Oleksandr Myronenko

Ukrainian Soviet politician (1918–1999)

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Of course, raising taxes is never ideal, but in wartime, we cannot afford the luxury of populism or pretend we can avoid asking anything of the public,
Ukraine has no reserve funds to cover its entire spending. If we fail to get external financing, we’re facing a strong cut of all non-priority expenditures — and could even extend to protected expenditures,
Clearly, they're trying to stop Ukraine's economy and stop Ukraine from getting [export] money from abroad, from paying taxes and wages, from ensuring that cities live and people have jobs,
Ports have essentially been blocked,
We're now clearing rubble and trying to plan recovery,
It is not yet possible to fully assess the scale of the destruction, but our early assessment is that the damage is critical."

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