Andrew Forrest commits $740m to global investment fund to rebuild Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says communist-era rubbish Russian infrastructure' will be replaced by latest technology and fund will accelerate country's economy

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Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest will commit $740m to a global Ukraine investment fund for reconstruction, with the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, claiming it could see the country become the fastest growing economy in Europe, if not the world".

The Ukraine Green Growth Initiative" was hoped to grow to US$100bn, seeding investment in energy and communications infrastructure to transform the nation into a digital green economy" in the recovery from the Russian war.

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