The EU has suspended all import duties with Ukraine for one year. The European Parliament has backed the suspension of all EU import duties on exports from Ukraine for one year to support Ukraine’s economy during the war. During the voting, 515 deputies vote... #EUduties #EUimportDuties #ImportDutiesforUkraine #War
Inflation in Ukraine accelerated to 16.4% in April. In April 2022, annual consumer inflation accelerated to 16.4% from 13.7% in March due to the effects of the war, announced the National Bank reports. Monthly, prices have increased by 3.1%. The main f... #Inflation #nbu #UkraineInflation2022 #War #WarIflation #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s government is working on a new economic recovery plan. The Ukrainian Parliament Committee on Economic Development supports Ukraine’s economic recovery plan. Here are the nine main principles of the plan: Full access to the EU and G7 markets. This wi... #RebuildingUkraine #RecoveryPlan #ukraine #UkraineRecovery #War
More than 3,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed. According to the UN’s human rights office, the civilian death toll in Ukraine has exceeded 3,000 people as of Monday. Since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February, the OHCHR has record... #RussianAgression #War #WarinUkraine
Britain is handing over Stormer infantry fighting vehicles with Starstreak launchers. Britain is handing over Stormer infantry fighting vehicles with Starstreak launchers. #BenWallace #STARStreak #Stormer #War #WarinUkraine
Russia has gained no significant territory since the start of the new offensive. Early in Russia’s expanded offensive in Donbas, the US assesses there have been no major territorial gains for Russia since the start of the new push, according to two senior US officials with ... #RussianAgression #War #WarinUkraine
Russia’s long preparations for the offensive have not solved its army’s problems. The Pentagon believes that weeks of preparations for a large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine have not helped the Russian command eliminate its biggest problems. However, they are trying to learn f... #JohnKirby #Pentagon #War #WarinUkraine
About 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure has been affected by the Russian invasion. Due to the full-scale invasion of Russia, 20-30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, worth $100B, has already been damaged or destroyed, said Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. More than 3... #Infrastructure #RussianAgression #War
Mariupol’s resistance is a big problem for Russian forces. The persistent resistance of Mariupol’s defenders has created problems for Russian troops in all operational areas. “The Russian command is worried about how long it will take to capture Mariup... #Mariupol #MariupolBlockade #Ukrainewar #War
Concentration of Russian troops has increased in the Donbas and Luhansk regions. According to a senior US defense official, the US assessments indicate that Russia has added 11 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) to their forces in the east and south of Ukraine since late last week,... #DonbasBattle #DonbasRegion #Ukrainewar #War
Ukraine’s state budget deficit at $ 8 B a month. In an interview with The New Yorker, Ukraine’s economic adviser Oleh Ustenko estimated Ukraine’s budget deficit at about $8B a month. Previously, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko had fore... #BudgetDeficit #StateBudget #UkraineBudget #War
Fewer people are traveling to Poland from Ukraine. This weekend, for the first time, the number of border crossings to enter Poland was lower than those entering Ukraine. This week, the number of people entering Poland was lower than those leaving Po... #Immigration #PolandBorder #War
Germany will allocate €2B for military equipment, mainly for Ukraine. A source in the German government said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to give an additional €2B for new military equipment, primarily to help Ukraine, reported Reuters. The money will be spent on n... #Germany #GermanyAid #GermanyMilitaryAid #OlafScholz #War
Ukraine seeks $50B to cover the budget deficit. Ukraine has asked the G7 nations for $50B in financial support and is also considering issuing 0% coupon bonds to help it cover a war-linked budget deficit over the next six months, the president̵... #BudgetDeficit #ukraine #UkraineBudget #War
The Stand Up for Ukraine campaign has raised €10.1B. A campaign supporting Ukrainian refugees called Stand Up for Ukraine has raised €10.1B to date. This was announced in Warsaw by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “T... #Fund #RaisingMoney #StandUpforUkraine #ukraine #War
Zelenskyy announces a large-scale housing program. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed the government to provide housing for all Ukrainians who lost their homes because of the war and for those who defended the state at the front and who hav... #HousingProgram #War #Zelenskyy
At the beginning of the war, the Russians’ plan was to eliminate Zelenskyy and establish a puppet government in Ukraine. Russia had a straightforward plan to seize Ukraine, which included the overthrow of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the subsequent establishment of a puppet government in Kyiv, led by people in ... #War #Zelenskyy
