As Europe’s largest nation, mineral-rich Ukraine could play a key role in ensuring EU security of supply. Citing the possibility of building a battery plant in Ukraine for electric cars and buses, Shmyhal said: “We are considering opportunities to develop approaches jointly with the EU to use Ukraine’s potential in the extraction industry to help the EU and together build globally competitive value-added production chains in Europe.”
As Europe’s largest nation, mineral-rich Ukraine could play a key role in ensuring EU security of supply.
Ukraine's economy will shrink by a fifth this year.