Ukraine, May 8 -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is partnering with PrivatBank and Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine (RBU) on a new support mechanism for Ukrainian businesses and households affected by Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine.The Bank and the two Ukrainian lenders are piloting an Enterprise Security Enhancement (ESE) feature as part of their portfolio risk sharing (PRS) facilities. The donor-funded feature will enable PrivatBank and RBU to grant partial debt relief to Ukrainian borrowers who have suffered war-related damage. The instrument is the first of its kind piloted by the EBRD and is designed to address a critical wartime gap in business finance.ESE introduces a structured mechanism that allows EBRD partner...