Zelenskyy MP: Ukrainian business is collapsing under the blows. The government has no solutions.
Ukrainian businesses are suffering colossal losses today from Russian attacks and cannot survive this situation for long.
This was stated by Maksym Buzhansky, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People party, on air on the Politika video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The presenter asked how prepared Ukraine is for a war of attrition, during which its warehouses, logistics, and businesses are being squeezed out.
"Ukraine is completely unprepared for a protracted war of attrition, but no country on the planet is ready for a war of attrition. This isn't a situation for which we're less prepared than anyone else. Moreover, we've been fighting this war of attrition, to varying degrees, for four and a half years now. They're trying to wear us down by any means necessary," Buzhansky said.
In his opinion, war risk insurance should have been introduced at the beginning of the war, which could have been used to compensate businesses for current losses.
"The business's losses are monstrous. Our business doesn't have the kind of cushion that would allow it to withstand this situation for long. Relatively speaking, the owners of Epicenter, Gerega, are very wealthy, but wealth doesn't mean they can afford such losses on a permanent basis.
Rozetka suffered losses, Nova Poshta suffers constant losses. Again, this didn't start yesterday or the day before. Intertop was hit. The list goes on and on.
To the government's credit, the prime minister immediately organized a meeting with businesses. Businesses met and, judging by the feedback, didn't leave happy. They didn't leave because they didn't see any solutions that could dramatically and clearly alleviate their situation. But the government doesn't have such solutions," Buzhansky stated.
Zelenskyy MP: Ukrainian businesses are collapsing under the blows. The government has no solutions.