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Exclusive: To help rebuild, a US-led engineering firm in Ukraine must first survive the USAID freeze

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As the experienced CEO of a well-regarded engineering firm in Ukraine, Dan Aspleaf could expect to be extremely busy. After all, the Western world is preparing a Ukrainian reconstruction project that they say dwarfs even the post-WWII Marshall Plan.

Instead, Aspleaf's company finds itself suddenly short of work. And, even in an environment with a severe lack of qualified labor and an abundance of work that needs doing, he may be forced into downsizing.

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