Major European powers discuss using Russia’s frozen assets as security guarantees for Ukraine more urgently. According to the FT, the European countries’ peace plan envisages using frozen Russian assets worth more than €200B as security guarantees for Ukraine. France and Germany, which have long opposed conf... #France #Germany #GreatBritain #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine
The EC is set to unveil a plan to rearm Europe, while Germany prepares to spend on its military and infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has emphasized the importance of enhancing Europe’s defense capabilities. Following the European security summit in London, she asserted that E... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #DefenseSpending #FriedrichMerz #Germany #SummitLondon #UrsulavonderLeyen
The US is preparing to restart Nord Stream 2, and international investors are acquiring assets related to Russia. The US is formulating a project to reactivate the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. According to the FT, this initiative is associated with Matthias Warnig, a close Putin ally, who led Nord Stream 2... #ForeignInvestor #GasSupplies #Gazprom #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianAssets #SanctionsAgainstRussia
The European Commission has outlined the main directions for its defensive reform that will cost billions. In response to a potential reduction in military support from the US and the need to increase its assistance to Ukraine, the EU plans to invest hundreds of billions of euros to strengthen its defense ... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #defensereform #EuropeanCommission #Germany #Poland #WeaponsProduction
Expected German Chancellor Merz’s party has won the Bundestag elections: How will this impact Ukraine? The Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) bloc secured victory in the early elections to the Bundestag, garnering 28.5% of the vote. CDU leader Friedrich Merz intends to form a new government by April ... #Bundestag #FriedrichMerz #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #SupportUkraine
Austrian Kreisel has finished construction of a €14M building materials plant in the Lviv region. Kreisel, a company from the Fixit Gruppe concern, completed the construction of a building materials and systems plant in the village of Pisky (Lviv region); total project investment amounts to almost... #Austria #BuildingMaterials #Germany #investments #KreiselFixit #Layher #LvivRegion #Ternopil
German gunsmiths and the Ukrainian defense industry: Multiple German companies are planning to increase their investment in Ukraine-based production capacities. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger gave his assurance that he will not abandon plans to invest in Ukraine, even if the war ends this year, and will build a total of three factories. The first Rheinmetall... #ArminPapperger #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Germany #Helsing #QuantumSystems #Rheinmetall
Ukraine has started supplying biomethane to the EU. The State Customs Service has completed the customs declaration required to move the first batch of biomethane across Ukraine’s customs border for export to Europe by pipeline. “Ukraine ha... #Biomethane #BiomethaneExport #BiomethaneUkraine #energyukraine #Germany #VitagroGroup
Ukraine ranks as the third most popular investment destination for German companies in Central and Eastern Europe. According to a German CEE-Business Outlook 2025 study, which included 133 German companies, 22% of respondents indicated plans to relocate their production to Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, ... #CEEBusiness #EnergyHubUkraine #GermanBusiness #Germany #investments #Poland
The Trump administration will present its plan to end the war in Munich. US allies expect the Trump administration to unveil a long-awaited strategy to conclude Russia’s war on Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week, reported Bloomberg. The proposal... #Germany #KeithKellogg #MunichSecurityConference #PeaceTalks #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Germany has increased its purchases of Russian LNG by over 500% through other EU countries. Although Germany has banned tankers carrying Russian LNG, it continues to acquire it through other EU nations. For instance, the energy company Sefe, which was formerly owned by Gazprom and was nation... #Belgium #Gazprom #Germany #RussianGas
The US has suspended the admission of migrants, and Ukraine is preparing for its refugees to return from the European Union. The US Department of Homeland Security has suspended programs that allowed migrants to temporarily settle in the US, in particular a key initiative that provides entry for Ukrainians. The Uniting for ... #CzechRepublic #Germany #Migration #Poland #RefugeesFromUkraine #RepatriationInUkraine
