Wheat for Yemen: Sixth vessel leaving port under Grain from Ukraine program
The Negmar Cicek departs from the port of Chornomorsk. It will deliver 30,000 tonnes of wheat to Yemen as part of humanitarian aid.
24 March 2023
The Negmar Cicek departs from the port of Chornomorsk. It will deliver 30,000 tonnes of wheat to Yemen as part of humanitarian aid.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting with the World Bank delegation led by Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde.
The Ministry of Energy distributed 6,000 tonnes of equipment provided by international partners as humanitarian aid among 111 energy sector enterprises.
Ukraine's reconstruction needs are estimated at $411 billion, and the priority areas will be critical infrastructure, housing, and important social and transport facilities.
Ukraine seeks to cooperate with the Baltic states in the oil and gas sector and electricity, in particular, in the implementation of programs on decentralization of the energy system and the development of bioenergy and cogeneration projects.
The Ukrainian agricultural sector continues to operate and even develop under martial law.
Sweden will consider war risk insurance for investors in Ukraine.
In March, specialists of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine launched two new wells with a capacity of 300-400 thousand cubic meters per day.
DTEK Energy has put into service six new longwalls since the beginning of 2023 in order to provide Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPPs) with coal next winter.
The total amount of losses suffered by Ukraine’s infrastructure due to the Russian full-scale invasion has already reached $143.8 billion.
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Oleh Nemchinov discussed the issue of Ukraine’s restoration at a meeting with Minister for Transport of the Republic of Latvia Jānis Vitenbergs.
23 March 2023
As part of the grain agreement, Ukraine has and fulfills its obligations to the UN and Türkiye, with which it declared that it would retain the right to supply Ukrainian grain for another 120 days. The agreement does not mention any additional conditions apart from grain supplies by sea.
Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are now running at $411 billion, but this sum does not currently include the damage caused to infrastructure, housing stock and businesses in the temporarily occupied areas.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine (NACP) has added the Austrian banking group, Raiffeisen Bank International, to the list of international sponsors of war.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and World Bank Vice President Anna Bjerde have discussed the implementation of joint projects in support of Ukraine.
After defeating the Russian aggressor on the battlefield, the reconstruction of the country will be one of the key tasks. For this, it is necessary to create a favorable tax environment.
Coal mines are unable to fully operate in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions due to Russian armed aggression. The losses from interrupted coal mining operations in these regions are likely to exceed $300 million.
On March 23, 2022, the Law of Ukraine on the corporatization of Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company is coming into force.
The heads of the Ukrainian and Moldovan border and customs agencies have signed a protocol on the organization of joint control at the Serpneve-1 – Basarabeasca railway checkpoint.
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern that the last remaining back up 330 kilovolt (kV) power line at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), damaged three weeks ago, remains under repair.
The Ukrainian Economy Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Norwegian Refugee Council regarding the provision of financial assistance to relocated enterprises.
Losses of PJSC Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's main hydropower generating company, as a result of Russian missile attacks, have reached almost UAH 40 billion.
22 March 2023
Germany sees Ukraine as a promising partner in the energy sector.
A criminal proceeding launched in 2019 against officials with ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih over the alleged environmental pollution has been closed.
Naftogaz expects constructive stand from Eurobond holders over the restructuring scenario proposed earlier.
German economy can respond to Ukraine's defense needs as expected.
The representatives of IMF and Ukraine’s authorities reached a staff-level agreement on a $15.6 billion 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement.
In 2022/2023 marketing year (MY), Ukraine exported 35.810 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops. In March, the country exported 3.513 million tonnes of these crops.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff level agreement on a new $15.6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Ukraine.
On March 21, 2023, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised UAH 5.6 billion to the state budget from the sale of domestic government loan bonds.