Is it any wonder the biggest of big money wants in?
From Kyiv's Liga.net:
Rebuilding Ukraine could cost $500 billion as experts tally repairs
How much money is needed to rebuild Ukraine after the war? The World Bank estimates the current cost at $486 billion
The World Bank, together with the European Commission, the UN and the government of Ukraine, increased the assessment of Ukraine's needs for post-war recovery. It now stands at $486 billion, according to the third Third Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3)....
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If you want in on the action, get to know this woman....It's possible I am being too cynical as to the motives behind this call to action, that this is truly altruistic. Possible but not probable.This looks like buying a place at the table for European companies to nail down a quarter-trillion euros worth of reconstruction contracts and any ancillary power/control/influence that might be available for the taking.
And finally, let's cut to the chase:
....“The amount of work is enormous,” he said. “We have more than a half a trillion dollars in losses, and tens of thousands of facilities destroyed. We need to rebuild entire cities and industries.”
Yet rather than describing the dire situation as a crisis, Zelensky cast it as a potentially lucrative opportunity for Western countries and companies.
"Patronage" for investorsZelensky said Ukraine would have a “special, historically significant model of rebuilding,” in which companies and countries could choose a specific region or mine to rebuild....