Slovakia will support the €50B allocation and allow private companies to supply arms to Ukraine. The Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Slovakia, Denys Shmyhal and Robert Fico, reached an agreement on several issues, including the EU’s allocation of €50B to Ukraine. Moreover, the parties agreed... #DenysShmyhal #RobertFico #SlovakiaAidforUkraine #SlovakiaUkraine #UkraineFacility
Ukraine and Poland discuss economic cooperation: development of interconnectors, new checkpoints, highways, and the export of agricultural products. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed the further development of electricity interconnectors in addition to the interconnector between the Khmelnytskyi... #DenysShmyhal #DonaldTusk #UkrainePoland #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
The EC will present trade measures for Ukraine’s agricultural products and extend the economic visa-free program. The European Commission will propose trade measures against Ukraine this week after Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary, in a joint letter, demanded import duties on Ukrainian grain, EC t... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainEmbargo #OlofGill
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
14 export credit agencies provide guarantees to businesses for investment in Ukraine, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Ukraine, together with MIGA (The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) and the DFC (The US International Development Finance Corporation), are implementing an in... #BlackSeaCorridor #DenysShmyhal #DFC #InsuranceUkraine #MIGA #UkrainianShipInsurance
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
Ukraine has significantly reduced the need for external financing and plans to increase its weapon production. Ukraine’s foreign funding needs in 2024 will amount to more than $37B, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. According to him, in 2023 Ukraine attracted $42.6B in external financing, 27%... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #WeaponsProduction
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 share of IT exports exceeds pre-war indicators by about 3%. IT services account for 40% of Ukrainian service exports. For comparison, the share of IT export services was almost 45% in 2022 and 37% in 2021, according to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmy... #DenysShmyhal #DiiaSummitkyiv #ITexport #TechUkraine #UkraineITexport #UkrainianITcompany
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
Ukraine starts joint production of armored vehicles with Rheinmetall, but Germany could not keep up with weapon production, so Azerbaijan and South Korea tried to help. Ukraine and German arms concern Rheinmetall will soon launch the production of armored vehicles on Ukraine’s territory, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced. He noted that Rheinmetall already ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #BorisPistorius #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #WeaponsProduction
The European Investment Bank has opened a regional office in Kyiv. The EIB announced the opening of a new regional EIB Eastern European representative office in Kyiv. The new regional office will provide enhanced support to Ukraine and Eastern Europe, cooperating and... #DenysShmyhal #EIB #EIBukraine
Ukraine’s third damage assessment will determine 2024’s investment priorities for recovery. The UN, in cooperation with the government of Ukraine, the World Bank, and the EU, has initiated the third rapid assessment of the damage done to and needs of Ukraine, which will determine investment ... #DamagesRegisterUkraine #DenysShmyhal #UkraineRecovery #UkraineWarDamages
Ukraine will receive almost ₴10B in additional aid from partners. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Norway will provide $190M, and $70M will be allocated by Switzerland for aid to Ukraine. These grants will be provided through funds administered by the Worl... #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #SupportUkraine #worldbank
The UK will help Ukraine make insurance for ships in the Black Sea more affordable. Ukraine and the UK have agreed on a special mechanism for the insurance of military risks during exports through the Black Sea corridor, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said. As he clarified, ... #BlackSeaCorridor #DenysShmyhal #MilitaryRiskInsurance #UkrainianShipInsurance #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
The EU is looking for ways to finance the Ukrainian budget deficit next year, and Ukraine is expecting to receive more than $30B in funding. The EC is considering all possible options to finance and support Ukraine but hopes that the EU Council will approve the Ukrainian Fund, which will provide funds to Kyiv from 2024 to 2027, said Execut... #BudgetDeficit #DenysShmyhal #UkraineBudget #ValdisDombrovskis
Ukraine takes another step towards receiving €50B from the EU. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine is submitting the preliminary draft plan for the Ukraine Facility program to the European Commission. He noted that the Ukraine Facility, or Ukraine Plan... #DenysShmyhal #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will provide €335M in aid and goes to the US to support Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the EU Support for Recovery and Reforms financing program. After its signing, Ukraine will receive financing from the European Commission. As the head of the governme... #DenysShmyhal #EUfinancialAid #SupportUkraine #UkraineRecovery
