close to the Polish border and the Carpathian region has hardly seen any Russian missile or drone attacks.
The village of Volosyanka in western Ukraine, where a US$1.4 billion resort with 25 hotels is under construction in a region known for its good skiing. Photo: Shutterstock
The village of Volosyanka in western Ukraine, where a US$1.4 billion resort with 25 hotels is under construction in a region known for its good skiing. Photo: Shutterstock
The top of a ski lift in the existing resort of Zakhar Berkut in Volosyanka, western Ukraine, where a 25-hotel resort is being built. Photo: Shutterstock
The top of a ski lift in the existing resort of Zakhar Berkut in Volosyanka, western Ukraine, where a 25-hotel resort is being built. Photo: Shutterstock

Backed by Austrian specialists, the project is set to cost the equivalent of more than US$1.45 billion.

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