The EU will spend more to purchase Russian raw materials and energy resources than on military aid to Ukraine. Despite the current 17 EU sanctions packages, in 2025 Russia is projected to receive about $233B from the export of raw materials and energy resources and more than $20B from EU countries alone. ̶... #circumventionOfSanctions #Lithuania #RussianAmmonia #RussianEconomy #RussianEnergyResources #RussianLNG #RussianTrade #RussianUranium
The state approves projects worth ₴4.5B in energy, infrastructure, and housing construction. Under the third stage of the Ukraine Recovery Program, a total of 130 projects valued at ₴4.5B have received approval, according to the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure. These projects inclu... #EnergyRestore #infrastructureUkraine #Lithuania #ModernizationUkraine #rivne #UkraineRecovery
Russia’s European neighbors oppose resuming purchases of Russian energy. Any talk of a return to Russian oil and gas is premature and threatens Europe’s security interests, warn EU countries bordering Russia, amid growing speculation that a US-brokered peace deal cou... #Estonia #Finland #Lithuania #MarkRutte #RussianEnergyResources #RussianGas #RussianOil
Lithuania has outlined five key elements for Ukraine’s security guarantees. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budris stated that security guarantees must include at least five components to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. The first element is long-term EU mili... #EUmilitaryAid #KęstutisBudris #Lithuania #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine
Lithuania is investing €20M in Ukraine’s defense industry, and a Norwegian missile manufacturer will launch a joint venture in Ukraine. Lithuania is dedicating €20M to developing the Ukrainian defense sector and has initiated the establishment of joint weapon production facilities. The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced plans to... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Kongsberg #Lithuania #NASAMS #Norway
Sweden will provide a large aid package to the Ukrainian defense forces; Lithuania mulls allowing troops to be deployed to Ukraine. Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson announced that the country has agreed to deliver its largest aid package to Ukraine to date, valued at SEK 13.5B ($1.23B). This marks Sweden’s 18th military p... #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsoldiers #PalJonson #PeacekeepingMission #RaimundasVaikšnoras #Sweden #WarinUkraine
The EU, along with two individual countries, are launching a €14M program to support Ukraine’s European integration. In the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishyna, the EU, Denmark, and Lithuania reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Ukraine̵... #Denmark #EuropeanIntegration #KatarinaMathernova #Lithuania #OlhaStefanishyna #SupportUkraine #UkraineEU
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
The US has approximately $4B in unused military assistance that could have been sent to Ukraine; Norway allocates the most significant aid amount in its history. The Biden administration failed to use about $4B in aid for Ukraine that has been provided within various support packages. The next US president, Donald Trump, and his team will further manage these ... #Canada #DonaldTrump #Lithuania #NATO #Norway #Ramstein #WarinUkraine
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
EU ambassadors can’t reach an agreement on the 15th package of Russian sanctions because of Lithuania and Latvia. Representatives of EU countries were not able to approve the 15th package of sanctions against Russia, aimed at its elusive shadow fleet. According to EU diplomats, Lithuania and Latvia blocked the ad... #EuropeanCommission #Latvia #Lithuania #SanctionsAgainstRussia #ShadowFleetRussia
Sweden and Lithuania are preparing investments in Ukrainian long-range weapon production. Sweden will soon announce the allocation of substantial funds for the development and production of long-range weapons for Ukraine, announced Swedish Defense Minister Poul Jonson. He said investments ... #Canada #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Lithuania #LongRangeMissiles #PalyanytsyaMissileDrone #Sweden
More military aid from Ukraine’s allies: NASAMS from Canada, joint UAV and ammunition production with Lithuania. President Zelenskyy spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed the Peace Formula, the Victory Plan, and cooperation on the organization of the second global Peace Summit. During t... #Australia #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JustinTrudeau #Lithuania #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Britain will provide another $155M to Ukraine’s naval coalition and has trained 200 Ukrainian pilots. The UK plans to allocate another £120M ($155M) to support the Coalition of Naval Forces and Means for Ukraine. London is also looking for partners to co-finance the supply of “hundreds” mo... #F16training #GreatBritain #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #PalyanytsiaDron
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
Latvia will supply Ukraine with armored vehicles purchased from Britain, while the Netherlands reneges on the promised Patriot system. Latvia will hand over CVR (T) combat reconnaissance tracked armored vehicles purchased from Britain to Ukraine and Lithuania will send M113 armored vehicles, as well as SUVs and spare parts for them. ... #CVR(T) #F16 #Latvia #Lithuania #M113 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems
Ukraine’s largest producer of pet food wants to attract €40M from the EBRD to build a second plant in Lithuania. On September 11, the EBRD will consider the possibility of granting a €40M loan to the Ukrainian Kormotech Group for the construction of a second plant to produce pet food in Lithuania. The group̵... #ebrd #FeedProduction #investments #Kormotech #Lithuania #LoansforBusiness #PetFood
Ukraine has increased the production of weapons and wants its partners to buy them from domestic manufacturers. According to the State Statistics Service, in January-March, the production of weapons in Ukraine increased by an average of 25.4% compared to the same period last year. Thus, in January, Ukraine prod... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Lithuania #PetroBeshta #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukrainian Kormotech conquers the world market; how and where is the company growing? In 2023, Kormotech increased the ratio of pet food sales between exports and the Ukrainian market to 31% versus 69% in tons and 27% versus 73% in sales revenue. At the same time, the growth in the Ukr... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #Kormotech #Lithuania #PetFood
Lithuania is ready to send its troops to Ukraine for training, and Latvia has handed over communication equipment. According to the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonyte, her country is ready to send its troops to Ukraine to conduct exercises, but Kyiv has not sent a request. According to Šimonyte, she has... #IngridaŠimonyte #Latvia #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATOsoldiers #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Lithuania delivers Ukraine a new defense aid package, and Switzerland eases requirements for arms exports. On December 20, Ukraine received another package of military aid from Lithuania. It contains necessary field equipment and thousands of dry rations for the Armed Forces. In 2023, Lithuanian instructor... #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #ReExportWeapons #SupportUkraine #SwissWeapons #trainingforUAF
Russian hackers perform massive cyberattacks on Lithuania. The Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Lithuanian websites in response to Vilnius banning the passage of goods sanctioned by the European Union across its territor... #Lithuania #LithuaniaSyberattacks #RussianAgression
Ukraine will export grain through Lithuania. The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky, the Minister of Agriculture of Lithuania, Kestutis Navitskas, and the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski discussed th... #JanuszWojciechowski #KestutisNavitskas #KlaipedaPort #Lithuania #пшеницяУкраїни
The International Criminal Court will join the investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court will join the investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. #ICC #KarimKhan #Lithuania #Poland #Ukrainewar
Poland and the Baltic states will begin transport isolation from Russia. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will start the process of complete transport isolation from Russia in the next few days, announced Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem. According to... #BalticStates #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania
Lithuanian business invested EUR 180 mln in Ukraine last year. Investments were concentrated in the financial sector, insurance, wholesale and retail trade reported ukrinform. In addition to direct investment, the trade turnover between our countries reached € 1.... #businessinukraine #BusinessInvestments #Lithuania
