Due to uncertainty of further US support, Yellen approves the EU’s plan to tax the Russian Federation’s frozen assets. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen strongly supported the EU’s plan to introduce a windfall tax on frozen Russian assets. This step will stimulate the attraction of new funds to support Ukraine.... #JanetYellen #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #USbudget #USsupportsUkraine
US support for Israel will not affect aid to Ukraine. The US President’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said that the United States can support Ukraine in Europe, its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, and Israel in their hour of need. A... #IsraelWar #JakeSullivan #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Belgium will create a €1.7B fund from revenues obtained through frozen Russian assets. As reported by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, the proceeds from taxes on income from frozen Russian assets will be credited to the fund. “Here in Belgium, we have taxation on ... #AlexanderDeCroo #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #SupportUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US is considering combining requests from Israel and Ukraine into one aid package. The White House is considering joining Ukraine’s funding to the request for urgent assistance for Israel, the WP reports. The publication writes, “This will increase the likelihood that Co... #AmmunitionForUkraine #IsraelWar #USmilitaryAid #USweapons #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US plans to approve an annual aid package for Ukraine worth $50-100B. As the WSJ writes, lawmakers have proposed supporting Kyiv until next year’s presidential elections. Both Democrats and Republicans believe it would be more appropriate to pass one large package... #LindseyGraham #MichaelMcCaul #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #UScongress
The EU approves tools for stimulating joint defense orders. The Council of the EU has decided to implement an instrument for boosting the European defense industry, EDIRPA, which will encourage joint defense procurement and increase the capabilities of defense... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseProjects #EDIRPA #EUdefense
Zelenskyy receives new military support during his trip to Romania. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised “good news” regarding artillery and air defense after a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. At a joint press conference, Zelenskyy noted ... #F16training #KlausIohannis #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #Zelenskyy
The OECD gives strong praise to Ukraine’s achievements in anti-corruption policy. A Ukrainian delegation, led by the deputy head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), Yaroslav Lyubchenko, participated in the presentation of the Report from the OECD during the 5th ... #OECD #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineFightingCorruption #YaroslavLyubchenko
The EU will not start accession negotiations with other countries without a corresponding decision regarding Ukraine. According to Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishyna, it cannot be ruled out that Hungary, which has close ties with Russia and has its interests in the issue of national mino... #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EUintegration #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
The US is discussing a $100B aid package, its largest, and will work to convince the IMF and the World Bank to maintain financial support for Ukraine. US President Joe Biden plans to ask Congress to approve $100B for the largest package of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which should be enough for about two years. According to The Telegrap... #JanetYellen #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The war has engulfed Israel: what does this mean for Ukraine? On the morning of October 7, Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas launched an unexpected and large-scale attack on Israel. As a result of attacks by Hamas militants, the number of dead exceeded 600 ... #AndrzejDuda #Hamas #IsraelPalestine #IsraelWar #Kremlin
The EU leaders’ summit in Granada defined the expansion of the EU as an investment in peace and stability. Leaders of European countries have recognized the EU enlargement process as an investment in the peace, prosperity, and stability of the entire European continent, according to a declaration following... #EUexpansion #GranadaSummit #JosepBorrell #UkraineSpain #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
The European Commission will present the EU defense industry’s strategy; Germany and Denmark are increasing ammunition production for Ukraine. The European Commission will propose a strategy for the EU’s defense industry in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before the start of an informal meeting... #AmmunitionForUkraine #EUdefense #GranadaSummit #Rheinmetall #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine receiving $115B in aid from its partners depends on an IMF program. According to the head of the NBU, Andriy Pyshnyi, implementing the IMF program will provide financial assistance of $15.6B and be critical for obtaining $115B in financing from partners over the next ... #AndriiPyshnyi #financialaidforUkraine #imf #IMFprogramforUkraine #SupportUkraine
The small economies of Europe provide the largest share of their GDP to Ukraine. CNN analyzed the international aid that countries have supplied to Ukraine and found that Norway and the Baltic states have allocated the largest share of their gross domestic product. As the analysis... #AidforUkraine #EUEconomy #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine
Zelenskyy at the European Community Summit in Granada: If Russia recovers, it will attack other European countries in 2028. During his trip to Spain, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that any pause in Russia’s war against Ukraine could become a new critical moment. If Russia is given this pause and the ... #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Summit of the European Political Community in Spain: additional air defenses and support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Within the summit’s framework, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. They discussed a defense support package that includes additional air defense, a... #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity #PedroSanchez #UkraineEU #UkraineSpain #Zelenskyy