Germany is preparing a €1.4B winter military aid package for Ukraine and is opening a joint defense enterprise with Ukraine. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the main task of the new aid package is to create a protective shield against Russia’s plans to continue attacking critical infrastructure. The packag... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #GermanyMilitaryAid #OlafScholz #Rheinmetall
Germany wants to obtain permanent financial support for Ukraine from the EU. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to work on ensuring that by the end of the year, the EU adopts concrete decisions to ensure stable support for Ukraine in the coming years, referring to the Dec... #DenysShmyhal #EUfinancialAid #EUsupportforUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #OlafScholz
Shmyhal voiced optimistic forecasts regarding Ukraine’s economic growth in Berlin and called on German businesses to invest. According to the current year’s results, Ukraine’s GDP will grow by more than 4%, even though the economy fell by 30% after the start of the war. In addition, inflation has already slowed ... #DenysShmyhal #GDPinUkraine #InflationinUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
A German manufacturer of construction materials receives investment insurance and €12M to construct a second plant in Ukraine. Fixit Gruppe will receive a €12M loan from German bank KfW for a new project in Ukraine, and the German government will provide guarantees, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to him, Ukraine... #ConstructionMaterialsUkraine #DenysShmyhal #GermanyInvestingInUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #KreiselFixit #RobertHabeck
The EU will provide Ukraine with €4.5B by the end of the year, while Ukraine hopes for another $2.3B from the US. The EU has become Ukraine’s largest donor in 2023, with €13.5B already allocated as part of a macro-financial aid instrument, and expects to provide additional funding for the Ukrainian budget b... #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #PaoloGentiloni #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudget
Ukraine is expanding the corridors of solidarity with Slovakia and is preparing to increase the export of agricultural products through Moldova and Romania. The new transport corridor, which will pass through these countries, will allow the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to double, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “We are in active dial... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainExportControl #LudovitOdor #PathsOfSolidarity #Ukrainiangrain
The government has announced the privatization of five large companies but wants to maintain control of strategic assets. The State Property Fund (SPFU) has already sold assets worth ₴4.5B within the framework of small privatization this year. Next year, it is planned to privatize five large objects, Prime Minister Denys... #DenysShmyhal #OleksandrFedoryshyn #PrivatizationUkraine #StatePropertyFund #UkraineStateCompanies
Ukraine will send 75% of its grain harvest to foreign markets. This year’s harvest of grain and oil crops in Ukraine will be at 79 million tons, 10% more than last year. Three-quarters should be sent for export, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said during a go... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainHarvest #HarvestUkraine2023
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
Ukraine has implemented multiple measures to protect energy facilities from missile strikes, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Future of Ukrainian Energy forum. “Ukraine today has a significantly greater number of and more powerful air defense systems. Our air defense has become ... #DenysShmyhal #EnergyInfrastructure #EnergySecurityProject #energyukraine #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
Ukraine has fully implemented the EC’s seven recommendations. The government has adopted the target program, Unity in Diversity, to realize the rights and opportunities of national minorities and indigenous peoples, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said. ... #AssociationwithEU #DenysShmyhal #EKrecommendation #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine has received $31B in international aid this year and hopes to receive more help. As Deputy Minister of Economy Denys Uliutin stated at the regional economic forum, with these funds Ukraine can finance basic needs, especially non-military, and in particular, the remuneration of civ... #DenysShmyhal #DenysUliutin #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudget
Russia opens its hunting season for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; 40 buildings are damaged, and 20 people are injured. The consequence of the first enemy attack on energy infrastructure in six months include damage to energy facilities in the western and central regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. Almost 49,000 co... #DenysShmyhal #EnergyInfrastructure #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineEnergySystemDamage #WarinUkraine
