She was appointed Minister of Finance in December 2014, nine months after the annexation of Crimea, and held the post until the spring of 2016.

During the first two years of the invasion, Ukraine lost seven percent of its territory and about 20 percent of GDP, Jaresko said.

Since then, the economy has grown stronger.

- When we entered the new phase of the war in February, the economy was much healthier than when the invasion began in 2014. But with that said, the war has really taken its toll, says Natalie Jaresko in Ekonomibyrån.

Ukraine suffers from a budget deficit of about seven billion dollars a month, according to the country's current finance minister Serhiy Martjenko.

The World Bank estimates that Ukraine's GDP will decline by 45 percent during the year.

- The world has shown enormous compassion and it has flowed out support for Ukrainian refugees in Europe.

But now an equivalent, if not greater, financial support is needed for those who are still in the country, says Natalie Jaresko.

To date, Ukraine has received more than SEK 200 billion in loans, grants and support from international institutions and countries such as the World Bank, the EU and the United States.

But that is not enough, according to Jaresko.

- The president's adviser recently said that an estimated $ 50 billion is needed (approximately SEK 475 billion, see note) for the next six months.

People are constantly referring to the amounts provided in the last month, but they were last month.

One trillion dollars

Hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild Ukraine after the war, according to Natalie Jaresko.

She draws parallels to Puerto Rico where she has worked for the past five years.

- The hurricanes that hit the island in 2017 caused havoc of about 100 billion dollars.

That in a country that is 1.66 percent as big as Ukraine, and the damage can not be compared to the devastation in Mariopol.

- Then you can imagine that the cost of rebuilding Ukraine will be up to a trillion dollars.

Provided that the war does not end next week, but my view is that it will continue for some time to come.

Hear more from Natalie Jaresko in the clip above and do not miss the entire episode of Ekonomibyrån - Krigets pris in SVT Play.