Russians are completing preparations for a new offensive with old-school weapons . Russia is trying to complete preparations for an offensive operation in eastern Ukraine by building up its air force and command and control system, said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukr... #RussianInvasion #War
US president Joe Biden says that Putin is committing “genocide.” President Biden on Tuesday declared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions “genocide,” the first time he publicly invoked the phrase since Putin began his deadly assault on Ukra... #Genocide #JoeBiden #RussianAgression #UkraineGenocide #War #WarinUkraine
France will provide another €100M in military assistance. France plans to provide Ukraine with €100M in military aid in addition to the €100M previously transferred, announced the French Defense Minister, Florence Parley. “After new Ukrainian inquirie... #FranceAId #FranceandUkraine #War
The EU’s 6th package of sanctions should include a ban on Russian oil. The European Union must include a ban on Russian energy imports in the sixth package of sanctions currently under development, stated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video address to the Seimas of... #BanRussianOil #NewSanctions #OilBan #RussianAgression #War
Demining work is being performed in seven regions of Ukraine. As of April 12, 168 settlements in the Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions have been demined, said Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko.... #demining #DeminingUkraine #kyiv #Sumy #Ukrainewar #War #Zhytomyr
Ukrainian soldiers will travel to the UK for training with the British military. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said 120 armored vehicles are being ‘made ready’ for the Ukrainian army, and troops will arrive in the UK this week to learn how to use them. UK Armed ... #TraininginUK #UKaid #UKtraining #War
The US is ready to send more weapons to Ukraine. The United States is prepared to consider sending more weapon systems to Ukraine that require additional training, stated a senior representative of the US Department of Defense. “If we work wit... #USandUkraine #USweapon #War #WeaponforUkraine
The Armed Forces have liberated more than 15 settlements in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian army pushed the line of fire from the Kryvyi Rih district deep into the Kherson region, freeing more than 15 settlements. According to the head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration,... #LibiratedVIllages #UkraineArmy #War #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s economy might shrink by almost half due to the war. The conflict in Ukraine has shut half of the country’s businesses and slashed exports, says a World Bank report. Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest exporters of grain and sunflower oil,... #EconomyDrop #ukraine #UkraineEconomy #Ukrainewar #War
Zelenskyy states that he is “not ready” to give up territories, although he acknowledged that such demands from Russia were already being made, said the president to CBS news. “Are we ready to give up territories for peace? We do not want to give up our terr... #Ukrainewar #War #Zelenskyy
Allies are considering delivering modern arms as Soviet-Era stocks dwindle. Some supporters of Ukraine are ready to start helping it shift from Soviet-era weapons to more modern NATO-style equipment in the conflict with Russia, given the prospect of the war dragging on for m... #NATO #Ukrainewar #War #Weapon #WeaponforUkraine
Another massacre by Russian troops in Kramatorsk Railway Station. As a result of Russian troops’ shelling of the railway station in Kramatorsk (Donetsk region), 52 people died, including five children, and 109 were wounded, said the head of the Donetsk region... #massacreKramatorsk #MassacreUkraine #RussianTerror #Ukrainewar #War
The EU approves the fifth package of sanctions against Russia. The EU Council has approved the fifth package of economic and personal sanctions against Russia in response to its war against Ukraine. According to the EU Council, the package includes several measur... #EUCouncil #EUsanctions #FIfthPackage #Ukrainewar #War
The battle over Donbas will be like World War II, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The fight for Donbas most likely will be similar to World War II, with major operations and maneuvers involving thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, air... #Donbas #DonbasBattle #War #WarinUkraine
NATO will not send weapons to Ukraine, but there will be supplies sent from some allies. The North Atlantic Alliance, as an organization, has no plans to supply weapons to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion, stated Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba after participating in a NATO minister... #NATO #Ukrainewar #War #WarinUkraine #WeaponforUkraine
The Kremlin acknowledged Russia’s significant losses in Ukraine. Russian troops have suffered heavy battlefield losses during the invasion of Ukraine, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov for Sky News. “We have significant casualties among soldiers, which is... #RussianLosses #RussiansDiedinUkraine #War #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s recovery plan will be implemented in three stages. The U-24 Ukraine Recovery Plan will be implemented in three phases, said Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal. “We have already named this plan U-24. This is a plan to restore Ukraine. There will be an... #RecoveryPlan #UkraineAfterWar #Ukrainewar #War
