The Biden administration plans to cancel over $4.6B of Ukraine’s debt. US President Joe Biden submitted a statement to the US Congress stating his intention to forgive half of Ukraine’s debt for economic assistance that was received as a loan. State Department spok... #JoeBiden #LoanForUkraine #MatthewMiller #ukrainedebt #UScongress
New long-range strikes on Russia will help Trump conduct negotiations with Russia; the American president-elect is against an unfavorable agreement for Ukraine. When US President Joe Biden allowed the Ukraine’s military to use US weapons to strike targets in Russia, he did his successor, Donald Trump, a great strategic favor, according to Bloomberg. Thi... #DavidLammy #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and 12 European countries unite in a new defense cooperation format. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the beginning of a collaboration with 12 countries within the Nordic Group-Ukraine framework, which will strengthen Ukraine’s security and provide suppor... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EUdefense #Norway #RustemUmerov #SupportUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The largest EU economies will issue joint defense bonds to stop the Russian Federation’s “imperial ambitions.” During a meeting of heads of foreign affairs from five EU countries, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland gave their support to a proposal to create joint European defense bonds to strengthen the... #DefenseBonds #investments #NATO #RadosławSikorski #SupportUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Putin is ready to freeze the war at the current front line on the condition that Ukraine renounces NATO. Officials close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready to discuss with Donald Trump a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and freezing the war in place. The &#... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
The UK allows Ukraine to use British Storm Shadow missiles deep inside Russia. According to The Times, the change in London’s position may have resulted from the US giving permission for Ukraine to use its ATACMS long-range missiles, which was announced on November 17. Bri... #KeirStarmer #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #RussianMilitaryTargets #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
The EU will spend the revenue from frozen Russian assets on armaments for Ukraine. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, proposed directing a significant part of the future second tranche of revenue from frozen Russian assets to the Ukrainian defense industry. According to Borrel... #BohdanaSPG #BorisPistorius #JosepBorrell #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #WeaponsforUkraine
The Economist predicts the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine in 2025. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end in 2025, as both sides are close to exhaustion. The Russian economy is suffering due to Western sanctions, labor shortages, and people leaving the country... #DonaldTrump #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
The US is providing a $275M military aid package, Denmark is preparing additional F-16s, and the German parliament is reviewing its Taurus authorization. US President Joe Biden approved the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. The decision is a radical change in his policy and comes in response to the intensification of the Russian offensive in t... #Denmark #F16 #HIMARSartillery #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #TaurusMissile
Europe and Canada must unite to guarantee Ukraine’s security amid Trump’s return to the White House. As stated in an open appeal, which was signed by 79 current and former politicians, military personnel, and political scientists who are anxiously waiting to see what Trump will do when he begins his ... #DonaldTrump #DonaldTusk #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany provides Ukraine with a military aid package containing ammunition and hundreds of UAVs. The German government announced another package of military aid for Ukraine, which includes tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition of various types, 47 vehicles with mine protection (MRAP), four Pa... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Panzerhaubitze2000 #Poland #WarinUkraine #WISENT1
The final declaration of the G20 summit contains no condemnation of the Russian Federation’s actions. In the statement from the G20 leaders that was adopted at summit in Rio de Janeiro’s conclusion, there is only one mention of the war in Ukraine. “Regarding the war in Ukraine, we highligh... #Brazil #G20 #G20Summit #RussianAggression
The US announces a new military aid package to Ukraine, and France and Britain do not oppose Ukraine’s use of long-range strikes, but want restrictions. In the coming days, the US will announce a new package of defense aid to Ukraine, said the permanent representative of the US to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at a meeting of the UN Security Counci... #LindaThomasGreenfield #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #StormShadow #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy presents an internal sustainability plan to the Ukrainian Parliament. The plan contains 10 points that address issues of unity, human capital, and cultural sovereignty. Zelenskyy plans to present the full version of the plan together with its annexes next month. These a... #SustainabilityPlan #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery #UkrainianParliament #Zelenskyy
Europe must double its defense spending after Trump’s inauguration; Poland will produce explosives and ammunition. Europe will probably have to double its defense spending to address the challenge of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as a possible reduction in American support with Donald Trump... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #NATO #Poland #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine used ATACMS for the first time in the Russian Federation; Trump says this is an escalation of the war. Defense forces struck a Russian ammunition warehouse in the Bryansk region with US-supplied ATACMS missiles, 110 km from the border with Ukraine. At least 12 secondary explosions and detonations took ... #ATACMS #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #MikeWaltz #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
At the G20 summit, Erdogan plans to propose that the war in Ukraine be frozen. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to present his proposal for freezing the war in Ukraine “at the current level” at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. According to Erdogan̵... #Brazil #FrozenConflict #G20 #NATO #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #SergeiLavrov #WarinUkraine
North Korea’s participation in the war against Ukraine convinced Biden to lift restrictions on long-range strikes. The initial targets may be Russian positions in the Kursk region, where about 10,000 Korean troops are currently stationed. ATACMS strikes are believed to be more effective than long-range Ukrainian d... #ATACMS #JoeBiden #Kursk #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarinUkraine
North Korea might send 100,000 troops and transfer long-range weapons to Russia; China, despite its denials, is also arming Russia. North Korea may deploy up to 100,000 soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, this military support is likely to occur in stages with troop rotation over time rather... #China #Kursk #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarinUkraine
What can Trump demand from Putin in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine? Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller believes that newly elected US President Donald Trump has every opportunity to change the war’s dynamics. Putin presumably wants to retu... #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NATO #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
The coalition collapse in Germany could jeopardize the supply of drones to Ukraine, but Germany has already started providing the Mini-Taurus. Planned drone supplies from Germany to Ukraine may be in jeopardy following the collapse of the ruling coalition government, known as a traffic light coalition. At the same time, Minister of Foreign A... #AnnalenaBaerbock #dronestoUkraine #Germany #Helsing #MiniTaurus
The US will allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles, and France and Britain follow the US’ lead. After months of negotiations with Washington, the Biden administration, with two months left in office, has for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use American ATACMS to strike Russia... #ATACMS #JoeBiden #LongRangeMissiles #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NorthKoreanSoldiers #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
The G7 will continue to support Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression, and the Pentagon will speed up weapons delivery. The G7 countries will continue to provide Ukraine with the necessary assistance and support to protect it from Russian aggression for as long as necessary, the G7 leaders said in a statement. “W... #G7 #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PDA #Pentagon #SabrinaSingh #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with President Putin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the Russian dictator for the first time in almost two years. The German government noted that the chancellor called on Putin to negotiate an end to the war. Presid... #OlafScholz #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine will receive financial support from the World Bank, the EU, and Finland. Ukraine will obtain soft loans totaling over $1B from the World Bank and €150M from the EU. “Within the framework of this agreement, the money will be directed to the restoration of the port inf... #DenysShmyhal #EnvironmentalProtection #financialaidforUkraine #Finland #UkraineRecovery #worldbank
The EU is working to deploy new sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet by the end of the year; current restrictions affect less than 50% of Russian oil exports. According to Bloomberg, the sanctions package, which the EU plans to approve by the end of the year, will also include sanctions against those involved in this trade. Member states are still negotiati... #AgroRussia #RussianLNG #RussianOil #SanctionsAgainstRussia #ShadowFleetRussia
Norway will finance the production of weapons and equipment in Ukraine according to the Danish model. Norway will mirror the Danish support format, which is direct financing of Ukrainian weapon and equipment production, allowing faster production and delivery of weapons to the front. In addition, the ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Estonia #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The US State Department has reduced the travel risks to nine regions of Ukraine, opening up new business opportunities. As stated in the updated travel recommendations on US State Department’s website, the highest, fourth-level recommendation applies to all of Ukraine – do not travel to Ukraine at all because of ... #OksanaMarkarova #TourismUkraine #TravelUkraine #WarinUkraine
The EU has begun to consider exchanging land in peace negotiations for security guarantees. There is a growing belief in Brussels that the war with Russia can end only through talks between Kyiv and Moscow that will involve territorial concessions. With the changing battlefield situation and... #FrozenConflict #NATO #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
The Kremlin rejects any concessions in negotiations with the Trump administration regarding Ukraine. The Kremlin is trying to dictate the terms of any potential peace talks with Ukraine ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The ISW noted that the manner in which the Kremlin is acting indicates ... #DonaldTrump #Kremlin #MariaZakharova #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SergeiLavrov
Ukraine has completed the legislation assessment for the first block of negotiations on EU accession. On November 12, a bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the European Commission regarding a section devoted to statistics ended in Luxembourg. The meeting took place within the framework of the offici... #Brussels #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
European businesses will invest in rebuilding Ukraine through the UIF. At the first EU-Ukraine Investment Conference in Warsaw, the EU called on European companies to invest in Ukraine’s restoration and reconstruction. Interested European companies can submit their... #investments #UIF #UkraineInvestmentFramework #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery #YuliyaSvyridenko
The European Commission has approved €300M in financing for five defense projects. The European Commission approved funding for five defense projects, each of which will receive €60M. Most of the projects also include purchasing defense products for Ukraine, particularly air defense... #AirDefenseSystems #DefensePurchases #EDIRPA #EUdefense #EuropeanCommission
After the inauguration, Trump may move to eliminate Russian oil and gas industry earnings. The Russian Federation still makes a great deal of profit from oil and gas supply to EU countries, but this may change after Donald Trump takes office as the US president. Trump is anticipated to prov... #DonaldTrump #GasProduction #LNG #Oilmining #RussianEconomy #RussianLNG #USeconomy
Trump invites Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the newly created DOGE advisory commission and will appoint new heads for the Pentagon and CIA. US President-elect Donald Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate and pro-Russian businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new non-governmental Department of Gove... #DOGE #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #JohnRatcliffe #PeteHegseth #VivekRamaswamy #WhiteHouse
The US sent Ukraine 67% of the promised air defense equipment and 83% of promised ammunition, and more than $9B for military aid remains. Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder stated that after the US Congress approved additional funding and by mid-October, the US had delivered 83% of critical ammunition to Ukraine, including 155 mm artillery sh... #AirDefenseSystems #Hawk #PatrickRyder #Pentagon #TaiwanAid #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine has already received $100B in external financing and has completed all tasks to receive a new tranche from the IMF. Before the sixth review of the EFF’s (Extended Fund Facility) extended financing program, Ukraine had fulfilled all structural beacons by the end of October and all quantitative performance crit... #EBA #EFFprogram #imf #IMFStructuralBeacons #LoanForUkraine #SupportUkraine
Ukraine will receive a loan of up to €50M from Finland and a $1.35B grant from the US for humanitarian and social programs. The Government of Finland will provide Ukraine a loan of up to €50M for energy, education, and infrastructure projects. The grant represents at least 35% of the total cost, allowing preferential finan... #DenysShmyhal #Finland #GrantForUkraine #LoanForUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineReconstruction #worldbank
Trump likes two points of the Victory Plan written in the case for his presidency. Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, is interested in two points of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Victory Plan, which he presented to Trump during a meeting in September. The fir... #DonaldTrump #LindseyGraham #MineralDepositsUkraine #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Trump is gathering his new team, and none are pro-Ukrainian. US President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The senator has recently supported Trump’s narratives on international issues, particularly c... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #MikeWaltz #Washington #WhiteHouse
At the G20 Summit in Brazil, Starmer will try to convince Biden to provide a $20B loan to Ukraine before Trump’s inauguration. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will call on US President Joe Biden to allocate a $20B loan to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office as the next US president. The British prime minister will al... #EmmanuelMacron #G20 #JoeBiden #KeirStarmer #LoanForUkraine #StormShadow #SupportUkraine
The EU suggests avoiding a trade war with the US by reducing dependence on Russian gas. The EU wants to increase imports of liquefied natural gas from the US to reduce dependence on Russian gas and convince the next US president, Donald Trump, not to impose tariffs on European goods. EU ... #Brussels #DonaldTrump #foreignTrade #LNG #Washington
The war in Ukraine and the Trump presidency forces Brussels to funnel billions of euros to defense. Brussels is changing its spending policy to redirect tens of billions of euros to defense and security in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s return to the White House. ... #CohesionFunds #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #Germany
Macron and Starmer want to convince Biden to give Ukraine permission for long-range strikes on Russia; Biden will ask Congress and Trump to continue support for Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are set on convincing US President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to launch long-range Storm Shadow missiles into Russia before he ... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #JoeBiden #KeirStarmer #LongRangeStrikes #RussianMilitaryTargets #StormShadow
Ukraine expects the IMF to approve a $1.1B loan. “The ongoing IMF mission to Kyiv ends on November 18, with discussions expected to continue virtually after that”, said an IMF resident representative in Ukraine, Priscilla Toffano. The In... #imf #IMFStructuralBeacons #ReformsinUkraine #TaxIncrease
The NBU has improved its forecast for Ukraine’s international aid for the coming years. According to the NBU, Ukraine is expected to receive about $42B in international financing for 2024, $38B in 2025, and $25B in 2026. By the end of 2024, Ukraine will receive $4.8B under the SPUR progr... #financialaidforUkraine #G7 #nbu #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudget #worldbank
The European Parliament will adopt a resolution on the struggle with the Russian shadow fleet. This week, the European Parliament is preparing to adopt a resolution calling for more “targeted” measures against the Russian Federation’s shadow fleet. Russia’s continued eva... #EnvironmentalPollution #EuropeanParliament #RussianOil #SanctionsAgainstRussia #ShadowFleetRussia
Putin is trying to reset relations with the US and sway Trump to his side. Russian dictator Putin is trying to influence the foreign policy of US President-elect Donald Trump and achieve a reset of relations between Russia and the US on Moscow’s terms. The ISW pointed ... #DonaldTrump #Kremlin #Putin #WarinUkraine
If Zelenskyy is ready, the US will support Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia. The United States is ready to support negotiations between Ukraine and Russia if President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expresses his readiness to do so, said Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the US State Depa... #MatthewMiller #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The Pentagon promises to support Ukraine until the end of Biden’s presidency and to exhaust all its remaining funds. Pentagon deputy spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed the US’ commitment to continue military aid to Ukraine until the end of the current Biden administration. In particular, the presidential aid... #JoeBiden #PDA #Pentagon #SabrinaSingh #SupportUkraine #USAI
