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07/05/2022

Ukraine's finance minister Sergeii Marchenko tells Aaron Heslehurst about the struggles of running a wartime economy.

The cost of war is enormous, Ukraine's government needs around $7bn a month just to keep the country going. Finance minister Sergeii Marchenko tells Aaron Heslehurst about the struggles of running a wartime economy and about the how the country might be able to get back on its feet when the shooting eventually stops. Plus he explains why a full European embargo of Russian oil and gas could help his country.

We also hear from the president of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Odile Renaud-Basso, about what the leading European economic development body can to do help rebuild Ukraine and why international support will be vital for the country to prosper as an independent, democratic country.

30 minutes

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Mon 9 May 2022 01:30GMT

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