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Ukraine’s finance minister: Why investors can’t give up on us now

Despite unprecedented action to protect investors, the economic war is far from over

Ukrainian finance minister Sergii Marchenko at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London last June
Ukrainian finance minister Sergii Marchenko at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London last June Photo: Hannah McKay/Getty Images

Sergii Marchenko is Ukraine’s minister of finance

In February 2022, the Ukrainian government faced challenges on a previously unseen scale. Sea ports were blocked, there were millions of refugees, the heavy industrial sector was demolished and 90% of enterprises suspended their operations.

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