Poland risks falling under EU sanctions due to its embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products. If Poland unilaterally extends restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine after September 15, the EU will consider imposing sanctions against the country. The European Commission believes that Poland&... #agroexportukraine #EUsanctions #GrainEmbargo
The US will appoint an inspector to monitor financial aid to Ukraine. Members of the Republican Party in the US Congress may ask for an inspector to be appointed to oversee the funding of aid to Ukraine to “prevent corruption”. This situation develops soon a... #FinancialAidAudits #financialaidforUkraine #JoeBiden #USaidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine rejects the possibility of negotiations with the Russian Federation regarding gas transit after 2024. Ukraine will not negotiate on the extension of the transit contract after its completion, said Energy Minister German Galushchenko. “The contract, which provides for the transit of gas from Russ... #gascrises #GasTransit #GermanGalushchenko #RussianGas #UkrainianGTS
Sweden is investigating export growth to Russia’s neighboring countries. The Swedish government instructed the country’s Chamber of Commerce to check the reasons for the sharp increase in exports to countries neighboring the Russian Federation. In a statement from th... #circumventionOfSanctions #JohanForssell #SanctionsAgainstRussia #TradewithRussia
Ukraine will not make concessions in the grain conflict with Poland. The Ukrainian government is firm in its demands that the EU cancel the unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian exports. It believes Brussels should find a solution with Poland, said Deputy Prime Minister... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #OlgaStefanishyna #Ukrainiangrain
Ukraine reacted harshly to NATO’s provocative statement regarding territorial concessions. After NATO official Stian Jensen suggested that Ukraine could gain NATO membership and end the war in exchange for ceding territory to Russia, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Ol... #DavydArahamia #MykhailoPodolyak #OleksiyDanilov #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The US State Department has urged Congress urgently to allocate an additional $24B to Ukraine. According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Congress should immediately approve additional funding for military, economic, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. He also assured the Ukrainian people ... #AnthonyBlinken #JoeBiden #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
The EU will transfer €135M to Ukraine that had been intended for Russia and Belarus. As reported by the European Commission, the €135M had been allocated to finance the Interreg NEXT programs with Russia and Belarus during 2021-2027, but it was decided to transfer the funds to Ukraine... #EuropeanCouncil #financialaidforUkraine #InterregNEXT
British companies risk their accounts being closed due to trade with Ukraine. Since part of Ukraine is occupied by the Russians, the British banks HSBC, Santander UK, and others may over-insure and close business accounts, explaining this by the need to comply with sanctions ag... #AndrewGriffith #BateToms #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SantanderUK
The German finance minister arrived in Kyiv for the first time since the beginning of the war to discuss support. The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, discussed with the German Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, the prospects of Ukraine’s cooperation with the Credit Institution for Reconstruction... #ChristianLindner #DenysShmyhal #GermanySupportsUkraine #KfW
Congress will pass bipartisan supplemental funding for Ukraine. The White House is optimistic that Congress will pass supplemental aid for Ukraine on a bipartisan basis, even as Republicans in the House have voiced opposition to additional money for Ukraine, repor... #JoeBiden #KarineJeanPierre #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
The President of Poland believes he must protect the EU market from Ukrainian grain. Protection of the domestic market and the EU market is the duty of the Polish authorities, Andrzej Duda said. “We consistently support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression. But the ... #agroexportukraine #AndrzejDuda #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain
Biden appeals to Congress to provide more than $20B in aid to Ukraine. This package includes $13B for emergency defense assistance and another $8B for humanitarian support, the AP writes. As the publication notes, it may be more difficult to approve the funds this time b... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #OksanaMarkarova #USaidforUkraine
Ukraine is working with partners within the Peace Formula to restore and protect the energy system. “Ukraine is working with allies worldwide to increase the power equipment supply, which will allow us to add 2.9 GW of power to the power system by December,” said Prime Minister Denys Shm... #DenysShmyhal #energyukraine #UkrainianPeaceFormula
Lithuania offers another way to export grain from Ukraine. After Russia’s withdrawal from the grain agreement, the port of Klaipėda may become a new gateway for Ukrainian agricultural products. Lithuania has proposed to deliver Ukrainian grain to the po... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #KlaipedaSeaPort #Ukrainiangrain
Ukrainian business leaders note the deterioration of the government’s attitude towards private entrepreneurs. After the positive dynamics at the beginning of the war, authorities’ attitude towards businesspeople began to deteriorate again and has been accompanied by increased pressure, iforum2023 partic... #iForum2023 #novaposhta #Rozetka #VladyslavChechotkin #VolodymyrPopereshnyuk #бізнесвУкраїні
