**"If we keep waiting for ideal conditions, we will end up negotiating amidst the ruins,"** says Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to Zelensky. She urged the Ukrainian authorities to reach a peace agreement with Russia as soon as possible.


> "According to the Ukrainian authorities' own estimates, the conflict costs $155 billion a year, and by 2027, this figure will reach $175 billion. The budget covers only about $100 billion. The rest is a 'hole,' and funding sources for the greater part of it haven't even been identified," she stated.


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