and smashed, but not trashed. why more of us are fixing rather than replacing our damaged devices. we ll be getting a masterclass in gadget repair. hello. let s return to our top story it s exactly a year ago today that russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine, beginning europe s biggest conflict since world war ii. tens of thousands killed on both sides, and an estimated 13 million people displaced from their homes or made refugees abroad. the economic impact has been global with soaring energy and food prices fuelling a cost of living crisis around the world. for russia, sanctions and growing isolation from internationalfinance. more on that in a moment. and for ukraine itself a struggle to stave off economic collapse. unfortunately, the damage done by russian aggression for ukraine is tremendous. last year, we lost particularly more than 30% of our gdp. we suffered a lot. we lost part of our territory. but we are still capable, we re still able and we still c
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is military budget. last year we attracted around $32 billion as grants and credit financing from our partners. it help us to cover our budget needs. it help us to partly revitalise our economy, make it in a better shape. and that s why it could be even worse if we hadn t received such amount of support. and you can hear much more from ukraine s finance minister this weekend on talking business with aaron heslehurst on the bbc news channel, bbc world news and bbc iplayer. let s go to moscow now and speak to chris weafer. he s the founding partner of macro advisory, which provides advice for investors and firms doing business in russia and the wider eurasian region. we ve just heard of the catastrophic and widespread impact this has caused ukraine.
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