Ukraine’s labor shortage forces the government to look for ways to entice refugees to return from Germany: What is being offered? The Ukrainian government, faced with an acute labor shortage, is launching a campaign to encourage refugees who have left for Germany to return home. Unity Centers will be opened in Berlin and later i... #Germany #LaborMarketUkraine #OleksiyChernyshov #RefugeesFromUkraine #RepatriationInUkraine
EU countries plan to increase defense spending; Germany is confident that US aid to Ukraine will not decrease. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called for an increase in defense spending by at least €30B. “After the special fund is exhausted, we will need at least €85B from 2028,” he sai... #BorisPistorius #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #Germany #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Poland #WarinUkraine
Scholz asked to increase Germany’s national debt threshold to provide €3B in aid to Ukraine. The ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany, to which Chancellor Scholz belongs, says that a decision on new arms supplies to Ukraine worth €3B could be made before the parliamentary elections in Fe... #Germany #GermanyBudget #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OlafScholz #RolfMützenich
New details about the new Knauf plant in the Ternopil region: The German company is relocating one of its factories to Ukraine. German Knauf, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials, plans to launch a second factory in Ukraine by the end of the year. However, the company will not build the factory ... #BuildingMaterials #Germany #investments #Knauf #Ternopil
While Ukrainians continue to flee the war, European countries are cutting back on support for refugees. In 2024, Ukrainian citizens made more than 30.1 million border crossings, with about 2% (443,000 people) not returning, 230% more than in 2023. In total, over the almost three years of the war, around... #Germany #Norway #RefugeesFromUkraine #UkraineRefugees #WarinUkraine
Scholz explains his position on Ukrainian aid, but Ukraine insists that Taurus missiles could change the war’s dynamics. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied claims that he was blocking new assistance to Ukraine and added that the draft 2025 German budget provides €12B for Ukrainian aid. At the same time, Scholz stresse... #AndriiSybiha #Germany #LongRangeMissiles #OlafScholz #TaurusMissile
Germany is preparing new large aid packages for Ukraine that will include air defense and tanks. The German government plans to transfer new significant packages of military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first half of the year. The list of weapons that are planned to be provided... #AnnalenaBaerbock #BorisPistorius #Germany #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #OlafScholz
German company Knauf is investing €150M in its second building materials plant in Ukraine. The German company Knauf has begun constructing a new plant in Ukraine to produce plasterboard and dry building mixes. The enterprise will be in the town of Borshchiv in the Ternopil region. The secon... #Borshchiv #BuildingMaterials #Germany #investments #Knauf
How is the policy regarding Ukrainian refugees changing in European countries after almost three years of war? The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament has finally approved the Lex Ukrajina VII law that will extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees. The current protection expires on March 31. ... #CzechRepublic #Germany #Lithuania #Poland #RefugeesFromUkraine
To avoid a shortage of scrap metal in the domestic market, Ukraine increased its export duty. How has Ukraine traded scrap metal in the last six years? According to analysts, in 2019 Ukraine exported 42,180 tons of scrap for $11.8M. In 2020, exports decreased by 15.1%, in monetary terms, to $9.5M. But in pre-war 2021, ferrous scrap exports increased ... #Germany #Poland #ScrapExport #Turkey #UkraineEconomy #UkraineExport #UkraineScrapMetal
Poland is calling on Germany to immediately increase defense spending, while France is ramping up purchases of long-range weapons. Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk believes that Central Europe, including Germany, should increase its defense spending to set an example for other countries following Trump’s victory, w... #CezaryTomczyk #DefenseIndustry #DefenseSpending #France #Germany #Poland
The number of Ukrainian refugees in the EU increased by only 1,100 people in October, Germany is preparing for a new wave, and Slovakia is introducing restrictions. As of October 31, 2024, more than 4.198 million Ukrainians who left Ukraine after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion had temporary protection status in EU countries. Compared to the end of S... #Germany #RefugeesFromUkraine #Slovakia #UkrainiansAbroad
