The Ukrainian agricultural sector’s losses from the war amount to $40.2B, according to the Center for Food and Land Use Research at the Kyiv School of Economics’ calculations. In particular, the Ukrainian agricultural sector has suffered $8.7B in direct losses. Since Novemb... #AgroLossesUkraine #agroUkraine #WarinUkraine
At the G7 meeting, Zelenskyy announced the first Peace Formula summit. According to the President of Ukraine it will start in July, marking 500 days since the start of the full-scale war. Zelenskyy also drew attention to the fact that peaceful negotiations do not work wi... #G7Summit #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
After meeting with Zelenskyy, Biden announced a $375M military aid package. According to the US Department of Defense, the new aid includes additional ammunition for the US-provided HIMARS systems, artillery shells, anti-tank weapons, and critical auxiliary equipment worth up... #HimarsForUkraine #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Josep Borrell proposes the allocation of another €3.5B in military aid to Ukraine. The head of EU diplomacy suggests contributing these funds to the European Peace Fund (EPF), which is used to finance military aid to Ukraine, reported Euractiv. It has been reported that Borrell has ... #EuropeanPeaceFund #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Council of Europe supports Ukraine in a joint declaration. Following the results of the fourth Summit of the Council of Europe in Reykjavík, 46 states adopted a declaration in which they: pledged support for the Ukrainian Peace Formula, welcome progress towar... #CriminalTribunal #EuropeanCouncil #ReykjavíkSummit #RussiaWarCrimes #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
The US House of Representatives supported the creation of a special tribunal for the Russian Federation. On May 16, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives supported the draft resolution, Calling on the President to support the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Punishment... #BillKeating #PutinTribunal #RussiaWarCrimes #WarinUkraine
What security guarantees should Ukraine expect at the Vilnius NATO summit? Kyiv is preparing to sign agreements on the deterrence of the Russian Federation’s further aggression and security guarantees, which will apply before joining the country joins NATO. Two options are ... #NATOsummit #NATOUkraine #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #WarinUkraine
The UN gives an estimate for the cost of restoring Ukraine and the economic forecast for the world economy. The UN has estimated that the amount needed to restore Ukraine’s infrastructure is already $411B. The organization’s report notes that despite financial assistance from international organ... #GlobalEconomy #UkraineReconstruction #UnitedNations #WarinUkraine #WorldEconomyForecast
Half of Ukrainians support the restoration of Ukraine’s nuclear power. About 47.8% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine needs to reacquire an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons. According to the research by the Razumkov Center, 52% of respondents believe that tactical nuc... #NuclearWeapons #SociologicalSurvey #UkraineNuclearArsenal #WarinUkraine
Russia carried out a massive attack on Ukraine: Kyiv was attacked twice in one night. Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny said that during the nighttime missile strike that Russia fired 18 missiles at Ukraine. In particular the enemy launched six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic m... #MissileAttackOnUkraine #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
The Pentagon is running out of money for weapons for Ukraine. Only about $6B remains in the $48B aid package for Ukraine that Congress approved in December. This means that US funding for weapons and supplies could end by mid-summer, writes Politico. As a result... #PentagonAid #UkraineCounteroffensive #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will not receive an official invitation to join NATO at the Alliance summit in Vilnius. According to WP, there is a consensus on this position among the 31 NATO countries, but there is not absolute unity. Eastern European countries are insisting on setting clear obligations in terms of a... #AssociationwithNATO #NATOsummit #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and the West are discussing a counteroffensive. As Bloomberg notes, Ukraine is armed with an arsenal worth more than $30B, which was provided by its allies, and is preparing for a counteroffensive that could push Russia to decide to end the war. If... #DaveButler #MartinO'Donnell #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a successful counterattack near Avdiivka and liberated part of the territory of Bakhmut. Following a successful counterattack, Ukrainian defenders advanced seven km from Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region. The commander of the Ukrainian Azov tactical group, Andriy Biletsky, said that due to ... #AndriyBiletsky #Azov #Bakhmut #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Britain is preparing to transfer long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. A press release from the International Fund shows the purchase of weapons for Ukraine dated May 2, in which Great Britain’s Ministry of Defense expressed interest in providing ammunition capable of st... #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #StormShadow #UKmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
The United States announced a new $1.2B security assistance package for Ukraine. The latest package includes 155 mm artillery rounds, additional air defense systems and munitions, drone ammunition, and equipment to help integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radar ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
On May 9, Russia shook Ukraine with a new missile attack. According to Ukrenergo and the Ministry of Energy, it was possible to avoid damage to power plants and main energy networks. On Tuesday night the enemy attacked Ukrainian territory with sea- and air-b... #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineENergySystem #Ukrenergo #WarinUkraine
