Ukraine to receive $3.9B grant from U.S. – Shmyhal
The Cabinet of Ministers will spend a $3.9 billion grant from the United States on salaries.
23 July 2024
The Cabinet of Ministers will spend a $3.9 billion grant from the United States on salaries.
The Ukrainian government expects to receive a EUR 4.1 billion tranche from the European Union this September.
After the government program of interest-free lending to individuals for the purchase of energy generation equipment was launched, Ukrainian banks immediately started issuing the relevant loans.
NAEC Energoatom and a consortium of international banks, consisting of Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Bank PLC, concluded a loan agreement worth GBP 181 million.
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Valerii Zaluzhnyi and International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez have discussed the security of grain corridors and the need to punish Russia for stealing Ukrainian grain.
Following the materials of the State Bureau of Investigation, four helicopters and two planes of the Crimean entrepreneurs, who had been exposed as financing Russian armed aggression, were transferred to the Ukrainian Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA).
22 July 2024
Ukraine has reached an agreement in principle with creditors on the restructuring of USD 23.4 billion in external debt, following which the maturity of Eurobonds will be extended.
Ukraine has reached an agreement with the Committee of Eurobond Owners of Ukraine on debt restructuring.
21 July 2024
On July 22, Ukrenergo introduced consumption restrictions for the entire day. Most of the time, two rounds of blackouts will be applied.
Heller Tools exported tools to companies affiliated with a smuggling ring set up by Russia’s FSB security agency.
20 July 2024
Measures to limit electricity consumption on Sunday, July 21, will be in effect throughout the day.
On Saturday, 20 July, it is planned to import electricity from Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary with a maximum capacity of 1,385 MW.
This month Belgium-based clearinghouse Euroclear will transfer the first proceeds from frozen Russian assets to the European Fund for Ukraine.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys will visit the third thermal power plant in Vilnius (TPP-3) to inspect the unused equipment that is being transferred to Ukraine and will discuss the safety of energy facilities and support for Ukraine.
Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC has made mandatory payments under Eurobonds in accordance with the restructuring schedule.
19 July 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Italian Priscilla Toffano as its Resident Representative in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and British Defense Secretary John Healey have signed an intergovernmental agreement on official credit support for the development of Ukraine's defense capabilities.
In the first half of next year, the Polish presidency of the EU will have its own proposals for changes to the EU's trade cooperation with Ukraine.
The European Union will provide EUR100 million to NPC Ukrenergo for the reconstruction of the electricity transmission system under the Ukraine Investment Facility (UIF) programme, which is part of the Ukraine Facility plan.
Russia's relentless targeting of Ukraine's critical infrastructure is a violation of humanitarian law and OSCE principles.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed a strategy for the development of distributed generation until 2035.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted as a whole draft bill No. 11256-2 on making amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the implementation of the provisions of the EU law on the excise tax.
18 July 2024
Zaporizhzhia Automobile Building Plant (ZAZ) plans to produce more than 160 buses this year.
In the near future, the Verkhovna Rada will consider the government’s draft law on the revision of the State Budget of Ukraine for 2024, with the expenditures set to increase by more than UAH 500 billion.
Europe can learn a lot from Ukraine in the energy sector, namely with regard to maintaining the energy grid while under attack, and should also be interested in establishing cooperation in other areas related to energy.
The new-harvest buckwheat prices are expected to increase in Ukraine.
17 July 2024
The European Commission has approved the first regular payment of EUR 4.2 billion under the EU's Ukraine Facility.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that the European Commission supports the disbursement of almost EUR 4.2 billion to Ukraine.
This year agricultural enterprises in the Mykolaiv region have started to increasingly grow niche crops.
A power unit is back in operation following scheduled repairs at one of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.