Zelenskyy: Ukraine Needs $55 Billion to Cover the Budget Deficit Next Year, and To Rebuild Critical and Power Infrastructure
‘That’s $38 billion to make up for the deficit of our budget for next year’
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 PM
By Grabien Staff
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ZELENSKYY: “At this time, we have two key financial needs of the country. That's $38 billion to make up for the deficit of our budget for next year. That includes salaries of doctors and teachers, social payments and pensions that guarantees of Ukrainian people survival. And other $17 billion that were verified by the World Bank, and needed to rebuild the critical infrastructure in the RDNA framework. Those are schools, hospitals, critical transport, and energy infrastructure, also damaged housing.”