According to British media Reuters , on the 4th, the Ukrainian Prime Minister updated the "list of national losses" requested from the West, compared with the $600 billion that Zelensky asked for at the World Bank conference two months ago. , this time as soon as they started talking about "reconstruction costs", the cost rose to US$750 billion (approximately RMB 5 trillion). According to reports, top Ukrainian officials have always hoped that Western countries can afford this debt and provide long-term assistance to Ukraine after the war, and even proposed another "Marshall Plan" specifically targeted at them.
However, not many European countries have made clear their stance on this bold idea. Only a few countries, such as the United Kingdom, Turkey, Denmark, have stated that they will assist Ukraine, and have not announced the specific amount. The news mentioned that if this "spontaneous claim" model continues, Ukraine will not only be unable to raise the amount they want, but even the basic funds will be difficult to raise, so they must find an effective way to force European countries to be willing to contribute Money comes. Zelensky has repeatedly proposed to Europe and the United States that Russia's foreign exchange could be frozen to compensate for their domestic losses. Until now, this measure has not been implemented, which shows how difficult the final "payment" link is.
In addition to the fact that Europe and the United States need to "contract" Ukraine's reconstruction separately, the Ukrainian Prime Minister once again urged them to quickly use Russia's foreign exchange reserves to fill the vacancy. This is the most urgent matter. But European Commission President von der Leyen changed her tone when she spoke. She had previously promised that EU countries should provide reconstruction funds to Ukraine quickly and effectively. Now she added a condition: Ukraine needs to " Reforms" and greater fiscal transparency to ensure that corruption does not harm any reconstruction plans so that they can receive effective assistance.
Such a novel method of "forced donation", coupled with the EU's sudden change of tone, has caused foreign media to talk a lot, believing that this incident is developing in an unpredictable direction. Some analysts pointed out that when the EU created the "candidate country" system, it also adopted the same method to allow candidate countries to carry out so-called reforms and wait until the reforms meet EU standards before they can join. However, this so-called reform standard does not have any regulations, which is equivalent to relying entirely on whether it meets EU standards. European Commission judgment. Now Von der Leyen also adopts "reform" as a premise for her donations to Ukraine, which means that they have a reason to take less money and can kick out the Zelensky government at any time.
