Funds will help to pay hospital workers, pensions and continue social programmes

The World Bank has approved financial support to Ukraine worth $1bn (£770m) to help keep critical services running as the country fights a fresh assault by Russia in Vladimir Putin’s ongoing war.

The bank said the funds would be used to support the continuation of key government services, including wages for hospital workers, pensions for elderly people, and social programmes for vulnerable people.

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