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Jun 24, 2022
3 minutes
Who will foot the bill for Ukraine?
Editorial
The Economist
Russian missiles and artillery have destroyed Ukrainian towns, smashed stations, ports and telecoms towers, hit more than 1,000 schools and damaged roads and agricultural land, says The Economist. The cost of rebuilding the country has been put at $200bn-$500bn. How will such sums be raised and how will aid be organised to avoid “running foul of institutional rules or political sensitivities”? And can Ukraine, notorious for corruption, “handle the cash”? The EU has talked
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