Russia’s armed aggression has deprived 5 million people in Ukraine of work, about 7 million people have already left the country because of hostilities, Deputy Economy Minister Tatiana Berezhnaya said at the Polish-Ukrainian economic forum held late this week.
“The war is destroying Ukraine’s labor market. The fighting continues where 10 million people were employed. At least 5 million people have lost their jobs. Hundreds of workers have died in the fighting. Unemployment has risen significantly,” the Ministry of Economy quoted Berezhnaya as saying on its website at a debate on social policy and challenges in the context of the war in Ukraine.
According to her, that is why stabilization and recovery of the economy, the development of the labor market, the return home of citizens and the creation of new jobs are among the key priorities of the government.
Among the programs aimed at solving these problems, the deputy minister named affordable loans for businesses, the relocation of businesses from hazardous areas to relatively safe areas, grant support for entrepreneurship development – “Yerobota”, the involvement of the unemployed in socially useful work within the project “Army Recovery”, programs to help partial unemployment.
“We understand that we face big challenges and tasks on the way of Ukraine’s recovery and the return of our people. We hope that international partners will support us in this, in particular our good friend Poland, where almost 1.5 million Ukrainians are now under a temporary protection program. We strive to bring home all of our citizens forced to leave because of the war,” Berezhnaya said.
