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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

World Bank planning to give support worth $1.5bn to Ukraine

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Lithuanian prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė and her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal visit the town of Borodianka. Photograph: Ukrainian Governmental Press Service/Reuters

The World Bank is planning financial support to Ukraine worth $1.5bn (£1.2bn) to help keep critical services running as the country fights a fresh assault by Russia in Vladimir Putin’s ongoing war.

The bank said the funds would be used to support the continuation of key government services, including wages for hospital workers, pensions for elderly people, and social programmes for vulnerable people.

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