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24 July 2023
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Lithuania maintains the position that easing sanctions against Russia in exchange for an agreement on the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea is wrong.
23 July 2023
Canada and the United Nations share concern over Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba has held a meeting with the management of the international charity organization, Misericordia, to discuss assistance with the restoration of life in the areas liberated from Russian invaders and the most war-affected regions of Ukraine.
Sense Bank, which used to be owned by Russian oligarchs, is now controlled by Ukraine and will operate as usual.
22 July 2023
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry and the Deposit Guarantee Fund have signed an agreement on the purchase of 100% of shares in Sense Bank PJSC, meaning the bank has become state property.
With the support of international partners, Ukraine will continue helping other countries with food despite Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
In Ukraine, agricultural producers have already threshed 5.9 million tonnes of grain from the new harvest.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to participate in the withdrawal of Sense Bank from the market to ensure the stability of the financial system of Ukraine and protect the interests of depositors and creditors of the bank.
Norway will provide assistance to Ukraine worth about €7 billion over the next five years.
Polish business should already be preparing to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, as competition with other countries will be strong.
21 July 2023
By shelling Ukraine's port infrastructure and destroying grain terminals, Russia is deliberately trying to condemn the world's most vulnerable countries to starvation. This must be met with a decisive response from the international community.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has an idea to create in Crimea, after the peninsula is liberated, a project similar to the U.S.-based Silicon Valley, the world's leading center of high-tech companies.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is increasing financing for small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine and for the development of the Ukrainian tech sector.
The total amount of direct documented damage caused to the infrastructure of Ukraine by Russia's full-scale invasion reaches USD 150 billion.
20 July 2023
The Black Sea Grain Initiative practically did not work for a month, so Russia's statement about withdrawal from the agreement did not come as a surprise.
While Russia threatens the global food supply, the United States will continue to seek solutions to get Ukrainian grain to the world.
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of State announced on Thursday the introduction of additional sanctions against Russia, which limit, first of all, the country’s military potential, as well as opportunities for income and access to high technology.
Ukraine will receive a USD 1.5 billion loan from the World Bank under the guarantee of the Japanese government.
The UK Treasury has imposed sanctions against 13 individuals and legal entities associated with the activities of the Russian PMC Wagner in Mali, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR).
The European Union today decided to extend restrictive measures against Russia in response to its military aggression against Ukraine for a further six months, until January 31, 2024.
Russia's refusal to participate in the Black Sea Grain Initiative and Russia's blocking of transport routes in the Black Sea require greater efforts from member states to ensure the effective functioning of the EU's solidarity lanes on the borders with Ukraine to increase the volume of Ukrainian grain exports.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna calls on partners to work together to ensure unhindered Ukrainian exports to the European Union.
Antonella Bassani, Vice President of the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank., and Alfonso Garcia Mora, Regional Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Finance Corporation, have arrived in Kyiv as part of their first official visit to Ukraine.
The water level in the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant’s cooling pond remains stable.
More than six hundred Polish entrepreneurs are currently working in Ukraine. Over 2,000 more have expressed their desire to do so.
19 July 2023
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will work with U.S. Congress to allocate $230 million to support Ukrainian enterprises, which includes low-interest loans, business grants, etc.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the participation of Irish business in the reconstruction of Ukraine with Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the restoration of the energy system with USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
On the night of July 19, about 60,000 tonnes of grain were destroyed in the Chornomorsk port as a result of Russian shelling of the port infrastructure involved in the grain initiative.
Russia has become "totally unsafe" for foreign investors, an EU official has warned.