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04 January 2024
President of Energoatom Petro Kotin believes that the denial of access to the reactor halls of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to IAEA experts is an attempt by the Russians to conceal the true situation at the plant.
More than 2,200 trucks have piled up in lines at the crossing checkpoints on the border between Poland and Ukraine.
On Thursday morning, Polish farmers resumed the blockade of truck traffic near the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint. It is expected to last until February 3.
Truck traffic opposite the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint is blocked again.
In 2023, sappers of the State Emergency Service, the State Transport Special Service, and private operators surveyed 274,000 hectares of agricultural land, 208,000 hectares of which have already been transferred to farmers.
03 January 2024
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant specialists took measures to ensure the supply of backup power in the event of the breach at the main external power line, as happened repeatedly since the full-scale invasion.
Polish farmers, despite assurances from the Polish government that their demands would be met, decided to resume the blockade of the road for truck traffic near the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint.
In 2024, one of the key tasks of the authorities and the government is to direct the assets of the Russian Federation frozen in the West to the restoration of Ukraine.
The European Council released a statement on additional restrictive measures against one Russian person and one Russian entity institutions in connection with the ongoing aggression against Ukraine as part of a blow to Russia’s diamond business.
As winter cold kicked in and the holiday period ended, electricity consumption in Ukraine is increasing.
In 2023, Ukraine attracted $42.6 billion in external financing, while the need for the year 2024 stands at more than $37 billion.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate more than UAH 1.1 trillion from last year's budget revenues to the security and defense sector.
On the border between Ukraine and Poland, traffic continues to be blocked at three checkpoints, with 1,530 trucks queuing up.
The new government of Poland will not lift the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain to the domestic market, introduced on September 15, 2023.
In 2023, the general fund of the state budget raised UAH 1.13 trillion (or $30.9 billion) from external sources, according to the Finance Ministry.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the European Investment Bank has provided Ukraine with €1.7 billion in financial assistance, which was primarily aimed at emergency repairs of the destroyed infrastructure.
In the 2023/2024 marketing year (MY) (from July 1 to January 2, 2024), Ukraine exported 18.393 million tons of grains and legumes.
02 January 2024
About three thousand trucks are queuing at the border between Ukraine and Poland. The directions of three checkpoints are being blocked.
As of 12:00, 230,000 consumers in the capital have electricity, but another 30,000 remain without power.
This year, Danube ports have increased cargo handling to 120,000 tons per day.
According to preliminary estimates, in 2023, Ukraine exported 67.5 million tons of various types of agricultural products, which is 15% higher than the same period last year.
01 January 2024
On January 1, a complete ban on direct imports of non-industrial natural and synthetic diamonds and diamond jewelry from Russia to the European Union came into force.
Latvia's assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russian war of aggression has reached €595 million, which is 0.85% of the country's GDP.
Turkish telecommunications company Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has signed an agreement to sell its units in Ukraine to the French company NJJ Capital.
Due to a surplus in the power system on December 31, 2023, Poland provided emergency assistance to Ukraine by taking away excess electricity.
More than 10,000 Ukrainians have become winners of the "Own Business" grant program since its inception, having received UAH 2.4 billion from the government to start or develop their business.
Ukraine's State Property Fund is planning to hold online privatization auctions in January 2024, with a total starting value of assets of UAH 242.5 million.
31 December 2023
As of December 31, Ukraine’s unified power system sees no electricity shortage. Four thermal power plant units remain in reserve. Electricity exports to Moldova is scheduled for the night hours.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has sold USD 892.67 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Kostiantyn Marievych as a member of the Supervisory Board at NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, therefore completing its formation.