Can Ukraine rely on its financial reserves to stabilize the front?

The Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), in collaboration with the CBA Initiatives Center and the German Economic Team (GET), invites you to join the January economic with a special topic “Can Ukraine rely on its financial reserves to stabilize the front?”.

For the first time since the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has secured a reserve of external aid, covering at least the next year. With loan repayments expected to come from Russian asset revenues, ERA program provides approximately $50 billion in government funding.

Can this financial cushion be redirected toward defense to improve battlefield conditions? If so, what should take priority — weapons, drones, or additional payments for recruits?

Join us for the discussion on February 13 at 17:00 (Kyiv time) on Zoom. The registration is available by the link.

As part of the traditional format, CES experts will also review the main changes in the country’s economy in January. Reports from previous months are available on our website, and data visualization is available in the Ukraine War Economy Tracker.

Event Schedule:

17:00 – 17:05 Opening remarks by Garry Polushkin, GET project manager in Ukraine.
17:05 – 17:20 Overview of Ukraine’s economy in January – CES team.
17:20 – 17:30 Special topic presentation – Mykola Bielieskov, Senior Analyst at CBA Initiatives Center.
17:30 – 18:30 Discussion & Q&A session with invited speakers:

• Andriy Zahorodniuk, Chairman of the “Centre for Defense Strategies”, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine (2019-2020);
• Volodymyr Tsabal, Secretary of the Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
• Mykola Bielieskov, Senior Analyst at CBA Initiatives Center;
• Lyubov Shipovich, co-founder of Razom for Ukraine, founder of Dignitas Foundation;

Moderator: Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive Director of CES.

The event will be held in Ukrainian, with simultaneous translation into English.

Media partner: Ekonomichna Pravda.