Ukraine’s Top Reconstruction Official to Miss Key German Forum
- Zelenskiy to attend Berlin event with Scholz, Von der Leyen
- Omission may give impression that recovery is not a priority
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Ukraine’s top bureaucrat tasked with reconstruction will miss this year’s showcase conference for donors because of internal political bickering, risking the impression that recovery’s not a priority in Kyiv.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal blocked attendance by the head of the reconstruction agency and has yet to replace the infrastructure minister who was fired by parliament a month ago. The annual Ukraine Recovery Conference on June 11 and 12 in Berlin is designed to mobilize international support for rebuilding from the destruction of Russia’s full-scale invasion.