The Ministry of Finance is inclined to reform Ukraine’s simplified taxation system following the Polish model. According to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Svitlana Vorobey, “We took the Polish taxation system of small and medium-sized businesses as a basis. Poland has a differentiated system, with rates rangi... #ReformsinUkraine #SvitlanaVorobey #UkraineTaxation #UkraineTaxSystem
France considers the transfer of weapons production to Ukraine a priority task. French Ambassador to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, stated: “French support to Ukraine will gradually change its character, as the goal is to produce more weapons in Ukraine, not just donations or pur... #EmmanuelMacron #FranceAId #GaëlVeyssière #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
Will the mechanism for the confiscation of Russian assets start soon? The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, announced progress regarding the confiscation of Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit and expressed hope that in 2024 the legal framework will be approv... #DmytroKuleba #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation
Polish farmers want to scale up protests at the border, and the Polish government is trying to prevent a blockade. Polish farmers will resume the blockade of the Shegini-Medyka border crossing if they do not receive written confirmation that their demands will be met, protest organizer Roman Kondrow said. Farmers ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #MichalKolodziejczak #PolishFarmers
Ukraine expects decisive actions from the West in response to Russian missile terrorism. After the massive Russian missile attack on January 2, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “Putin is intensifying terror against Ukraine. It was the second massive missile strike in just four d... #BridgetBrink #DmytroKuleba #MissileAttackOnUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Europe seeks to increase military aid to Ukraine to minimize the risks from a decrease in US military support. The UK and other European countries want to help Ukraine and ensure that Kyiv can win its war with Russia without US support if Donald Trump comes to power and refuses to support Ukraine. According to... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The government approves the EU’s €50B Ukraine Facility plan. The Ukrainian government has approved a draft of the Ukraine Facility plan, according to which Ukraine should receive a €50B package of support from the EU that will be delivered during 2024-2027, Pri... #DenysShmyhal #EUsummit #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility
The EC speaks about the length of Ukraine’s negotiations to join the EU. Vice-President of the EC for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová answered, when questioned whether the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU is a matter of years or decades, that “I wo... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #VeraJourova
Poland demands new rules for the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products to lift the embargo. The ban on importing Ukrainian grain to Poland will remain in place until new regulations are developed at the EU level, Polish Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekierski said. He said that a good sol... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #CzesławSiekierski #GrainEmbargo #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
The IMF says it will help Ukraine attract additional revenues to its budget. The IMF is focused on supporting the work of the Ukrainian state and its social obligations, and not on the military sphere, said Alfred Kemmer, director of the European Department of the IMF. “... #AlfredKemmer #financialaidforUkraine #imf #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineEconomy
This year’s latest arms package, worth $250M, and the confiscation of $300B in frozen Russian assets: this is how the US is supporting Ukraine on New Year’s Eve. The package includes ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS systems, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells, TOW anti-tank missiles, and Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems. The p... #HimarsForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
More than €4B in Russian assets have been seized in Germany. As of the beginning of December 2023, the Ministry of Finance of Germany reported that due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, Germany has seized about €4.1B in Russian assets. It is noted that the... #JPmorgan #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank
Opinions: What does the West expect from Ukraine’s war against the Russian Federation in 2024? Russia’s war against Ukraine will be exhausting and positional, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda believes. He admitted that Ukraine’s partners expect the counteroffensive mounted by the nati... #GitanasNauseda #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The EU is developing a €20B contingency plan to finance Ukraine in 2024. An alternative scheme has emerged that involves member states providing guarantees to the EU budget, which would allow the European Commission to borrow up to €20B on the capital markets for Kyiv next... #EUfinancialAid #financialaidforUkraine #HungaryVeto #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility
Germany sets a record for arms exports, and Ukraine becomes a leader among buyers. Germany exported arms worth a record €11.71B in 2023, and the previous record, €9.35B, was recorded in 2021. Compared to 2022, export growth was 40%, where one-third of exports, or €4.15B, was shipped... #GermanWeapons #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
Taxes, customs, finance, and budget: the Ministry of Finance implemented 46% of all EU legal acts in Ukraine. The Ministry of Finance fully implemented 742 acts, 46% of the total number of acts of EU law implemented by Ukraine, preparing for negotiations to join the EU. The Ministry of Finance is responsible ... #EKrecommendation #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineCustoms #UkraineTaxSystem
The opening of negotiations with the EU has a positive economic effect on Ukraine, but economic relations with Poland must be restarted. “Asian countries have begun to turn more to Ukraine regarding the opportunities our country’s EU membership creates for their investors,” said the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro K... #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEU
