Minister of Community and Regional Development Oleksiy Chernyshov said that Ukraine has received a loan from the European Investment Bank to rebuild the infrastructure of enterprises in eastern Ukraine;
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – February 23, 2021 – Economy
He spoke about this during the “Ukraine 30 Infrastructure” forum, which was launched on February 22nd with the sponsorship of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
The minister indicated that we received a loan of 340 million euros from the European Investment Bank, which would improve living conditions and do business from the conflict-affected areas in eastern Ukraine, and this loan will provide funding for 200-250 projects, including building and restoring the main social infrastructure, according to For our initial calculations, it would provide financing to 13 million people.
According to the minister, these projects will concern the liberated parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as neighboring Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia. In addition, it is providing assistance to city councils in other regions, which will receive practical assistance in mitigating the effects of the conflict. He did not specify what the terms and duration of the loan were.
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Source: Ukrgate