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands travels to Brazil to discuss the war in Ukraine and has announced negotiations on the F-16. On May 9, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, during a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is critical of providing weapons to Kyiv, will emphasize the need to protect Ukraine... #F16 #JetFightersForUkraine #LulaDaSilva #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Russian Federation carried out another massive night attack on Ukraine. There is no damage to the energy infrastructure. However, according to the Ministry of Energy, consumers in six front-line and border regions remain without electricity due to shelling. The Ukrainian ... #DroneAttackOnUkraine #MissileAttackOnUkraine #WarinUkraine
Shmyhal discusses recovery, increased support, the counteroffensive, and export of agricultural products while in London. During a visit to London, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, James Cleverly. The officials discussed preparations for the nex... #BenWallace #DenysShmyhal #GrainCrisis #JamesCleverley #NATOsummit #UkraineRecovery #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
Russia could target undersea internet cables as part the war. There is a persistent and significant risk that Russia could target critical allied infrastructure, including undersea internet cables, as part of its war on Ukraine, said David Cattler, NATO’s assist... #DavidCattler #InfrastructureSecurity #UnderseaInternetCables #WarinUkraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $300M security assistance package for Ukraine. The US’ new defense aid package will include Hydra 70 air-launched missiles from surplus US stocks. Hydra 70 missiles are 2.75-inch air-launched unguided missiles manufactured by General Dynamics. The... #AnthonyBlinken #Hydra70missiles #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The Russian Federation has targeted Ukraine’s industrial and logistics infrastructure. As a result of the latest attack on the night of May 3, an electrical substation in the Sumy region was significantly damaged. More than 4,000 consumers were left without power due to the shelling, th... #RussianAttackonUkraine #Ukrainianlogistics #VladyslavSeleznyov #WarinUkraine
Western analysts believe that Russia is not ready for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. After losing their positions in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, the Russians had at least seven months to prepare for a possible Ukrainian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia region. “The Russian for... #DefenseOfBakhmut #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #YevgenyPrigozhin
Ukraine’s military expenditures have increased by 640%, and Russia has spent more on the war than expected. Ukraine’s spending in 2022 grew to $44B, the highest annual increase in the country’s military spending ever recorded by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). At the same time, m... #RussiaMilitaryExpenditures #UkraineMilitaryExpenditures #WarinUkraine
Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv has assured Ukraine of NATO’s further support, and Zelenskyy requested weapons. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who arrived in Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of the war, visited the town of Bucha on the outskirts of the capital. “NATO will continue ... #JensStoltenberg #NATOUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The supply of ammunition is being hampered by the dispute between Poland and France. In particular, the ambassadors of France and Poland could not resolve a dispute over who should receive joint EU contracts to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, reported Politico. Although EU leaders re... #AmmunitionForUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Brazil refuses to sell arms to Ukraine, hoping for peace talks. Ukraine wants to buy weapons from Brazil, but the Latin American country’s authorities refuse to sell and insist on peace negotiations. As the NYT writes, Brazil refused to transfer unused anti-... #ArmsOfBrazil #LulaDaSilva #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Pentagon believes in significant progress toward a Ukrainian counteroffensive. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believes that in the spring Ukraine will have a good opportunity to succeed with a new counteroffensive, taking advantage of the Russian army’s exhaustion and new mil... #LloydAustin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Europe believes in a non-military path to Ukraine’s victory through prospects for EU membership. The President of Serbia, Aleksandr Vucic, believes it will be almost impossible for Ukraine to defeat Russia in a military capacity. Therefore, he thinks Ukraine’s optimal path is through gaining mome... #AleksandrVucic #AssociationwithEU #UrmasReinsalu #WarinUkraine
NATO says Ukraine already has enough weapons for a counteroffensive, but analysts disagree. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a corresponding statement, stressing the continuing need for tanks, combat vehicles, and fighter-bomber jets. However, as Newsweek writes, the success of t... #JensStoltenberg #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukrainian intelligence has summarized the results of the latest Russian offensive. According to the deputy head of intelligence, Vadym Skibitskyi, Russian troops are unable to simultaneously attack in several directions. “And the general bravado of the enemy’s army is more bas... #RussianOffensive #VadymSkibitsky #WarinUkraine
The Czech Republic has given all its available weapons to Ukraine and predicts a decrease in support next year. According to Czech President Petr Pavel, Prague has only a few options left for further military support for Kyiv. He claims that the Czech Republic has already sent all the weapons it could to Ukrain... #CzechMilitaryAid #PetrPavel #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will win the war, believe 97% of Ukrainians. According to a survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI), 91% of Ukrainians support the performance of President Zelenskyy, 97% believe they will win the war against Russia, and 74% belie... #SociologicalSurvey #UkrainiansSupportNATO #WarinUkraine
