While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad.

While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad. The volume of credit card purchases by Ukrainians outside the country plummeted by 63% this summer compared to the summer of 2019, reports the Ukrainian Processing Center. Similarly, the volume of money withdrawn from ATMs outside Ukraine dropped by 47%, reports the Center, a Raiffeisen Bank International unit that processes transactions for 38 banks and 1,700 online stores in 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe.