Zelenskyy talks about what is needed to rebuild Ukraine

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 2 JULY 2022, 23:12

Rebuilding Ukrainian territories after Russian aggression will require huge investments, and this is an opportunity for other states and companies to prove themselves.

Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address

Details: Zelenskyy said that a special conference on Ukraine’s reconstruction will be held on Monday in Lugano, Switzerland, at which Ukraine will present its plan.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "It is necessary not only to restore everything that the occupiers have destroyed, but to create a new basis for our life - safe, modern, comfortable, barrier-free.

This requires huge investments, billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions, and, of course, reforms. Ukraine will present its national vision on how to implement all of this on Monday in Lugano.

This is the largest economic project in Europe of our time and an extraordinary opportunity for every state and every company which we will invite to work in Ukraine."

More details: Zelenskyy reported that the territory of 10 oblasts have been affected by hostilities since 24 February. Since then, 1,027 towns and cities have been liberated. Another 2,610 are still under Russian occupation, and most of them need to be rebuilt.

"Hundreds of them [settlements] have been completely destroyed by the Russian army, they actually have to be rebuilt. But, besides that, dozens of cities in other oblasts of Ukraine have been hit by missiles. Hundreds of businesses have been destroyed. These include complex, very dangerous industries," he stated.

Zelenskyy emphasised that Ukraine has already begun to restore normal life in the liberated territories, "but to implement such a large-scale project throughout the country, providing new security standards, and above all, a new quality of life, is only possible by attracting international capabilities."

Previously: As Ukrainska Pravda has previously written, the anti-crisis plan for Ukraine, which is being worked on by the National Recovery Council, may include reformatting the government and reducing the number of ministries from 20 to 12.

The first public presentation of this Ukrainian "Marshall Plan" is planned at an investment conference in Lugano, Switzerland, on 4 July.