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10 February 2024
Ukraine is exploring various scenarios to maintain macro-financial stability under any conditions, and at the same time expects that the rhythm of external financing will be normalized in the coming months.
The movement of freight vehicles at the Shehyni-Madyka checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border has been restored.
About 1,300 trucks remain stranded at checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border after Polish farmers have renewed their blockade of border crossings.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has sustained a claim filed by the Ukrainian Justice Ministry against Russian oligarch Ivan Savvidi and his wife, Kiriyaki Savvidi, and recovered their assets in favor of the state.
Ukrainian companies have been allowed to export fish and fish products to the State of Kuwait.
In cooperation with partners, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is working to launch a mechanism of war risk insurance. Before June 2024, the regulator is planning to fully develop a draft bill adjusting this mechanism, and hopes for it to come into effect as soon as this year.
The large India-based oil refinery, BPCL, discontinued purchases of Russian Sokol crude due to the reluctance of intermediary banks to proceed with transactions.
09 February 2024
To mobilize 450,000 additional people and put the economy on a "war footing," it is necessary to consolidate public finances and focus society and the economy on meeting military objectives.
The Ukrainian government has endorsed a decision to establish the Industrial and Defense Committee of Ukraine.
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) listed the American manufacturer of refractory products Allied Mineral Products, LLC, which continues to operate in Russia and maintains its production facilities there, among international sponsors of war.
Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Solskyi and Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Norbert Lins have discussed the opening of the EU market for certain seed varieties produced by Ukraine.
About 20 Ukrainian companies producing fresh fruit, berries, nuts, mushrooms, as well as environmentally friendly packaging, are participating in the fresh produce trade show, FRUIT LOGISTICA, which is taking part in Berlin on February 7-9, 2024.
08 February 2024
Information technology is the sector of the economy that has demonstrated the greatest resilience during the full-scale war. In 2023, the IT industry's exports amounted to about $6.7 billion, which is almost the same level as in 2022.
Taiwan has added 77 items to the list of machine tools restricted from being exported to Russia and Belarus in a bid to prevent the Russian military from using Taiwan's high-tech products in its war in Ukraine.
Turkey's drone maker Baykar will complete the construction of its factory in Ukraine within 12 months, and then it will move on to internal machinery, equipment, and organizational structure.
Polish farmers are planning to block another checkpoint, Zosyn-Ustyluh, from Monday, February 12.
The UK government will support Ukrainian businesses by extending duty-free trade with Ukraine for an additional five years, until 2029.
Türkiye’s defense company Baykar is building a drone manufacturing factory near the city of Kyiv, which will employ about 500 people.
07 February 2024
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to assess the situation at the plant occupied by the Russians.
Ukraine's power system remains stable following Russia’s massive air attack: no outages are planned.
As part of the second meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian working group, Ukrainian Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Deputy Minister Serhiy Derkach and Polish Infrastructure Deputy Minister Paweł Gancarz discussed the involvement of Polish carriers in Ukraine’s road transport market.
European aluminum producers — supported by four EU countries — are pressing Brussels to impose an embargo on cheap metal imports from Russia.
06 February 2024
Western democracies should find mechanisms for immediately transferring to Ukraine interest accrued from Russian assets frozen in foreign jurisdictions, and later – these assets themselves, in order to compensate for damage Russia inflicted on Ukraine.
In January 2024, Ukraine reached the pre-war volume of maritime exports, bringing their total volume almost to a pre-war level.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has sustained a claim filed by the Ukrainian Justice Ministry regarding the nationalization of the Ukrainian assets owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch, Eduard Khudaynatov.
In January 2024, Ukrainian producers exported 12 million tonnes of products, which is a record high since the Russian full-scale invasion started.
More than UAH 33 billion has already been transferred to finance the defense needs from the special account, which was opened by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with the start of the Russian full-scale invasion.
Russia is unlikely to achieve its target indicator of the 2024 Russian budget as laid down in the budget plan. It is possible that the Russian government will have to consider other policy measures to fund the intended expenditure.
The Supervisory Board of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (Ukroboronprom) has endorsed a decision to transform another 10 state-owned defense industry enterprises into economic entities as part of Ukraine’s defense industry reform.
05 February 2024
Ukrnafta PJSC has started well construction operations in northeastern Ukraine. The estimated initial rate of the new well is 26.5 tonnes of oil per day.