More and more cities – both in the west of the country like Uzhhorod or Lviv, but also in the capital or in Dnipro and Kharkiv in the east – are removing monuments related to Russian history and culture, as well as street or square names and giving them the names of heroes of the ongoing war, the names of heroically defending cities, but also of allied countries (e.g. [...] Having gained control over the The restriction of political life, legal restrictions media, Zelensky’s camp did not fail imposed on the media and the loss of some assets to take advantage of this situation have reduced the importance of the oligarchs. [...] After adding the indirect losses, as a result of a decrease in GDP (by 16% in the first quarter), the suspension of investment and the outflow of workforce, it was estimated at 600 billion dollars.4 With the current state of the budget, the govern- ment is only able to repair a small part of the infrastructure, mainly critical, and the bulk of the funds are allocated to the needs of the army. [...] In view of the destruction of the Azovstal and Ilyichi MMK complexes, as well as other large enterprises in the Donbas (includ- ing the coke-chemical complex in Avdiyivka), the importance of exports of metallurgical produc- tion through the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk has relatively decreased. [...] Reading the public mood well and feeling the military, financial and diplomatic support of the West, the Ukrainian authorities – without rejecting the option of direct talks with Putin – did not rule out in May the recapture not only of the territories occupied after 24 February, but also of those taken in 2014: the Crimea and Donbas.
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