First Vice Prime Minister — Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko called on international partners to more actively invest in the Ukrainian economy.
She emphasized this during her speech at the plenary session of the International Conference on Ukraine’s Recovery in Rome on July 10, as reported by a Ukrinform correspondent.
“Today at this conference, we are discussing how to rebuild Ukraine in the most effective way. And the only effective way is investment. From our point of view, now is the best time to invest in Ukraine. We truly need investments in the public sector,” Svyrydenko assured.
According to her, the Ukrainian economy is already showing signs of recovery, including the restoration of logistics hubs, power plants, and physical infrastructure.
Additionally, she outlined priority sectors for investment, such as machinery manufacturing, healthcare, and the extraction of critically important minerals. She confirmed that Ukraine is open to business companies ready to invest in domestic projects.
Svyrydenko reported that since the start of the war, more than 1,100 companies have been opened or are under construction in Ukraine, with international companies involved in their creation.
The minister paid special attention to the war risk insurance system.
“At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, we could only dream of war risk insurance. Today, coverage exceeding 1 billion dollars has already been secured. Now we want to expand this program for companies willing to invest in Ukraine. We are also developing a mechanism that will allow compensating up to 30% of potential investors’ losses. We plan to complete this work by the end of the year,” Svyrydenko noted.
She added that industrial zones with incentive conditions are already operational, as well as compensation programs for projects up to 12 million euros. The government also expects to attract up to 1 billion euros through public-private partnerships.
“This week, we will sign investment framework agreements totaling 2.3 billion euros, so if you have capital and are ready to invest, we have prepared projects,” she added.
Svyrydenko emphasized that the government has already formed a portfolio of over 800 projects open for private investment. A new catalog with 250 private investment projects across various sectors is also being prepared.
Special attention at the conference was given to the defense-industrial complex — not only in the context of weapons but also as a holistic ecosystem for joint production and investment. According to Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine expects the signing of new agreements with partners during the conference.
The First Vice Prime Minister — Minister thanked everyone helping Ukraine and its budget, noting that the stronger Ukraine becomes, the shorter the path to its recovery will be.