The US assures Ukraine that support will continue under any president. State Department press secretary Matthew Miller emphasized that US aid to Ukraine will be embedded in relevant intergovernmental agreements that will remain in force regardless of who the US president... #MatthewMiller #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine, with the US’ support, will conduct an audit of American financial aid. The Accounting Chamber and partners from the US have organized two audits of the US’ direct budget support to Ukraine, according to a relevant document from the Accounting Chamber. It is noted t... #FinancialAidAudits #UkraineBudget #USAID #USfinancionaidforUkraine
Berlin is working on transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, and Estonia is providing small arms. The German chancellor’s office is coordinating with the US on the missile transfer issue. According to T-online, the German Air Force has already approved the transfer of the missiles, which hav... #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TaurusMissile #WeaponsforUkraine
Biden has given the green light for training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said the agency had no additional data on the program. Last week, Politico wrote that the first group of Ukrainian pilots who will participate in F-16 training have... #F16 #F16training #SabrinaSingh
Turkey seeks to revive and expand the grain deal as a step toward peace in Ukraine, while the US is pinning its hopes on Brazil. The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated his desire to revive the Black Sea Grain Agreement on an “expanded scale” and called on Western countries to help turn this initiative... #AnthonyBlinken #GrainAgreement #RecepTayyipErdoğan
In 2024, military expenditures will remain at this year’s level, as will the need for continued international support, noted Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko. Next year Ukraine will need more than $40B in international aid. Ukraine needs $42B in foreign financing ... #financialaidforUkraine #SerhiyMarchenko #UkraineBudget #UkraineBudgetRevenue
The US promises to pressure Russia to renew the grain agreement; Turkey to continue its dialogue with all parties. The US government’s position was voiced by the State Department’s spokesperson, Matthew Miller. He added that the US does not believe Russian explanations for withdrawing from the agreemen... #agroexportukraine #GrainAgreement #HakanFidan #MatthewMiller #Russiaexport
Ukraine will receive another $200M package from the US. US President Joe Biden’s administration plans to announce the provision of a new $200M arms package to Ukraine. It will include demining equipment, TOW and AT4 anti-tank weapons, guns and muniti... #Javelin #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid
What does the Ukraine Plan envisage under the EU €50B program? Deputy Minister of Economy Oleksiy Sobolev said that the plan is a comprehensive document that will become the state’s program of recovery and economic development for the next four years. Initi... #EUprogramForUkraine #OleksiySobolev #UkraineFacility #UkraineRecovery
A few German politicians insist on providing Ukraine with Taurus missiles. Several influential politicians from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which is part of the ruling coalition, called on the German government to provide long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, th... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #TaurusMissile #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Since the war, Ukraine has received a record $66.2B in aid from the US. The military and humanitarian financial aid from the US is the largest single source of aid from an ally of Ukraine. Experts see this amount as a large-scale investment in a US ally that has not been ... #USaidforUkraine #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany has extended guarantees for its companies investing in Ukraine. The German government announced a new package of guarantees for German companies investing in Ukraine during the war, said the Minister of Economy of Germany, Robert Habeck. In particular, the governm... #GermanySupportsUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #RobertHabeck
South Korea is preparing to participate in Ukraine’s reconstruction. In preparation for this, the country allowed thirty businessmen to visit Ukraine to approve possible reconstruction projects, reports Yonhap. Many Korean companies are expected to visit the country to... #SouthKoreaAid #UkraineReconstruction #WonHeeRyong #YoonSukYeol
Consultations on the Ukrainian peace formula in Saudi Arabia has yielded their first results. On August 5 in Saudi Arabia, representatives from 40 countries, not including Russia, started two days of consultations on the Ukrainian peace formula. The meeting is part of Ukraine’s diplomati... #PeaceSummit #SaudiArabiaUkraine #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and the EU have finalized the concept of Kyiv’s five-year support plan. According to Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko and representatives from the European Commission, the key points of the 2024-2027 plan are macro-financial recovery scenarios, a program of reforms, i... #EUfinancialAid #EUprogramForUkraine #MarleneMadsen #UkraineEconomy #UkraineFacility #YuliyaSvyridenko
Poland demands €1B from the EU to transit Ukrainian grain. Due to the grain agreement’s disruption, Poland stated that investments in developing its logistics infrastructure to increase the export of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products shoul... #GrainCrisis #GrainEmbargo #PolandInfrastructure #Ukrainiangrain #UkrainianGrainTransit
The European Parliament will vote on a new €50B EU program for Ukraine. At the end of November, the European Parliament plans to vote on the final text of the new Mechanism to Support the Recovery, Reconstruction, and Modernization of Ukraine, and the first disbursement s... #EUprogramForUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #ViolaVonCramonTaubadel
