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Ukraine Seeks Retail ‘Peace Bond’ for U.S., EU Diaspora

  • Kyiv spoke with EU and U.S. about potential new retail debt
  • Ukraine struggling to expand investor pool as war debts mount
A destroyed shopping center in Bucha, Ukraine, April. 20. 

A destroyed shopping center in Bucha, Ukraine, April. 20. 

Photographer: Alexey Furman/Getty Images 

Ukraine is in talks with the European Union and the U.S. to establish a so-called peace bond for retail investors to help fund war efforts and reconstruction. 

The European Commission has offered advice and the role of go-between with national authorities in the bloc that would oversee and approve a sale of the new bonds, according to a person familiar with the discussions. EU and Ukrainian officials have held talks on the matter, the person said.