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CHICAGO (AP) — Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal kicked disconnected a United States sojourn Tuesday pinch aggregate stops successful Chicago aimed astatine drumming up finance and business successful nan war-torn country.
He said to Chicago-area business leaders earlier a associated news convention pinch Penny Pritzker, nan U.S. typical typical for Ukraine’s economical recovery, and her brother, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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Shmyhal's travel comes comes arsenic Congress is considering an assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and different allies.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, center, speaks arsenic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, and U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker perceive to him astatine a news convention successful Chicago, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. They delivered associated remarks recognizing nan Illinois-Ukraine partnership. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)
"We would warmly invited nan information of Illinois companies successful projects related to nan betterment of Ukraine," he told reporters, calling it nan country's "most difficult time" successful caller history.
He cited World Bank estimates of $486 cardinal needed for betterment complete nan adjacent decade. For example, much than 250,000 residential buildings person been damaged aliases destroyed since Russia invaded successful 2022, he said.
Shmyhal besides thanked Illinois for sending hundreds of ambulances.
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Penny Pritzker, erstwhile U.S. Commerce secretary, said nan U.S. assistance package is captious to prevention Ukraine's system and triumph nan war.
She said nan ngo was besides individual pinch her family's Ukrainian roots. The Pritzkers are heirs to their family’s Hyatt edifice fortune. Their great-grandfather fled Kyiv, Ukraine, much than 140 years ago, Penny Pritzker said.
