: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russia steps in as job losses, closures ravage east Ukraine


DONETSK (AFP) – The year-long conflict in east Ukraine has closed businesses across this industrial heartland, ramping up unemployment, crippling finances and leaving it ever more reliant on Moscow.Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels has ravaged a region that once provided 25 percent of the nations exports and has shorn Kiev of a vital source of foreign currency, seeing the Ukrainian economy contract sharply.For people in rebel-held territory, the destruction of infrastructure and a cut-off of government support along with the legal limbo created by the separatist takeover have left once-flourishing cities in dire straits.In total, medium and …read more

Source: Dunya TV

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