Ukraine and the EU held their third round of consultations on four-year, €50B funding. As reported by the Ministry of Economy, the key topics of discussion were public administration reform, green transition and environmental protection, digitalization, reform of the justice system, cor... #EUfinancialAid #EUprogramForUkraine #UkraineFacility #YuliyaSvyridenko
The European Parliament changed the four-year, €50B Ukrainian support plan to provide greater transparency. The European Parliament’s budget and foreign affairs committees overwhelmingly supported a proposal for a multi-year, €50B plan. One of the key demands from MEPs is the use of frozen Russian ass... #EUaidforUkraine #ReformsinUkraine #RussianAssets #UkraineFacility #UkraineRecovery
Slovakia stops military aid to Ukraine, and Germany delays supply of the Taurus, but Ukraine’s other partners plan further support. The President of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova, opposed the provision of military aid to Ukraine because of the victory in the parliamentary elections of the populist party Smer-SD, which rejected support... #AmmunitionForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SmerSD #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #ZuzanaČaputová
The Ministry of Reconstruction has presented an anti-corruption program for rebuilding the country. The Ministry identified 50 key corruption risks and has developed countermeasures to prevent fraud. The risks relate to the reconstruction process, public procurement, management of state-owned enterp... #CorruptionUkraine #fightingcorruption #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
The US and the EU are preparing to transfer confiscated assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. The United States is working with European allies and partners to create the necessary legal framework for the use of seized Russian assets for Ukrainian reconstruction projects, US Secretary of State... #AnthonyBlinken #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineRecovery
Aid from Ukraine’s partners has entered a zone of uncertainty. Hungary proposed to divide the €50B EU aid package to Ukraine over four years. Last week, Hungary told the members of the Euro bloc that €25B will be enough for Ukraine at this time. Now, in the middl... #JohnKirby #KevinMcCarthy #SupportUkraine #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
The President of the EU Council wants to admit Ukraine to the bloc as soon as possible. According to Charles Michel, the country can become a member of the EU in 2030 if both parties fulfill their obligations. “Ukraine and other candidate countries must carry out reforms, effective... #AssociationwithEU #CharlesMichel #EUexpansion #UkraineEU
After joining the EU, Ukraine will be entitled to €186B in aid. As the FT writes, this amount could be allocated to Ukraine within seven years. Calculations by the General Secretariat of the Council of Europe, a body representing the governments of the bloc’... #EUbudget #EUexpansion #UkraineEU
The IMF positively assesses Ukraine’s implementation of the EFF program. According to Uma Ramakrishnan, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF, the IMF will continue interacting with the Ukrainian authorities in the coming weeks for the second review of the ... #EFFprogram #imf #IMFprogramm #UmaRamakrishnan
The Pentagon can only finance Ukraine for half a year: there is $5.2B left, and the money will run out. The WSJ writes that the Pentagon’s coffers have $5.2B left to provide military aid for Ukraine. If the current speed of support is maintained, this will be enough for about half a year. “T... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #SupportUkraine #USbudget #WarinUkraine
More military support for Ukraine: new packages from the US and Germany, $14M for ammunition from Denmark, and the first Leopard is repaired by Poland. The White House has announced an upcoming US aid package to Ukraine, and Finland is also working on a new tranche of support. As part of the new package, Germany handed over to Ukraine 14 Bandvagn 206... #Bandvagn #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Slinger #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Biden assures NATO and the G7 allies of further US support for Ukraine, and the Pentagon announces its readiness to hand over ATACMS. On Tuesday morning, US President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders and foreign ministers of US allies amid uncertainty about further military aid to Ukraine. The White House says the call was intended ... #AndrzejDuda #ATACMS #JensStoltenberg #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The European Parliament approves amendments to the EU budget and supports the allocation of €50B to Ukraine. The European Parliament adopted a resolution in support of the European Commission’s proposals for revising the EU multi-year budget for 2021-2027 and creating a special Ukrainian fund. The reso... #DenysShmyhal #EUbudget #EUparliament #EUprogramForUkraine #financialaidforUkraine
Brussels will unfreeze €13B for Hungary to help Ukraine. The European Commission is preparing to release about €13B in EU funds by the end of November. This step will ensure Budapest’s support in increasing the bloc’s budget and providing signif... #Hungary #OTPbank #SupportUkraine #VictorOrban
Meeting of the EU heads of foreign affairs in Kyiv: Ukraine declares a consensus regarding its membership and expects security guarantees. At a joint press conference with EU High Representative Josep Borrell, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that during a meeting of the heads of foreign affairs of the EU countries in Kyiv,... #AssociationwithEU #DmytroKuleba #JosepBorrell #SecurityGuarantees #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Borrell proposes an additional €20B in military support for Ukraine and a four-year program for €50B. During his visit to Kyiv, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said that the EU has provided Ukraine with €25B of military support, and the total aid amounts to €85B. He also emphasized that the EU wi... #EUmilitaryAid #EUprogramForUkraine #EuropeanPeaceFund #EUsupportforUkraine #JosepBorrell
