The World Bank has put an estimate of US$14 billion on Ukraine’s immediate needs to repair the damage. Read more at straitstimes.com.
as governments and private investors met to fund the country’s reconstruction from the ravages of war.
In the conflict overnight, Russia said it had downed three Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region, while Ukraine said its air defence systems had shot down six Iranian-designed attack drones in the west. “The world is watching to see if we will restore normal life in such a way that our transformation will land an ideological defeat on the aggressor,” he said.More On This TopicLeaders and representatives from more than 60 countries are attending the International Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 – the second to be held since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said every day of Russian aggression brings new ruins and thousands of destroyed houses. PHOTO: AFP
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