Scholz is preparing the world community for a long recovery after the end of the war. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, there will be no quick end to the war that the Russian Federation started against Ukraine. Therefore, he urged the international community to be prepared be... #OlafScholz #UkraineRecovery #WarinUkraine
Russia cannot capture Bakhmut in the Donetsk region or facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region. The Russian occupying forces cannot complete the operation to capture the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, said Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukrai... #DefenseOfBakhmut #WarinUkraine
Russia has reduced its offensive pace and is preparing for a defense in Crimea. The overall speed of Russian operations on the front in Ukraine has decreased compared to previous weeks, the ISW reported. According to Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, the spokesman for the Defense Forces o... #RussianOffensive #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine
Washington is in a hurry to prepare Kyiv for a spring counteroffensive. According to Politico, on Wednesday after the meeting of the multilateral national contact group on the defense of Ukraine, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said that “Ukraine cannot waste timeR... #LloydAustin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The two highest-polling potential GOP nominees mean bad news for Ukraine. Russia might be bogged down in its vicious onslaught on Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is winning in the Republican presidential primary, reported CNN. The two highest-polling potential GOP no... #DonaldTrump #RonDeSantis #USelections #WarinUkraine
The Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces explains that the operation in Bakhmut is crucial to the stability of the entire front’s defense. Valery Zaluzhnyi said that the defense of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region is strategically important for containing the Russian Federation. Therefore, despite the statement of Western analysts about the... #DefenseOfBakhmut #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine
Russian media believes that the attachment of Russian troops to offensive operations in Bakhmut increases Ukraine’s offensive capabilities. According to the Russian military bloggers, Ukrainian forces will prioritize attacking Berdyansk-Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region or Mariupol-Volnovakha in the Donetsk region in the south. Some ex... #DefenseOfBakhmut #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The US and Ukraine are losing unity on issues of war. After a year of full-scale war, Washington and Kyiv are increasingly at odds over the war’s goals and how and when the conflict will end, reported Politico. First, the US worries that Ukraine is wasti... #UkraineandUS #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine supports the liberation of Crimea, even at the cost of aid reduction. Most Ukrainians consider any territorial concessions to achieve peace unacceptable. According to a survey of KIIS, only 9% are generally ready for concessions, although 87% of Ukrainians are against i... #CrimeaLiberation #SociologicalSurvey #WarinUkraine
The EU has no more options for new sanctions against Russia. Therefore, the bloc should focus on financial and military support for Ukraine, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell said in Stockholm. Over the past year, the EU has approved ten rounds of sanctions again... #JosepBorrell #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
Despite their victorious claims, the Russian forces have not made any progress in Bakhmut. According to the ISW, despite Russian troops and units from the paramilitary Wagner Group launching continued ground attacks in the city, there is no evidence that they have made any progress. “... #DefenseOfBakhmut #WagnerGroup #WarinUkraine
The enemy launched 84 missiles, including six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal rockets, at Ukraine. During the nighttime missile strike, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 34 cruise missiles out of 48 missiles of this type that were launched by the invaders. Among these missiles were the X-101, X-555,... #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineENergySystem #WarinUkraine
EU proposes €1B in artillery ammunition, but Ukraine needs €4B. According to Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine needs one million rounds of ammunition as soon as possible to deter Russian forces and launch a counteroffensive. Ukraine urgently needs... #AmmunitionForUkraine #OleksiyReznikov #WarinUkraine
The West has doubled the supply of weapons to Ukraine on the eve of a possible counteroffensive. Since December 9, 2022, the Pentagon has sent more than $8B in military aid to Ukraine. According to The Economist, this is 40% of all promised weapons to Ukraine since the start of a full-scale war. ... #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The war against Ukraine will destroy Russia’s economy, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. “If you take our forecasts for the medium term, they mean that the Russian economy will shrink by at least 7%”, she clarified. In addition, the Russian economy will eventually suffer in the long... #KristalinaGeorgieva #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has asked the US for MK-20 cluster bombs for drone strikes. Ukraine expanded its request to the US for cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 120 countries, but not the US or Ukraine, due to the potential threat to civilians and indiscriminate collat... #ClusterBombs #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
