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
During the year, another 400,000 citizens have left Ukraine; Ukrainian war refugees are now approaching seven million. From the beginning of January to August 19, the number of Ukrainian migrants abroad increased by almost 400,000 people and reaches 6.7 million people, reports the National Bank. The largest number of ... #CzechRepublic #Germany #Poland #RefugeesFromUkraine #UkraineMigrants #UkrainiansAbroad
Britain is buying tens of thousands of shells for Ukraine, and Germany will deliver the promised IRIS-T air defense systems on time. The British Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a £300M contract to purchase 152-mm shells for Ukraine. London plans to deliver 120,000 shells over the next 18 months, stimulating the develop... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #GreatBritain #IRIS-T #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Owning a home is hard to afford even in wealthy countries: Prices are skyrocketing. Half of the respondents from the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which unites 38 countries with high individual income and a high human development index... #England #Germany #HousingSales #OECD #OwningHome #RealEstate
German opposition demands the cancellation of social benefits for unemployed Ukrainian refugees, as Poland expands aid to Ukrainians. Carsten Linnemann, the general secretary of the opposition German party, the Christian Democratic Union, advocates the need to cancel financial support for Ukrainian refugees who do not work officiall... #CarstenLinnemann #Germany #Poland #RefugeesFromUkraine #RefugeesIntegration #WorkForRefugees
The German government has confirmed that it has earmarked half the amount for military aid to Ukraine in the 2025 budget, counting on income from the Russian assets. In its draft budget for 2025, Germany will provide €4B for military aid to Ukraine, calculating that Kyiv’s needs for military support will be covered mainly by interest from the frozen assets o... #Bundestag #ChristianeHoffmann #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits
The UK’s new government announces its ongoing support for Ukraine, and Germany approves a 2025 draft budget with less aid for Ukraine. The King of the United Kingdom, Charles III, delivered a speech about the new Labour Party government’s program, which also mentioned Ukraine. Charles III emphasized London’s “unshak... #CharlesIII #DefenseSpending #Germany #GreatBritain #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine
Ukraine’s partners allocate hundreds of millions for reconstruction and preparation for the coming winter. The government of Belgium agreed to provide €150M in financing for Ukrainian reconstruction projects. Part of the funds will be directed to restoring energy and social infrastructure in the Kyiv and C... #Belgium #EnergyRestore #Germany #Latvia #Okhmatdyt #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
The US and Germany will strengthen Ukrainian air defense capabilities. US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith noted that the summit will feature fresh news on air defense for Ukraine. “We will have a financial commitment, according to which both Ukraine and Moscow wi... #Germany #JulianneSmith #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The German Ministry of Defense is asking the Ministry of Finance to allocate an additional €4B for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. The head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, is convinced that an additional €4B should be allocated from the budget to support Ukraine this year. About €7B has been allocated this yea... #BorisPistorius #ChristianLindner #DefenseSpending #Germany #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Britain plans to increase its defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, and Germany is unhappy with its military spending. The new Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, has promised to increase the country’s defense spending to 2.5% of its economic output. He noted that this would become possible as soon as “... #BorisPistorius #DefenseSpending #Germany #GreatBritain #KeirStarmer #NATO
Ukraine receives more defense support, including a Mistral air defense system and a third Patriot air defense system. Ukraine received short-range Mistral anti-aircraft missile systems and missiles for them from Estonia. The Mistral is a modern anti-aircraft missile defense system designed in France to defend against... #Bulgaria #DronesCoalition #Estonia #Germany #Latvia #Mistral #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems
Germany exports 65% of its weapons to Ukraine; German combat vehicles are already being restored in our country. According to the German Ministry of Economy, since the beginning of the year the government has approved the supply of at least €7.48B in military goods abroad. Weapons account for €5.52B, with €1.96B... #Germany #HermanSmetanin #LYNX #Rheinmetall #ukroboronprom #WeaponsExport
The US is preparing to announce a $150M military aid package to Ukraine, and Prague and Madrid deliver weapons. The new package from the US will include anti-tank weapons, grenades, and critically needed 155-mm and 105-mm artillery shells; it is also expected to contain ammunition for HIMARS artillery rocket sy... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HIMARSartillery #LeopardBattleTanks #PatriotSystems #USmilitaryAid #WeaponsforUkraine
Germany helped improve logistics at the Ukrainian border, while the Czech Republic warned about the low quality of the shells that had been purchased. Germany handed over 41 Mercedes Arocs trucks to the State Border Service of Ukraine to improve border patrol logistics and combat effectiveness at the front. At the same time, the Minister of Defense ... #ArtilleryShells #CzechRepublic #Germany #JanaČernochová #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SouthKoreaAid #WarinUkraine
Germany employed only 16% of the Ukrainian refugees it planned to achieve in seven months. German Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil launched the Jobturbo program in the fall of 2023 to integrate migrants who can obtain asylum in the country into the German labor market as quickly as possible.... #Germany #HubertusHeil #RefugeesIntegration #UkrainiansAbroad #WorkForRefugees
Ukraine receives a large batch of weapons with IRIS-Ts, tanks, and HIMARS from Germany and artillery shells from the Czech initiative. Ukraine received another large delivery of weapons from Germany, including air defense systems, tanks, and armored vehicles. The package includes 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 10 Leopard 1 A5 ... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HIMARSartillery #IRIS-T #JanLipavsky #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #Pentagon
The EC will create an equity fund to promote Ukraine’s recovery. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reported that his country and its European partners are already defining decisive guidelines and essential prerequisites for Ukraine’s successful recovery. “Recover... #Germany #OlafScholz #UkraineRecovery #URC2024
Germany will provide a new €500M aid package, a Patriot air defense system, and allow Ukraine to use its weapons to strike military facilities in Russia. During his trip to Odesa at the end of last week, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new €500M military aid package for Ukraine. The aid includes a large number of missiles for Iris-T... #BorisPistorius #Germany #IRIS-T #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
Germany and the Czech Republic have led the energy revolution in the EU and want to eliminate the remaining 20% of imports from Russia. Germany and the Czech Republic are calling on the EU to do more to cut the last 20% of Russian energy imports. The countries are asking for the creation of a working group to determine ways to gradual... #CzechRepublic #EnergyIndependence #EnergySourcesRussia #EUenergy #Germany #LNG #RussianGas
Germany sends Leopard tanks and an IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine, and the US officially announces the next military aid package. Germany handed over a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, which includes artillery shells, Leopard 1 AP tanks, machine guns, drones, rifles, and ammunition. Ukraine received: 10 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, ... #ArtilleryShells #Germany #HimarsForUkraine #IRIS-T #LeopardBattleTanks #MilitaryAidforUkraine #VectorDrones
Germany will support the US plan to provide Ukraine with $50B in aid secured by revenue from frozen Russian assets. Germany’s agreement could be a crucial step that moves Washington and its allies closer to receiving a major new aid package for Kyiv and secures US support regardless of the outcome of November... #G7 #Germany #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine
