An agreement on aid for Ukraine will be reached next week, as Biden makes concessions. As the White House has reported, US President Joe Biden held a confidential meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss Ukraine’s urgent need for further assistance. “Lawmakers are expec... #ChuckSchumer #JoeBiden #MitchMcConnell #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #USMexicoBorder
EU leaders in Davos say it is necessary to prepare for war with the Russian Federation. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevičs said at the summit in Davos that his country should work on the combat capability of its army and prepare for a hybrid war. “The defense industry should streng... #AndrzejDuda #Davos2024 #EdgarsRinkevics #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will develop investment and business partnerships with Sweden and Switzerland. The Ukrainian contingent emphasizes that a war risk insurance infrastructure has been created to allow foreign investors to enter the Ukrainian market, and work is ongoing on additional investment att... #Davos2024 #ECA #InvestmentsinUkraine #MilitaryRiskInsurance #VolodymyrKuzyo
France is implementing a war economy regime to support Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression. France will produce 78 Caesar self-propelled artillery systems, specifically for Ukraine, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said. He added that Ukraine purchased six of these insta... #AASMbombs #CaesarHowitzers #FranceAId #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SébastienLecornu
1,000 tanks and 400 HIMARS: How Ukraine’s partners help to win the war. In Davos, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called on the allies to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to defeat the Russian Federation. He emphasized that if the West wants to ... #BattleTanks #GabrieliusLandsbergis #HimarsForUkraine #RadosławSikorski #tanksforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany will provide €7B in military aid, and France will transfer 40 SCALP missiles and agrees on security guarantees. US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone conversation on January 16 to discuss further support for Ukraine. “Germany will provide more than €7B in military goods in ... #EmmanuelMacron #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #SCALPmissiles #WarinUkraine
Germany announces more aid, Latvia forms a drone coalition, and Sweden is thinking about Gripen jets. New military assistance from Germany includes Leopard 1 tank ammunition, eight armored personnel carriers, 25 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones, 50 SatCom communication terminals, eight Zetros truck... #AndrisSpruds #Davos2024 #GermanyMilitaryAid #GripenAircraft #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
After European Council pressure on Hungary, Orban agrees to unlock €50B for Ukraine, but Slovakia is now against the move. After the announced consideration of a resolution on the deprivation of the right to vote in the Council of the EU, Hungary declared that it is ready to give in and unblock funding for Ukraine. Accord... #EUfinancialAid #HungaryVeto #RobertFico #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
The US and the EU insist on providing financial aid to Ukraine as soon as possible. As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has noted, the lack of additional funding from the States will be a problem for Ukraine, the US, and the world. “Of the money we are asking for, $50B will be sp... #AnthonyBlinken #financialaidforUkraine #PennyPritzker #SupportUkraine #ValdisDombrovskis
Belgium, which presides over the EU Council, insists on a clear mechanism for confiscating Russian assets. “Belgium is not against the confiscation of the €280B in frozen assets belonging to the Russian Central Bank, but there must be a clear mechanism for this. For example, they can be used as colla... #AlexanderDeCroo #Euroclear #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianCentralBank
The EC is preparing a draft negotiation framework for Ukraine’s accession. The European Commission has started work on the negotiating framework for Ukraine – a document that defines the principles and procedures for conducting negotiations on EU accession, said the EC... #AnaPisonero #AssociationwithEU #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU
Zelenskyy met with Jens Stoltenberg, Antony Blinken, and the world’s largest businesses in Davos. The Ukrainian president discussed the situation on the battlefield with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and emphasized the importance of further strengthening the Ukrainian air defense system.... #AnthonyBlinken #Davos2024 #JensStoltenberg #NATOsummit #UkraineNATO #Zelenskyy
Switzerland will host the Global Peace Summit and has announced a $1.7B aid package for Ukraine’s recovery. Swiss President Viola Amherd, after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on January 15, confirmed that the Peace Formula summit can be held in Switzerland. In addition, she announced... #Davos2024 #PeaceSummit #SwissAidinUkraine #ViolaAmherd #Zelenskyy
The EU is preparing its 13th package of anti-Russian sanctions but keeps buying Russian oil through India. The European Commission will begin negotiations with EU countries on the introduction of the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, which are planned to be adopted by the second anniversary of the ... #LukOil #RussianOil #RussianOilExport #SanctionsAgainstRussia
The European Parliament proposes fixing a GDP share for aid to Ukraine. Assistance to Ukraine will be more effective if EU countries fulfill their promises without delay. According to a European Parliament discussion, determining a fixed share of GDP to define the amount ... #AndriusKubilius #EuropeanParliament #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #SvenMikser #WarinUkraine
Germany has initiated an audit of EU military aid to Ukraine and is calling for increased support. The European External Action Service (EEAS) wants to audit EU countries’ arms supply to Ukraine so the results can be presented at the EU leader summit, the FT writes. The audit will be conducte... #EEAS #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidAudit #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz
Ukraine’s Peace Formula: What was agreed upon in Davos? The fourth round of discussions between national security advisers regarding peace in Ukraine, which took place on January 14 in Davos, ended without a clear plan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of S... #Davos2024 #IgnazioCassis #RustemUmerov #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
The World Economic Forum has started in Davos: Zelenskyy plans to attend. More than a hundred heads of state and government gathered on January 15 in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. On January 15, President Zelenskyy began a working vi... #Davos #Davos2024 #UrsulavonderLeyen #worldeconomicforum #Zelenskyy
Ukraine can attract $300B through reparation bonds as a backup plan. Ukraine can raise about $300B by selling bonds secured by future lawsuits against Russia for compensation for the damage it has caused during military operations. “Kyiv will be able to receive this am... #Bonds #DaleepSingh #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets
While Germany is preparing for war with Russia, Estonia is preparing Ukraine’s victory plan. Bild writes, with reference to a secret document, that the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) is preparing for a hybrid Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank in February this year. Escalation bet... #Bundeswehr #NATO #Ramsteinformat #RussainAgressor #WarinUkraine
The US will agree to an aid package to Ukraine sooner than transferring frozen Russian assets. The Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, Oksana Markarova, said that the priority for the Embassy of Ukraine is the approval by the US Congress of a $61B aid package. She noted that Ukraine continues rece... #OksanaMarkarova #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine
Brussels will offer to continue preferential trade for Ukraine, but Poland is against it. Today, January 16, the European Commission will propose the extension of the suspension of tariffs and quotas on the import of Ukrainian products until June 2025, writes the FT. At the same time, Poli... #DmytroKuleba #DonaldTusk #TradeVisaFree #UkraineTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
100 years of partnership and £2.5B of military support: The results from the British Prime Minister’s visit to Kyiv. During Prime Minister of the UK Rishi Sunak’s visit to Kyiv on January 12, he announced the provision of £2.5B (over $3B) in military support to Ukraine over the next financial year. The aid pac... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RishiSunak #SecurityGuarantees #UKmilitaryAid
The US special representative for Ukraine’s reconstruction discusses exports, logistics, and strengthening the economy. Penny Pritzker arrived in Kyiv on January 12. Along with her, top managers from Bank of America, the agricultural company Archer Daniels Midland, and one of the world’s largest insurers, Marsh M... #ArcherDanielsMidland #DenysShmyhal #InvestmentsinUkraine #MarshMcLennan #PennyPritzker #Zelenskyy
Washington suggests how Kyiv can interest American investors in participating in Ukrainian privatization. During a conversation with journalists, the US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker, said: “The leaders of your government said that there will be privatization... #InvestmentsinUkraine #PennyPritzker #PrivatizationUkraine
France, Latvia, and Sweden are arming Ukraine, and Italy is calling for a transition to diplomacy. Paris is determined to work with Kyiv’s to strengthen Ukraine’s capabilities to produce weapons systems domestically, said French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne during his visit to Kyiv on J... #AmmunitionForUkraine #StephaneSejourne #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Orban has achieved concessions from the EU, which seeks to unlock €50B for Ukraine. The European Commission is ready to accept some of Hungary’s demands in order to overcome its veto of a €50B support package for Ukraine. In particular, the EC is prepared to grant Budapest the ... #EUfinancialAid #HungaryVeto #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
NATO predicts that Russia’s war against Ukraine will last at least two more years. Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Mircea Geoană, announced the Alliance’s expectations of a long-term conflict. He said this is indicated by the fact that neither side shows an ability to win a decisi... #MirceaGeoană #NATO #RussianlossesWar #WarinUkraine
The IMF is assessing the impact of the confiscation of Russian assets on the international financial system, and Russia is preparing its case for the courts. The top manager of the IMF, Julia Kozak, noted that the fund believes that decisions on the confiscation of Russian assets should be made by the countries where the frozen funds of the Russian Federat... #imf #JuliaKozak #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank
Zelenskyy has appealed to the Baltic countries for help: Estonia will provide €1.2B in support for Ukraine. The Russian dictator Putin wants to destroy Ukraine, and after that, other countries bordering the Russian Federation may become targets of his aggression, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Vilniu... #AlarKaris #BalticCountries #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The White House approves confiscating $300B in Russian assets to restore Ukraine. US President Joe Biden’s administration supports a bill that would allow it to confiscate about $300B in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s restoration. Biden supports the move amid congression... #JoeBiden #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineRecovery #WhiteHouse
The EU is close to approving €50B in financial aid to Ukraine, and the money may arrive in the first quarter. EU ambassadors approved a “partial negotiating mandate” for a proposal to create a single specialized instrument to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction, and modernization whil... #EUbudget #EUfinancialAid #HungaryVeto #UkraineFacility
Ukraine will become the eastern customs border of the EU and is already implementing the necessary reforms. As part of a reform of customs policy, the National Revenue Strategy plans to implement essential steps for customs transformation into the eastern customs of the EU. This goal is part of a broader st... #CustomsReform #CustomsUkraine #ReformsinUkraine
The European Commission proposes the creation of a €100B defense fund. European Commissioner for Internal Trade Thierry Breton called on EU member states to create a €100B defense fund and to increase arms production to match the output of the Russian Federation, writes ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseIndustryEU #EuropeanDefenseFund #ThierryBreton #WeaponsProduction
The EU is studying the possibility of transferring €15B in revenues from frozen Russian assets. As the FT points out, Belgium’s new responsibilities as the country currently holding the EU presidency may complicate the issue of using blocked Russian assets to help Ukraine. At the same time... #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianCentralBank
The US Congress is back to work and moving forward with an agreement to help Ukraine. American lawmakers returned to work this week after a three-week holiday break. They continue to work toward an agreement on a legislative package that should include stronger immigration rules and ad... #ChrisMurphy #JoeBiden #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
Who is arming Ukraine, and what weapons does Russia expect? The Czech company Isolit-Bravo will provide the Ukraine’s military with UGV Trail-Blazer ground drones, which can transport cargo or evacuate the wounded. Ukraine began producing an armored automated ... #IranHelpsRussia #IranianWeapons #NASAMS #ShahedDrones #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Republicans demand the White House define “the ultimate goal” of providing funds to Ukraine. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, demands that the Biden administration clearly formulate its ultimate strategic goal of supporting Ukraine before asking ... #JoeBiden #MikeJohnson #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #UScongress
Hungary put forward a condition for lifting its veto on €50B aid to Ukraine. According to Politico, Hungary has said that it could lift the veto on a €50B aid package from the European Union, provided the funding is reviewed every year. Budapest proposes that the European Coun... #EUbudget #EUfinancialAid #HungaryVeto #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
The US and the EU seek to arm Kyiv better, and Estonia will spend 0.25% of its GDP on military aid for Ukraine for four years. White House representatives met with technology and defense industry leaders to discuss support for Ukraine’s access to advanced American military technologies. The US President’s National... #JakeSullivan #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Biden urges Republicans to approve additional funding for Ukraine now that they have reached an agreement on 2024 government funding. At stake is about more than $60B in support for a war-torn country struggling to defend its land from Russia. “Now, Republicans in Congress must do their job, stop the threats, and fulfill their... #JoeBiden #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #UScongress
The White House emphasises the critical need to approve aid to Ukraine and the ineffectiveness of alternative funding options. Time is running out for lawmakers to provide additional US aid to Ukraine. The issue has been stuck in Congress because it has been tied to immigration talks, where no agreement has yet been reached, ... #ShalandaYoung #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
The UN does not see positive prospects for the global economy, but they recognize the stability of the Ukrainian economy. In the UN Report on the World Economic Situation and Prospects for 2024, analysts predict that the growth rate of the world economy will slow from 2.7% last year to 2.4% in 2024. Economists predict th... #GlobalEconomy #Globalinflation #UkraineEconomy #UN #WorldEconomyForecast
Ukraine has fulfilled all demands to unblock the border with Poland. As Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Serhiy Derkach stated: “Ukraine has implemented the plan we agreed to with Poland. However, the protesters have a few more demands for the Polish government.... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #SerhiiDerkach #transportvisafree #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The Bundestag calls for the transfer of long-range missiles to Ukraine and the authorization of strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Greens defense spokeswoman Sara Nanni said, “The most effective defense against Russian airstrikes is to fire at targets in Russian territory and in the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, ... #LongRangeMissiles #RoderichKiesewetter #SaraNanni #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US has named the priority weapon for future aid to Ukraine and plans to focus on developing the Ukrainian defense industry. The representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, called the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense a priority in the future military aid that Washington is rea... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JohnKirby #MatthewMiller #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Even without unanimous agreement, the EC is working on a solution to provide €50B to Ukraine. EC President Ursula von der Leyen once again called for the speedy approval of the €50B, four-year Ukraine Facility aid plan within the medium-term review of the EU budget. The head of the European Co... #EuropeanCommission #EUsupportforUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
By winning elections in the European Parliament, Charles Michel might give more power to Victor Orban. The current president of the European Council will be a candidate in the elections for the European Parliament, and this will also be the first time he will leave office early. Suppose current Europea... #CharlesMichel #EuropeanCouncil #VictorOrban
Japanese businesses will join Ukraine’s reconstruction. The Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoko Kamikawa, discussed several cooperative prospects between the countries. On the agenda: support for the Peace Formula o... #DenysShmyhal #JapanandUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #YokoKamikawa
The White House needs Congress’ approval to continue aid to Ukraine and continue working on confiscating Russian assets. The White House no longer has funds for new military aid packages to Ukraine until the US Congress approves it, the representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, said... #DenysShmyhal #JohnKirby #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
