Inflation in Ukraine to exceed 30% this year
Inflation in Ukraine will exceed 30% in 2022.
21 July 2022
Inflation in Ukraine will exceed 30% in 2022.
The National Bank of Ukraine has left its key interest rate unchanged at 25%
On July 21, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) changed the official exchange rate of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar by 25%, to UAH 36.5686 per U.S. dollar, according to the central bank’s press service.
Russian invaders continue to steal Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territories.
20 July 2022
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided 28 Starlink satellite internet terminals to Ukrainian farmers.
The group of creditors of Ukraine from G7 countries and Paris club members announced their intention to suspend principal and interest payments on bilateral debts until the end of the year 2023, with the possibility to extend the suspension by an additional year.
19 July 2022
European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding on the allocation of EUR 1 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.
Ukraine has joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) as an association country.
The special equipment intended for the temporary storage of grain crops will be delivered to Ukraine.
In 2022, Ukraine expects to harvest about 52 million tonnes of grain crops and 13-15 million tonnes of oilseed crops.
18 July 2022
The Council of the EU at the level of foreign ministers reached a political agreement on the allocation of the next tranche of military assistance to Ukraine within the framework of the European Peace Facility in the amount of another EUR 500 million.
The European Council has decided to allocate EUR 1 billion to Ukraine and will continue to work toward finding a way to provide Ukraine with another EUR 8 billion from the total package of EUR 9 billion of macro-financial assistance that has already been politically agreed at the EU level, although it is too early to talk about specific terms of providing such assistance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro have discussed the importance of resuming grain exports to prevent a global food crisis provoked by Russia.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law on Ukraine's withdrawal from the agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters, signed in Moscow on April 15, 1994 and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada in 1999.
17 July 2022
A German public foundation established to help Russia’s Gazprom complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline seeks to pull out of the project.
Saudi Arabia's decision to increase daily oil production to 13 million barrels will help reduce Russia's profits off oil exports.
16 July 2022
Ukraine calls on heads of U.S. and European banks to sever ties with companies that trade Russian oil and stop providing credits to finance Russian war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov have discussed the issue of establishing transport corridors through the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain.
Ukraine and Poland are jointly counteracting the Russian propaganda regarding the export of Ukrainian grain to Asian and African countries.
15 July 2022
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Naftogaz of Ukraine’s (Naftogaz) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘C’ from ‘CCC’ following its consent solicitation to defer its debt servicing of its Eurobonds.
Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, about 30 enterprises of the Luhansk region have managed to find new locations to resume their activities in safer areas of Ukraine due to the government program of enterprises temporary relocation.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the National Bank has purchased UAH 225 billion worth of domestic government military bonds.
14 July 2022
Since the beginning of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, international partners have provided almost $13 billion in financial aid to Ukraine.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, during a speech at the Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul, called on Korean businesses that have pulled out of the Russian market to move their production capacities to Ukraine.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko have discussed progress made toward implementing a price cap on Russian oil to restrict revenue for Russia’s military while dampening the impact of Putin’s war on global oil and energy prices.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has darkened significantly this year's global economic outlook.
It is already clear that the sanctions will not curb imports of Russian gas as too many EU member states can't adjust quickly enough.
13 July 2022
At today’s meeting of the military delegations of the defense ministries of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the UN officials, an agreement was reached on technical issues regarding grain exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea.
The Ministry of Finance expects Ukraine to receive about $4.4 billion in aid from international partners in July.
A meeting between the military delegations of the defense ministries of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the UN delegation, to discuss the export of grain from Ukraine via the Black Sea ended in Istanbul.