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Zelensky: Ukraine needs $ 7 billion / month to offset war damage

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that his country needs $ 7 billion a month to make up for the financial losses caused by the Russian invasion.

Zelensky, speaking online at a World Bank forum, stressed that the international community should immediately exclude Russia from international economic organizations. He also urged all countries to sever ties with Moscow.

The Ukrainian president said that the blockade of the Black Sea ports by the Russians was hindering Ukrainian exports, thus affecting global food security.

In addition, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Smihal said that the country’s GDP could fall by more than 50% this year and said that after the war the country will need a recovery plan similar to the Marshall Plan implemented in post-WP Europe. World War.

Smihal noted that it was “crucial” to impose a complete embargo on Russia’s banking sector and to stop exporting energy products.

As for agricultural production, he said that 80% of the land cultivated last year is expected to be cultivated this year.

Source: Capital

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