Undermining one pillar of Ukraine’s economy in 2020, about 500,000 workers took up President Zelenskiy’s invitation to return to Ukraine to sit out the coronavirus quarantine.

Undermining one pillar of Ukraine’s economy in 2020, about 500,000 workers took up President Zelenskiy’s invitation to return to Ukraine to sit out the coronavirus quarantine. On Monday, the National Bank of Ukraine reported Monday that Ukrainian workers sent home $1 billion a month last year, through official and informal channels. The top five countries for wage remittances were: Poland – $3.7 billion; Russia – $1.2 billion; the Czech Republic – $1.1 billion; the United States – $984 million; and Britain – $601 million.