'I don't know how we'll survive this winter': Ukraine recovery to focus on energy

United Nations Development Programme and World Bank discuss how the recovery of Ukraine will look like.

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00:00The two-day Ukrainian recovery conference closed in Berlin on Wednesday after Germany

00:05and the EU promised to help rebuild the war-torn country.

00:09Whilst many agree that the conference was a realistic step in the right direction, others

00:13highlighted the long road ahead.

00:15I really don't know how we will survive this winter. I really don't know.

00:20But exactly how will the recovery and rebuilding of Ukraine look like?

00:24We spoke to the United Nations Development Programme and World Bank about their efforts.

00:30This is one of the largest movements of people as a result of conflict we have seen since

00:361945. That human toll is not only growing in terms of the number of people, but with

00:41every day that the war continues, their suffering, their trauma becomes deeper. A generation

00:48of school kids that now have to go into the underground stations in Kharkiv in order to

00:53be able to attend school will be scarred for life by what they see happening around

00:58them. Secondly, the development of Ukraine as a nation, as an economy, has already been

01:04thrown backwards by years. Probably it will have lost decades. Trying to regain that momentum

01:10and being able to also have people in Ukraine and those who have fled have a sense of hope.

01:17We're already seeing benefits of an integrated Ukraine into Europe through the energy sector.

01:23Already during the war, they did something remarkable early on, which was to interconnect

01:28the network so that exports and imports could start flowing. That has really helped Ukraine

01:34because it's needed to import, especially now with the incredible detrimental damages

01:41that have happened to its energy sector.

01:48Whilst this year's Ukraine Recovery Conference has been heralded as a success with more than

01:52100 agreements being signed, all eyes will now be on the Swiss Peace Summit this weekend

01:58and exactly who will still be attending. Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.