Zelensky calls for international help to help rebuild Ukraine after war with Russia
- The Ukrainian president said it would require ‘colossal investments, billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions’ to rebuild the country
- On Monday a meeting of potential donor countries will take place in Switzerland where the Ukrainian government intends to present its reconstruction priorities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for international aid to help rebuild his devastated country once the war is over, sounding a rare hopeful note after four months of brutal conflict.
“It is necessary not only to repair everything the occupiers have destroyed, but also to create a new foundation for our lives: safe, modern, comfortable, accessible,” he said in a speech late on Saturday.
This would require “colossal investments, billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions and, of course, reforms,” he said.
“No matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be a tomorrow,” Zelensky said.
On Monday, a meeting of some 40 potential donor countries is expected to take place in Lugano, Switzerland, where the Ukrainian government intends to present its priorities for the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country for the first time.
