Ukraine attracts $30B in assistance from international partners this year – PM Shmyhal
Ukraine has attracted $30 billion in assistance from international partners this year.
11 September 2023
Ukraine has attracted $30 billion in assistance from international partners this year.
10 September 2023
Japanese business is ready to participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine, offering a number of modern technologies that will help speed up recovery.
The Ukrainian government expects the gross domestic product to grow 3-4% this year and notes the improvement of the situation in the main branches of Ukraine’s industry.
All funds that Ukraine independently earns are allocated for financing defense needs as priority.
For the first time, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine loaded 440-type reactors operating at Ukrainian power plants with fuel that had previously been produced exclusively in the Russian Federation.
The Ukrainian Economy Ministry expects Ukraine's gross domestic product to grow to 4% this year.
Moldova has sent another batch of aid to Ukraine, worth 1.2 million lei (over $67,000), including equipment necessary for electricity supply.
09 September 2023
Polish President Andrzej Duda signed an amendment to the law on export insurance guaranteed by the State Treasury, which, among other things, allows the Polish state insurance corporation KUKE to provide more effective assistance to private businesses interested in the Ukraine recovery effort.
Ukraine offers partners a special compensation mechanism for attracting financing for the reconstruction of the country.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi, discussed areas of cooperation for the restoration of Ukraine, including in the fields of energy, transport, demining, creation of new jobs, and the social sphere.
G20 leaders have the tools and the responsibility to reopen the sea route for Ukrainian grain delivery to the most vulnerable nations, as only the resumption of transit of Ukrainian agricultural products through the Black Sea can stabilize global food prices.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has discussed business cooperation at a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and representatives of leading Japanese companies.
Alternative routes for grain exports from Ukraine are unlikely to compare with the Black Sea routes.
In the 2023/2024 marketing year (MY) (from July 1 to September 8, 2023), Ukraine exported 5.054 million tonnes of grains and legumes.
08 September 2023
Russia must end the blockade and shelling of Ukrainian ports, as the Russian blockade of Ukrainian grain exports to the world market threatens the lives of at least 250 million people in developing countries.
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention of Ukraine (NACP) has added Turkish Şişecam Group to the list of international sponsors of Russia's war. The company continues to do business with Russia and remains Russia's largest exporter in its industry.
Ukraine has started exporting grain through Croatian seaports.
President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda believes that, upon the development of port corridors in the Baltic Sea, up to 10 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain could be shipped annually.
07 September 2023
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have visited a Ukrainian energy facility, inspected progress in preparations for the heating season and infrastructure protection efforts.
All Russian assets that have been seized abroad should be used to rebuild Ukraine. In addition, Russia's oil revenues could also be a source of compensation for Ukraine in the future.
06 September 2023
Ukraine is strongly against any further restrictions on its grain exports.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed the protection of Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff to prepare the power system for winter.
On September 6, the European Commission (EC) board is to consider proposals by European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski to solve the problem of Ukrainian grain exports to five "frontline" countries, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
The Ukrainian government will submit Ukraine’s draft state budget for 2024 to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine before September 15, 2023.
The German supplier of industrial software SAP will disallow access to its product for Russian companies.
05 September 2023
International companies and non-governmental organizations seeking to participate in the recovery of Ukraine can receive support from the Dutch government under the Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF).
Attempts to resume the Black Sea Grain Initiative are taking place in Kyiv's intensive dialog with Ankara. This resumption should take place without additional requirements or restrictions from Russia.
Russia's arguments about the low rate of grain supplies to African countries are groundless. In addition to direct supplies of grain, starving African and Asian countries receive products processed in third countries.
The U.S. Department of State hailed Turkey's efforts to revive the Black Sea Grain Initiative despite the lack of major breakthroughs from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's and President Vladimir Putin’s talks in Sochi on Monday.