Bulgaria will ban Ukrainian sunflower seeds, Slovakia considers the export control system acceptable, and Ukraine expects to expand its access to Baltic ports. Bulgaria will stop importing sunflower seeds from Ukraine soon, said Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mykola Denkov, after negotiations with farmers protesting Ukrainian agricultural imports. However, the ... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #EvikaSilina #GrainEmbargo #JozefBires #NikolaiDenkov
Ukraine offers Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia a compromise on grain export issues. Kyiv has presented the European Commission with an action plan for controlling the export of four groups of agricultural products, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The already approved procedure pro... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainEmbargo #Ukrainiangrain #WTO
The economic and anti-corruption effect of digitalization has exceeded UAH 16B: three anti-corruption decisions were adopted. These results were achieved in two years, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. He noted that digitalization eliminates the human factor and brings government services closer to a distant pers... #anticorruptionreforms #DenysShmyhal #DigitalizationOfUkraine #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineFightingCorruption
Next year, Ukraine will once again seek $15B for rapid recovery. In 2024, Ukraine will need from $10 to $15B for quick recovery, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. He specified that financing of the Recovery Fund from the state’s budget for the next year is n... #DenysShmyhal #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery
Ukraine spent $2.3B on the restoration and protection of its energy facilities. As Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported, the financing of preparations for the winter period took place both with Ukrainian funds and with help from international partners, including the World Bank, ... #DenysShmyhal #EnergyFacilitiesRepair #HeatingSeasonUkraine #UkraineENergySystem
Japan and Luxembourg will cooperate with businesses and reconstruction of Ukraine. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi and representatives from Japanese companies. According to Shmyhal, Japan’s big business is interested... #DenysShmyhal #FranzFayot #JapanAidForUkraine #LuxembourgAidForUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #YoshimasaHayashi
Ukraine spent UAH 60B on rapid reconstruction and offers a special mechanism for attracting funding for the country’s reconstruction. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal stated at the Yalta European Strategy forum that more than UAH 60B has already been allocated for Ukraine’s rapid rebuilding. This included funds for demi... #DenysShmyhal #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery #YaltaConference
Blinken arrives in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of US support and announced a new $1B aid package. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ukraine on September 6 to demonstrate Washington’s support amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive and criticism among some Republicans concerning t... #AnthonyBlinken #DenysShmyhal #DmytroKuleba #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
EU officials visited Kyiv during the Independence Day holiday to discuss cooperation and aid. In Kyiv, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed the restoration of Ukraine’s infrastructure with Portugal’s president. The parties talked about rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers and hum... #DenysShmyhal #SupportUkraine #UkraineRestoration
Finland is preparing regular aid packages for Ukraine with heavy weapons and a national reconstruction assistance plan. The seventeenth aid package’s preparation is in progress. By the eighteenth, heavy weapons and ammunition will be included, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said at a joint press conference with Pres... #DenysShmyhal #FinlandaidforUkraine #PetteriOrpo #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine will develop fast logistics in the Western direction. As Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated, the government has set three essential tasks to improve operations on the Ukrainian-European border. The first is the development of border infrastructure. In p... #BorderInfrastructure #CustomsVisaFree #DenysShmyhal #UkraineEUcheckpoint
Romania plans to ensure the transit of 60% of Ukrainian grain. As the Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Čolaku, said, this goal is quite ambitious, but his country is ready to do everything necessary to achieve this result. “We hope that more than 60% of th... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #MarcelCiolacu #Ukrainiangrain
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
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
The war costs Ukraine about UAH 2T per year. “Supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and confronting Russia in the war it unleashed costs our state about 2 trillion hryvnias,” said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a conference of Ukra... #DenysShmyhal #UkraineEconomy #WarinUkraine
Ukraine plans to insure vessels that pass through the grain corridor. Ukraine has insured all merchant vessels that export and import goods through the Danube ports and is considering insuring ships that will pass through the grain corridor, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal... #agroexportukraine #DenysShmyhal #GrainCorridors #MilitaryRiskInsurance #UkrainianShipInsurance
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