Ukraine’s trade volume will continue to grow with its Western partners. The Eastern Committee of the German Economy reported that the volume of Ukrainian-German trade in 2024 could reach €11-12B. Currently, both exports and imports are growing. For comparison, in pre-war ... #Germany #SouthKorea #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade #UkraineImport
Ukraine’s partial NATO accession is technically possible; the question is the political will of Ukraine’s allies. Technically, the accession of part of Ukraine to NATO is possible and would have precedent, following the examples of Germany before its unification and certain islands co-owned by France and the UK t... #Article5 #Germany #JensStoltenberg #NATO #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Drone maker Helsing has become one of Europe’s most valuable startups. Helsing, valued at €5B, has become one of Europe’s most valuable startups, thanks to a surge in demand for drones and software for drones and fighter jets amid the war in Ukraine. The company ha... #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #Germany #Helsing
While in Kyiv, Olaf Scholz promised Ukraine a €650M military aid package. The defense equipment will arrive by the end of this year, said the German chancellor, who arrived in Kyiv on December 2. Kyiv will receive IRIS-T air defense systems, Patriot launchers, 10 Leopard 1A... #Germany #Helsing #MilitaryAid #OlafScholz #PatriotMissiles #TaurusMissile #Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s EU allies are allocating hundreds of millions for energy and military support. On December 4, the EBRD will approve a loan of up to €180M to Ukrzaliznytsia to finance the purchase and installation of equipment for small gas-fired generation with a total capacity of up to 270 MW.... #ebrd #EnergyRestore #Germany #GrainfromUkraine #LoanForUkraine #Norway #SupportUkraine #UkrainianRailways
Germany provides Ukraine with a military aid package containing ammunition and hundreds of UAVs. The German government announced another package of military aid for Ukraine, which includes tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition of various types, 47 vehicles with mine protection (MRAP), four Pa... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Panzerhaubitze2000 #Poland #WarinUkraine #WISENT1
The coalition collapse in Germany could jeopardize the supply of drones to Ukraine, but Germany has already started providing the Mini-Taurus. Planned drone supplies from Germany to Ukraine may be in jeopardy following the collapse of the ruling coalition government, known as a traffic light coalition. At the same time, Minister of Foreign A... #AnnalenaBaerbock #dronestoUkraine #Germany #Helsing #MiniTaurus
Ukraine passes Russia and becomes Germany’s leading trading partner among the post-Soviet countries. Russia has lost its long-standing position and dropped to second place, according to data on German export and import operations for three quarters of the year, published by the German Committee on Ea... #EasternEurope #Germany #TradeTurnover #UkraineForeignTrade
The war in Ukraine and the Trump presidency forces Brussels to funnel billions of euros to defense. Brussels is changing its spending policy to redirect tens of billions of euros to defense and security in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s return to the White House. ... #CohesionFunds #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #Germany
Prolonged power outages in Ukraine provoke a new wave of refugees; the NBU worsens its forecast for personnel shortages and returning Ukrainians. In Ukraine, increased pressure on commercial activities due to a lack of workers in the third quarter of the year was due to an increase in migration outflow that was beyond expectations, mainly due t... #ElectricityDeficitUkraine #Germany #Migration #Poland #RefugeesFromUkraine #Spain
Trade between the EU and Russia falls to a 25-year low, though Slovakia is buying more Russian goods. Russia continues to lose economic ties with its once-largest trading partner, the EU, and according to August’s results, deliveries of goods to Russia from European countries decreased by 18% compared... #EUmarket #Germany #RussianEconomy #RussianTrade #Slovakia
A Russian victory will cost Germany 900-1900% more than aid to Ukraine. An analytical note published by the Kiel Institute of the World Economy points out that, contrary to claims about vast amounts of aid sent to Ukraine, Germany’s military support is low from a ma... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineRefugees #WarinUkraine
Social benefits to Ukrainians cost Germany €539M per month: The employment program has failed. The German Audit Office (BRH) has published a report claiming that the government program for simplified employment of Ukrainians, Job-Turbo, has not yielded beneficial results. The program was expect... #Germany #JobTurbo #UkraineRefugees #UkrainiansAbroad #WorkForRefugees #Zelenskyy