Western media assumes that Putin is “signaling” readiness for “peaceful” negotiations, but the EU and NATO state his only goal is victory. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that, despite its great efforts, Russia will not be able to achieve its goals in Ukraine. With its full-scale invasion, Russia aimed to prevent Ukraine... #JensStoltenberg #JosepBorrell #NATOUkraine #Putin #RussainAgressor #WarinUkraine
Biden approves the $300M US defense budget for Ukraine, and his administration has begun urgent negotiations with the G7 to transfer frozen Russian assets. On December 22, US President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which provides a record $886B for defense needs in the 2024 fiscal year. It continues the operation of the initiat... #JoeBiden #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #USdefenseBudget
Eighteen F-16s from the Netherlands and three Gepards from Germany will soon arrive, what else will Ukraine receive this year? The Dutch government will prepare 18 F-16 fighter jets for transfer to Ukraine, but first, it is necessary to prepare permits from the US for export and to fulfill several other criteria, such as pers... #AmmunitionForUkraine #F16 #Gepard #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The US is introducing new anti-Russian sanctions and cutting off gas supplies from the new Russian project; Switzerland joins the 12th package. Joe Biden signed a decree providing for economic measures against foreign financial institutions involved in supplying sanctioned military goods to Russia. Banks, pension funds, operators of payment s... #ArcticLNG2 #JoeBiden #LNG #Novatek #RussianGas #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Ukraine and Poland agree on steps to open the border and to simplify the common border crossing with Moldova. During a meeting in Kyiv on December 22, representatives from Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Ukrainian officials agreed on an action plan to unblock the border. In Warsaw, the Minister ... #BorderBlockade #DariuszKlimczak #OleksandrKubrakov #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree
The European Union should use a €80B rescue fund to help Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, the EU should access a little-used €80B rescue fund to support Ukraine’s war against Russia as the flow of money from both sides of the Atlantic threatens to dry up, according ... #OlliRehn #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #WarinUkraine
After joining the EU, agricultural subsidies for Ukraine will reach €70-90B; Orban is afraid that Hungary will be left without EU money. According to estimates from the Institute of German Economics, the financial consequences of Ukraine’s full membership in the MFF (Multiannual Financial Framework) for 2021-2027 are estimated at... #AgroSubsidies #agroUkraine #EUfarmers #EuropeanIntegration #VictorOrban
Ukraine launches Plan B due to delayed funding from Western allies. Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko noted that the ministry is confident of receiving Western aid in 2024 but not in January and February. The EU will consider financial assistance for Ukraine on Februa... #financeUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #SerhiyMarchenko #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudget2024
Ukraine received the last part of micro-financial aid from the EU for this year and €20M to support startups. What other help have international partners provided? The EU has sent the last €1.5B to Ukraine as part of the macro-financial aid package for 2023. The European Innovation Council will allocate €20M to support Ukrainian Deep Tech developments.About 200 ... #EUfinancialAid #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsForStartups #HOPEproject #SupportUkraine
Congress has a plan in case the vote on providing aid to Ukraine fails. The US Congress must approve a new aid package for Ukraine in January, said Mike Quigley, representative of the Democratic Party. He emphasized that “procedural methods” must be sought if ... #MikeQuigley #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
The US is preparing its last military aid package, while Italy extends its support through 2024. The White House is preparing the last military aid package for Ukraine, to be delivered at the end of the year. After that, the White House will have no funds for additional aid and will have to wait ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
US lawmakers will not vote on aid for Ukraine this year. The US Senate will not vote on an additional aid package for Ukraine, which will also require measures to strengthen US border security, until early next year, even as negotiators from both parties co... #ChuckSchumer #MitchMcConnell #USaidforUkraine #USsenate
The EU will pay compensation to companies whose assets were nationalized by Russia. Russian authorities have confiscated business assets belonging to Western companies that decided to leave the country, leaving them no alternative but to abandon their investment. The leaders of the E... #NationalizationRussia #RussianAssetsArrested #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WesternCompaniesInRussia
Lithuania delivers Ukraine a new defense aid package, and Switzerland eases requirements for arms exports. On December 20, Ukraine received another package of military aid from Lithuania. It contains necessary field equipment and thousands of dry rations for the Armed Forces. In 2023, Lithuanian instructor... #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #ReExportWeapons #SupportUkraine #SwissWeapons #trainingforUAF
The US offers to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine “in advance,” as part of reparations. According to the FT, although Washington has not publicly supported confiscating frozen assets, politicians have agreed to it privately. It is assumed that the seized assets can be transferred to Ukra... #JPmorgan #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation
