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Podcast: State of the World from NPR
Episode: Fighting a War and Keeping an Economy Afloat in Ukraine
Description: Ukraine has competing needs from its military aged population. It needs many of them to join the military to fight the Russian invasion. But it also needs them in the workforce, to keep the economy going so it can afford to pay for the war effort. As our reporter in Kyiv tells us, the most recent conscription law has exacerbated the problem.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy