United Nations Development Programme and World Bank discuss how the recovery of Ukraine will look like.
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00:00The two-day Ukrainian recovery conference closed in Berlin on Wednesday after Germany
00:05and the EU promised to help rebuild the war-torn country.
00:09Whilst many agree that the conference was a realistic step in the right direction, others
00:13highlighted the long road ahead.
00:15I really don't know how we will survive this winter. I really don't know.
00:20But exactly how will the recovery and rebuilding of Ukraine look like?
00:24We spoke to the United Nations Development Programme and World Bank about their efforts.
00:30This is one of the largest movements of people as a result of conflict we have seen since
00:361945. That human toll is not only growing in terms of the number of people, but with
00:41every day that the war continues, their suffering, their trauma becomes deeper. A generation
00:48of school kids that now have to go into the underground stations in Kharkiv in order to
00:53be able to attend school will be scarred for life by what they see happening around
00:58them. Secondly, the development of Ukraine as a nation, as an economy, has already been
01:04thrown backwards by years. Probably it will have lost decades. Trying to regain that momentum
01:10and being able to also have people in Ukraine and those who have fled have a sense of hope.
01:17We're already seeing benefits of an integrated Ukraine into Europe through the energy sector.
01:23Already during the war, they did something remarkable early on, which was to interconnect
01:28the network so that exports and imports could start flowing. That has really helped Ukraine
01:34because it's needed to import, especially now with the incredible detrimental damages
01:41that have happened to its energy sector.
01:48Whilst this year's Ukraine Recovery Conference has been heralded as a success with more than
01:52100 agreements being signed, all eyes will now be on the Swiss Peace Summit this weekend
01:58and exactly who will still be attending. Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.