Ukrainian and Polish businesses are working on a solution to unblock the border starting February 1. The Federation of Employers of Ukraine has published the results of negotiations between Polish and Ukrainian business representatives regarding the reopening of the border crossings. “One of th... #BorderBlockade #PolandUkraine #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a year-end press conference in Kyiv. We summarize President Zelenskyy’s press conference: “I need more arguments”: Zelenskyy’s request for additional evidence to justify the military’s insistence on the additional mobi... #DiiaSummitkyiv #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Europe is considering the consequences of untimely aid to Ukraine. Due to problems with allocating aid to Kyiv, European officials are considering the implications of a possible Russian victory in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg. Beyond the potentially catastrophic consequ... #JoeBiden #LeoVaradkar #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #RussianAgression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Pentagon warns Congress of the danger of failing to agree on funding for Ukraine by December 30. The US Department of Defense is spending its last $1.07B on purchasing new weapons and equipment to replace those removed from stockpiles and sent to Ukraine. On December 30, this account will be empt... #JoeBiden #MichaelMcCord #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
Visa-free transport given by the EU has increased Ukraine’s exports and imports by road by more than 40%. Ukrainian exports and imports to and from the EU increased by 47.5% and 44%, respectively, during the agreement on cargo transportation between Ukraine and the EU (transport visa-free), Minister of In... #OleksandrKubrakov #RoadTransportAgreements #transportvisafree #UkraineTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The IMF is concerned about Ukraine’s delayed financial assistance. The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, believes the West should provide financial aid to Ukraine as soon as possible. In her opinion, Ukraine can cope with the likely short-term financing deficit ... #DanyloHetmantsev #financialaidforUkraine #imf #KristalinaGeorgieva #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineBudgetDeficit
Sweden and Denmark will transfer $263.6M worth of CV90 IFVs to Ukraine. On December 18, the defense ministers of Sweden and Denmark signed a joint declaration on transferring CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Initially, Denmark will provide DKK 1.8B ($263.6M), a... #AeroDrone #Babcock #CV90IFV #MilitaryAidforUkraine
The US continues to discuss aid for Ukraine, and expectations are mixed. Representatives from both parties in the US Congress expressed positive expectations regarding negotiations on migration reform, a prerequisite for approving aid to Ukraine and Israel. However, lawmak... #JoeManchin #LindseyGraham #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #WarinUkraine
The EU supports an increase in the financing of the arms fund for Ukraine but has not yet agreed on the amount. The leaders of the EU states support an increase in financing for the European Peace Fund (EPF), which allocates funds to purchase weapons for Ukraine. The European Council also emphasized the urgent ... #EuropeanPeaceFund #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU has postponed the allocation of €50B for Ukraine until January 2024. The European Commission has proposed giving Ukraine €50B in financial aid through 2027. On December 14, EU leaders discussed this initiative at a summit in Brussels. Hungary vetoed the decision on the... #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
Ukraine must implement more than 2,700 European acts, while 59% of requirements have been implemented in the energy sector. The government calculated that for EU membership, Ukraine must implement 2,739 acts of EU law, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. According to him, Ukraine has analyzed about 28,000 acts of EU law for... #DenysShmyhal #EKrecommendation #energyukraine #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU
What kind of aid did Ukraine’s allies allocate last week? USAID is increasing the total funding of a grant program to support the innovative transformation and development of Ukrainian enterprises to $11M. About 75 grants will now be provided within the prog... #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #KfW #UrsulavonderLeyen #USAID #worldbank
Germany hands over the second Patriot missile system and is buying €258M worth of ammunition; what other weapons did Ukraine get? The second Patriot air defense system with spare parts and missiles from Germany was delivered to Ukraine. Also in the assistance package are all-terrain vehicles, Bandvagn 206 (BV206) military vehicl... #AmmunitionForUkraine #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WeaponsforUkraine
This week, the US Senate will consider a bill to aid to Ukraine. The leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, announced that the vote on the budget request from the Biden administration, which includes $60B in spending items related to sup... #ChuckSchumer #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #USMexicoBorder #USsenate #WarinUkraine
On Thursday, the 27 leaders of the EU decided to begin accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The decision marks a major milestone on Kyiv’s determined path to join the European Union once the conflict of Russia’s war is over and represents an endorsement by Brussels of the country’s Western t... #AssociationwithEU #CharlesMichel #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
Where will the funds from the five-year, $7B support package from Norway go? Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced four key allocations to Ukraine as part of a five-year support package worth NOK 75B ($7.1B). Funds will be distributed as follows: NOK 135M ($12.79... #JonasGahrStore #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NorwaySupportUkraine #SupportUkraine
The EU will send ammunition by the end of the year, and the US has $1B left for Ukraine. By the end of the year, the EU will provide Ukraine with half a million rounds of ammunition, and in 2024 it will deliver the promised million shells, a high-ranking European official told journalists... #AmmunitionForUkraine #KarineJeanPierre #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the US lawmakers but could not change the Republicans’ position. Zelenskyy spoke in the US Senate, where he met with the leaders of both parties. He told the senators about Ukraine’s current security and economic situation and the importance of maintaining vi... #EricSchmitt #LindseyGraham #USaidforUkraine #USsenate #Zelenskyy