Russia’s war against Ukraine could last months or even years. Russia’s war against Ukraine could last for months or even years, so NATO countries must consider long-term plans to continue helping Ukraine strengthen its security, stated NATO Secretary-Gener... #JensStoltenberg #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #War
The occupiers have begun to burn the dead in Mariupol in mobile crematoria. Russian mobile crematoria have opened in Mariupol, the Donetsk region’s partially occupied city, to cover up the occupiers’ war crimes, said the Mariupol City Council. “The killers ... #Crematoria #Mariupol #MobileCrematoria #RussianInvasion #War
Members of the US Congress ask Biden to send more weapons to Ukraine. Three dozen lawmakers from a bipartisan group are pushing the Biden administration to provide more weapons to Ukraine’s military amid continued demands from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to... #Javelin #Stinger #ukraine #War #WarinUkraine
Different countries are ready to provide different security guarantees. Ukraine has not yet received a list of countries with their confirmed agreement to provide security guarantees, but apparently, different countries are ready to provide different guarantees, said Volo... #SecurityGuarantees #War #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The Boryspil airport lost UAH 3.5B in revenue, Ukrposhta UAH 500M. At the Boryspil airport, according to preliminary estimates, during the war, the loss of revenue has amounted to UAH 3.5B ($115M), and Ukrposhta has lost more than UAH 500M ($16M), announced the Mini... #Boryspil #BoryspilLosses #Ukrposhta #War
The damage to road infrastructure amounts to UAH 874B. The State Agency of Road Construction (Ukravtodor) estimates the cost from damage to road infrastructure during the war with Russia at UAH 874B ($30B). As of April 3, 23,000 km of roads and 273 artifi... #Bridges #DamageinUkraine #Roads #War #WarinUkraine
Russian invaders leave Chernobyl. The occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone, marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with Belarus, reported Energoatom. Then, th... #Chernobyl #RussianAgression #War
NATO is ready to provide weapons to Ukraine, “As much as needed.” The North Atlantic Alliance will help Ukraine with weapons “as much as necessary,” given the importance of this war for the democratic world, said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.... #NATO #ukraine #Ukrainewar #War #WeaponforUkraine
Almost 700 units of enemy equipment departed from the Kyiv region toward the Belarusian border. During the night, nearly 700 units of enemy equipment left from Ivankov (Kyiv region) toward the Belarusian border, as stated by Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr... #AgressorTanks #RussianArmy #Tanks #Ukrainewar #War
The Ukrainian military keeps pushing the Russian aggressor in many directions. The head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine has liberated the villages of Lukashivka and Sloboda from the Russian occupiers. Als... #UkraineArmy #Ukrainewar #War
Ukraine’s economy will shrink by a fifth this year. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ukraine’s economy will shrink by a fifth this year and then recover in 2023 if everything goes according to the scenario of a c... #ebrd #ukraine #UkraineEconomy #War
The Russian army continues full-scale armed aggression. As of today, the Russian military continues to conduct full-scale, armed aggression against Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces continue to conduct a defensive operation in the eastern, southeastern, and... #RussianAgression #War #WarinUkraine
The hottest battles now are in the north-western suburbs of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson. The passage for enemy vehicles is blocked on the north-western outskirts of Kyiv, active artillery shelling is underway in Kharkiv, and there is street fighting in Kherson, said Oleksiy Arestovych, a... #Kharkiv #Kherson #RussianAgression #War
The enemy is regrouping for an offensive push in the direction of Kyiv. “Columns of armored vehicles of the Russian aggressors have slowed down the pace of the offensive and have problems with security in Ukraine. Enemy troops are without a systematic supply of fue... #Russainoccupation #RussianInvasion #Ukrainewar #War
The Chairman of the Accounting Chamber initiates the zeroing of Ukraine’s foreign debt. The Chairman of the Accounting Chamber, Valery Patskan, has called on Ukraine’s creditors to zero Ukraine’s foreign debt. “The scale of the destruction in Ukraine caused by Russia’s ... #ukrainedebt #War #WarinUkraine
Ukraine held the first round of talks in the first meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations. “The Ukrainian and Russian delegations held the first round of talks today, the main purpose of which was to discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine and an end to the hostilities,” said an adviser to t... #RussianInvasion #russianukrainianmeeting #Ukrainewar #War
