Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for efforts to revive the country’s economy, which has been devastated since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

Speaking in his nightly video address, the 44-year-old Ukrainian President described the economy as a “frontline” that needed immediate attention.

“Now we need to be as creative and bold as possible in solving economic issues … We must do everything possible to restore the work of domestic enterprises, trade activities, and revive small and medium-sized enterprises throughout our territory where it is safe and possible to work,” Zelensky said.

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“If we need to relocate businesses from certain areas, we have to do it. If we need to update legislation and give businesses more room for development, MPs must do so quickly. If we need to create special conditions for the return of people, and the security situation in a particular area allows, every leader at any level must make every effort and do everything possible to return people to such safe areas,” the Ukrainian President added, detailing steps to be taken to revive the economy.

However, Zelensky stressed that an economic revival would be contingent on various factors, saying, “It depends not only on government officials and the central government in general. In general, it also depends on all leaders at the local level, on the political and business communities.”

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The 44-year-old went on to urge communities that are not directly involved in the conflict to reopen businesses, and restore normalcy.

Commenting on the latest Western response, Zelensky warned that the lack of “really painful” economic sanctions on Russia, and a lack of supply of weapons to Ukraine, “will be considered by Russia as a permission. A permission to go further. A permission to attack. A permission to start a new bloody wave in Donbas.”

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has crossed a month now, and despite talks between the two sides, Kyiv has warned that Russia is concentrating its forces in the Donbas region, which has been contested since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.