Finance & economics | Money to burn

Patriotic Ukrainians are rushing to pay their taxes

Even those behind enemy lines are coughing up

A woman walks towards her friend, holding flowers under a huge screen displaying demining work by Ukrainian Emergency Service, in Kyiv on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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