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When the guns roar: how the war, reserves and exports shape Ukraine’s cost of external borrowing



Sergii Sheludko*
Article   |   Year:  2026   |   Pages:  95 - 115   |   Volume:  50   |   Issue:  1
Received:  April 26, 2025   |   Accepted:  January 5, 2026   |   Published online:  March 18, 2026
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