Germany has significantly increased its Ukrainian grain imports since the start of the war. The German federal government confirms the increase in Ukrainian grain imports and, at the same time, denies any negative impact from this on its market. Grain imports have grown since 2022, when the ... #agroexportukraine #Germany #Ukrainiangrain
Germany is finalizing a €1.4B military aid package for Ukraine. Christiane Hoffmann, the deputy spokeswoman for the German government, stated: “Germany continues its broad support to Ukraine, in particular, it is implementing another €1.4B aid package.”... #Canada #ChristianeHoffmann #Germany #LAV6 #MilitaryAid #SpokasFPV
A threat to the European Peace Facility: EU countries’ positions on bypassing Hungary’s veto are divided. France and Germany do not support an offered proposal to bypass Hungary’s veto, which would block the allocation of more than €6B in aid to Ukraine. The European External Action Service has prop... #EuropeanPeaceFund #France #Germany #HungaryVeto #MilitaryAidforUkraine
At least seven countries have serious doubts about inviting Ukraine to NATO. In addition to the fact that Germany and the US have reservations about extending an invitation to Ukraine, Belgium, Slovenia, and Spain are hiding behind these two countries, reluctant to respond to ... #AssociationwithNATO #Germany #JulianneSmith #NATOUkraine #VictoryPlan #Zelenskyy
New military aid packages to Ukraine: Allies transfer thousands of drones, tanks, and air defense systems. The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands reports that the country will purchase modern €42.6M worth of reconnaissance and surveillance UAVs from the DeltaQuad company and transfer them to Ukraine. A... #Canada #DeltaQuad #Denmark #Germany #Japan #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #MilitaryAid #Netherlands
The German opposition supports the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine and expects Russia to attack NATO by 2030. The Leader of the Opposition and a candidate for Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, expressed his readiness to support the provision of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “If the ... #FriedrichMerz #Germany #LongRangeMissiles #NATO #RussianAggression #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
A German rapeseed processing giant has opened a representative office in Ukraine. Getreide AG, one of Germany’s leading rapeseed processors, officially opened a representative office in Ukraine at the beginning of October. The branch’s opening was necessary because the ... #agroUkraine #Farmers #Germany #GetreideAG #ProcessingIndustry #Rapeseed
Germany plans to provide another €400M in military support to Ukraine by the end of the year and delivered two IRIS-T missile systems. The German Parliament has allocated an additional €400M for military aid to Ukraine in 2024, which will allow the implementation of 50 projects totaling €1.4B this year. The German government announce... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #IRIS-T #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany proposed the creation of a contact group for European post-war order after the Russian war in Ukraine ends. As reported by DW, Friedrich Merz, the candidate for German chancellor from the opposition bloc, suggested that Germany, Poland, France, and the UK form a contact group to establish Europe’s pos... #EUdefense #FriedrichMerz #Germany #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The US allocates almost $8B, and Germany will spend an additional €400M in aid to Ukraine this year. The White House announced a Ukrainian military aid package worth $7.9B, including additional Patriot batteries, air defense equipment, UAVs, long-range missiles, air-to-ground munitions, and money to ... #AS90 #Germany #HIMARSartillery #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine
Germany is giving Ukraine an aid package containing Leopard tanks and Gepard anti-aircraft guns and is preparing to provide another €1.4B in support by the end of the year. The German government announced a new aid package for Ukraine, which included 22 Leopard tanks, 22 MRAP armored cars, five Bandvagn tracked all-terrain vehicles and one Warthog, three Gepard anti-airc... #Gepard #Germany #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
Pistorius expects the German government to allocate an additional €500M to supply weapons to Ukraine this year. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that negotiations to increase the current Ukrainian aid budget for this year, which currently stands at €7.5B, are “very promising” and are lik... #BorisPistorius #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Scholz plans to pressure Ukraine to sacrifice some of its territory to Russia. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is preparing a plan to end the war in Ukraine which does not exclude the transfer of a part of the currently occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. “The leader o... #Germany #OlafScholz #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