Poland will close the border for Ukrainian products after September 15. Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus said the country will close the border for Ukrainian grain after September 15. “Even if the EU does not make such a decision, we will close the border... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #Ukrainiangrain
The G7 has highlighted their expectations for investment in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The ambassadors of the Group of Seven nations have identified the steps and reforms that are expected from Ukraine in preparation for the post-war reconstruction of the country and the arrival of West... #DenysShmyhal #G7 #InvestmentsinUkraine #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
A decision on the F-16 is still under consideration, as Ukrainian pilots are set to start training this month. According to CNN, the US is still waiting for European officials to submit a final plan for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, which the US will have to authorize before the program can b... #F16 #F16training #FighterJetsToUkraine
The Soviet-era hammer-and-sickle symbol has been removed from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv. On July 30, the removal of the Soviet coat of arms from the Motherland Monument began in Kyiv. It is planned that by the Ukraine’s Independence Day that the Ukrainian Trident will be on the scu... #Decommunization #MotherlandMonument
President Zelenskyy will likely head to New York and the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to make the case for his peace formula, according to Bloomberg. Zelenskyy’s 10-point blueprint for ending the conflict calls for Russian troops to withdraw entirely from Ukraine, ... #PeaceInUkraine #UkrainianPeaceFormula #Zelenskyy
The US confirms negotiations with Ukraine on bilateral security guarantees. The US State Department confirmed on Monday that talks between Kyiv and Washington on long-term security commitments, which were announced at the NATO summit in Vilnius, will begin this week, said the... #MatthewMiller #SecurityGuarantees #USUkraine #WarinUkraine
Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine peace talks with 30 countries. The summit will be held in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, said the official, who spoke anonymously as no authorization had been given to discuss the summit publicly. The official said those participating... #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SaudiArabiaUkraine #UkrainePeacePlan #WarinUkraine
German politicians from the opposition and coalition parties call on their government to supply cruise missiles to Ukraine. Berlin should “immediately” provide long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv, said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He noted ... #GermanyMilitaryAid #LongRangeMissiles #MarkusFaber #RoderichKiesewetter #TaurusMissile
Czech minister: We must constantly prove to Ukraine that we have not abandoned it. Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák believes that Ukraine and its accession to the European Union will be one of the biggest topics in the EU in the coming years. According to Dvořák, it... #AssociationwithEU #MartinDvořák #UkraineEU
Poland will extend the ban on Ukrainian agricultural products after September 15. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus confirmed that after September 15, the ban on importing Ukrainian grain to Poland will be extended, reports polskieradio.pl. Prime Minister M... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #MateuszMorawiecki #RobertTelus #YaroslavKaczyński
Finland is preparing for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The Minister of Foreign Trade and Development, Ville Tavio, has been instructed to develop a plan for Finland’s participation in Ukraine’s reconstruction. According to Finland’s government... #FinlandaidforUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery #VilleTavio
The EU does not yet have the funds for the land transit of grain from Ukraine. The European Commission has no money in the budget for immediate use and no clear way to help finance the extra transport costs for Ukrainian grain exports that will accompany the end of the Black Sea... #agroexportukraine #GrainExportUkraine #JanuszWojciechowski #PathsOfSolidarity #ValdisDombrovskis
Ukraine has adopted a law that outlines the selection of CCU judges, fulfilling EU requirements. The Ukrainian parliament adopted a draft law on changes to the procedure for appointing judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU), which is necessary to fulfill the criteria of the European ... #AssociationwithEU #ConstitutionalCourt #JudgesUkraine #YaroslavZhelezniak
Ukraine supports the restoration of e-declaration for traffic in the EU. On July 27, the Ukrainian Parliament supported a draft law on the restoration of electronic declaration, which is one of the criteria for further movement on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. The d... #AssociationwithEU #Edeclaration #EUUkraine #FightingCorruptioninUkraine #MattiMaasikas
Ukraine’s international partners will help the State Property Fund to look for investors. The head of the SPFU, Rustem Umerov, discussed the start of large-scale privatization and the issue of improving corporate governance with the ambassadors of the G7 countries and the EU. The SPFU and ... #PrivatizationinUkraine #RustemUmerov #StatePropertyFund
Training for Ukrainians on the F-16 is postponed; the planes will not be available this year. Western partners have yet to even agree on a plan to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the promised jets, according to three U.S. officials, reports Politico. Denmark and the Netherlands are leading a coa... #F16 #F16training #FighterJetsToUkraine #WarinUkraine
The NATO-Ukraine Council addresses the serious security situation in the Black Sea. During their meeting, NATO members and Ukraine all strongly condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the grain agreement, as well as the latest Russian missile strikes on Odesa, Mykolaiv, an... #blacksea #GrainExportUkraine #UkraineExport #UkraineNATOCouncil #Ukrainiangrain
