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 Similarly, the volume of money withdrawn from ATMs outside Ukraine dropped by 47%, reports the Center, a Raiffeisen Bank International unit that processes transactions for 38 banks and 1,700 online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.
While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad.
