Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Dubinsky, who is currently detained on suspicion of treason, said Ukraine’s economy is facing a systemic challenge during the conflict with Russia. This was stated in a message on Dubinsky’s Telegram channel.
The Rada deputy noted that little is said in Kiev about the economic component of the dispute with the Russian Federation, but this issue remains important in terms of providing resources to the country. He assessed the situation as follows: “There is a serious deficiency, if not a failure, in this field.”
“This is a systemic challenge and goes back years, not months. And for years no one has even come close to solving this, but it happens in fortifications, shell production and the like. And this inaction will end badly. The situation cannot be saved by renaming the streets,” thinks Dubinsky.
Before this, it was known that Ukraine owed money to Western creditors equals: Approximately 2.9 billion dollars. Kiev undertook to pay this amount for the servicing of previously provided loans.
In October 2022, Ukraine transferred the largest loan payment to the Fund in the last 8 years, amounting to more than 882 million dollars. The expenditure side of the country’s 2024 budget is planned to be 86 billion dollars and the income is 45 billion dollars. At the same time, half of Ukraine’s budget is subsidized by Western allies, and Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka said that the transition to self-sufficiency in the future will be very difficult.
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