American leaders give assurances that Ukraine will not lose US aid. US President Joe Biden assured Kyiv that the US will continue to assist Ukraine and called on Republicans in Congress to keep their word regarding aid as Ukraine continues to struggle against Russian ... #DmytroKuleba #JoeBiden #LloydAustin #USmilitaryAid #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Poland and Lithuania will discuss the transit of Ukrainian grain. It is expected that, during a meeting on Tuesday, Lithuania will take over the phytosanitary inspections of grain cargoes that are transiting through Poland from Ukraine. These inspections will take p... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #GrainExportControl #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
Results from the first Defense Forum in Kyiv: $100M investment from Baykar, 20 agreements with foreign partners, and the Alliance of Defense Industries. During the DFNC1 forum, representatives from Ukraine’s military-industrial complex concluded 20 joint contracts with foreign partners to manufacture drones and to repair, and produce armored veh... #Baykar #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DFNC1 #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
The US avoided a shutdown by sacrificing aid to Ukraine. Both houses of the US Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate, on the evening of September 30, supported a temporary budget resolution to finance federal spending for 45 days. The packag... #JoeBiden #OksanaMarkarova #OlegNikolenko #UScongress #USsupportsUkraine
The US votes to allocate $300M to support Ukraine. Politico writes that these funds were removed from the US defense budget draft, and their approval was voted on separately. However, Democrats fear that the allocation of aid to Ukraine in a separate ... #KevinMcCarthy #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #USsenate
The EU considers Ukraine’s accession to the bloc in 2030 realistic, said the Ambassador of the EU to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova. She added that Ukraine needs to maintain its pace of reform, which is not always linear. At the same time, Mathernova warned that the ter... #AssociationwithEU #KatarinaMathernova #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine has agreed to Hungary’s demands to unblock €500M from the EU military fund, but Orban called the step insufficient. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has suspended the status of the Hungarian OTP Bank as an international sponsor of war, the agency reported. In addition, this status has also been s... #EUmilitaryAid #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OTPbank #UkraineHungary #VictorOrban
During a visit to Kyiv, Stoltenberg promised Ukraine additional air defense systems. The Secretary General of NATO promised to help Ukraine with the supply of additional air defense systems to close Ukrainian skies from Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, said President Zelens... #AirDefenseSystems #AmmunitionForUkraine #JensStoltenberg #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
The new defense secretary of Great Britain arrived in Kyiv to clarify Ukraine’s need for a means of victory. “I returned to Kyiv this week to ask President Zelenskyy what he needs to win. As Ukraine reclaims its territory, UK support remains steadfast. We will work tirelessly to bring our partners toge... #GrantShapps #RustemUmerov #SébastienLecornu #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Germany has postponed delivery of long-range missiles to Ukraine due to fear of escalation. Some German officials fear that this could bring Berlin closer to a direct confrontation with Russia, writes the WSJ. “German officials said Germany’s coalition government had approved the... #GermanyWeapons #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
What will EU ministers discuss at the first meeting in Kyiv? The visiting European ministers of foreign affairs meeting in Ukraine expect results in seven areas. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, it is planned to discuss th... #AssociationwithEU #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanCouncil #UkraineEU
US senators have approved giving Ukraine more than $6.1B before adopting a new budget. On September 26, the US Senate voted to consider a short-term budget resolution designed to prevent the US federal government from shutting down starting October 1, when the country begins a new fisca... #JoeBiden #USbudget #USsenate #USsupportsUkraine
Poland still wants to ban imports from Ukraine but will consider Ukraine’s plan for grain export. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki emphasized that he has given an ultimatum to the President of the European Commission regarding the extension of the ban on importing Ukrainian grain after Sep... #GrainEmbargo #GrainExportControl #MateuszMorawiecki #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
NATO is not discussing Ukraine’s membership in exchange for territory, and they want to approve the Ukraine-NATO Council Work Plan by the end of the year. The head of Ukraine’s mission to NATO, Nataliia Galibarenko, claims that there are no discussions at NATO headquarters – neither official nor unofficial – regarding the granting of N... #AssociationwithNATO #NataliiaGalibarenko #UkraineNATO #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
Almost 40 countries and partner organizations will allocate $250M for demining equipment. “This is a result of solidarity between the US, Japan, the EU, Croatia, Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic countries, and all others who help Ukraine to demine the land from R... #DeminingEquipment #DeminingUkraine #DenysShmyhal #UkraineWarDamages #WarinUkraine
Negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU will begin in December, but some benefits can be obtained before membership. As the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said, the EU should prepare for the accession of Ukraine as a member state. “I expect a concrete result because the worst signal cou... #AssociationwithEU #RobertaMetsola #UkraineEU
The US has announced a required list of reforms for the continuation of aid to Ukraine. These reforms center around the introduction of supervisory boards at state-owned enterprises and strengthening the independence of the NABU and SAP. “This list was provided as a basis for consu... #JoeBiden #NABU #ReformsinUkraine #USsupportsUkraine #Zelenskyy
