On May 8, the Ukrainian Parliament plans to ratify the economic partnership agreement with the US regarding the establishment of a Reconstruction Investment Fund. The agreement with the US entails the establishment of the Reconstruction Investment Fund, which will be jointly managed by Kyiv and the Washington. The fund will be registered in the US, but the acco... #CriticalRawMaterial #DFC #investments #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #UkraineRecovery #WhiteHouse
US Secretary of State will lead USAID; Trump promises to end questionable project funding. President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the acting administrator of the USAID and has pledged to eliminate questionable project funding. “As an interim measure to ... #DonaldTrump #InternationalAid #MarcoRubio #USAID #WhiteHouse
The White House says that Ukraine and Russia are not ready for negotiations. The current US presidential administration does not currently see that Ukraine or Russia are ready for peace talks, said White House strategic communications coordinator John Kirby. The FT, citing sou... #JohnKirby #NATO #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
Norway will provide Ukraine with more than $240M to strengthen its maritime defense, and the US will try to spend its remaining aid funds in the coming weeks. Norway has announced an additional NRK 2.7B ($242.38M) donation to strengthen Ukraine’s maritime defense. The funds will go toward protecting civilians from attacks, clearing landmines, and training U... #F16training #Italy #MilitaryAid #Norway #Poland #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
Trump invites Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the newly created DOGE advisory commission and will appoint new heads for the Pentagon and CIA. US President-elect Donald Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate and pro-Russian businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new non-governmental Department of Gove... #DOGE #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #JohnRatcliffe #PeteHegseth #VivekRamaswamy #WhiteHouse
Trump is gathering his new team, and none are pro-Ukrainian. US President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The senator has recently supported Trump’s narratives on international issues, particularly c... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #MikeWaltz #Washington #WhiteHouse
A golden age and peace through strength: Donald Trump returns to the White House. Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election. He announced his political victory and declared himself the 47th president of the United States during a speech to his supporters. Trump has p... #DonaldTrump #UScongress #USelections #USsenate #WhiteHouse
The US is counting on a quick start to a diplomatic settlement to the war in Ukraine and sees value in the Victory Plan. The US hopes for a quick start to a diplomatic settlement of Russia’s war against Ukraine, said US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. He noted that awareness that some issues will have to ... #ATACMS #MatthewMiller #PeaceInUkraine #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
The US and the EU cannot agree on the details to provide $50B to Ukraine; the plan’s success is logistically and politically unlikely. The NYT notes that officials from the US and the EU are trying to secure a $50B loan for Ukraine by the end of the year. A decision should be reached before the presidential elections in the US, which... #EuropeanUnion #G7 #HungaryVeto #LoanForUkraine #Sanctions #USelections #WhiteHouse
Ukraine’s allies introduce new sanctions in response to Russia’s acquisition of Iranian missiles. Iran’s military support for Russia, including the recent delivery of Fath-360 ballistic missiles, has led the US to impose sanctions on ten individuals and six entities, located in Iran and Russ... #IranAir #IranianWeapons #IranSanctions #Sanctions #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
The White House is working with Congress to save $6B in aid for Ukraine, and NATO will provide €40B in 2025. The administration of the US president is conducting urgent negotiations with Congress to obtain permission to use $6B earmarked for Ukrainian military aid by the September 30 deadline, Reuters notes.... #NATO #PDA #Pentagon #UScongress #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
The White House is in no hurry to increase pressure on the Russian shadow fleet due to a possible negative impact on the cost of energy carriers on the eve of the elections. Officials at the US Treasury Department have proposed new restrictions designed to halt a fleet of aging oil tankers that help transport Russian oil in defiance of international sanctions. However, as... #RussianOil #SanctionsAgainstRussia #ShadowFleetRussia #WhiteHouse
The US refuses to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism but is discussing better ways to bring it to justice. Washington does not plan to include the Russian Federation in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, said US State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller. “We believe there are more effective... #LindseyGraham #MatthewMiller #RichardBlumenthal #RussianAggression #RussiaTerroristState #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
Speaker Johnson discusses aid for Ukraine with the White House and Donald Trump. US House Speaker Mike Johnson is in talks with the White House as he prepares to push aid for Ukraine and Israel through the House, Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise said. Johnson negotiated a ... #DonaldTrump #FumioKishida #MikeJohnson #RadosławSikorski #USaidforUkraine #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
Is the White House ready to make gas concessions to help Ukraine? Reuters sources in the White House said that US officials are ready to end the pause announced by President Biden on the approval of liquefied natural gas exports to get the aid package for Ukraine ap... #JoeBiden #LNG #MikeJohnson #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #WhiteHouse
The White House approves confiscating $300B in Russian assets to restore Ukraine. US President Joe Biden’s administration supports a bill that would allow it to confiscate about $300B in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s restoration. Biden supports the move amid congression... #JoeBiden #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineRecovery #WhiteHouse
US President Joe Biden welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House, pledging the United States would “continue to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented US President Joe Biden with a Ukrainian cross for military merit after ... #JoeBiden #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
Jill and Joe Biden greeted Olena Zelenska at the White House. Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska will be at the White House on Wednesday to meet privately with first lady Jill Biden and participate in a larger bilateral meeting with American officials, reporte... #JillBiden #JoeBiden #OlenaZelenska #WhiteHouse
Key agreements signed during President Zelensky’s US visit recapitulated. Summarizing the takeaways, the President’s official website notes that important documents were signed by Ukroboronprom, the Agrarian Policy Ministry, the Health Ministry as well as a bilateral MOU on... #Washington #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
Media note concerns and expectations surrounding Biden-Zelenskiy summit. Typically, The Financial Times writes “Afghanistan withdrawal heightens Zelensky’s fears of dwindling support from Washington,” and that the Ukrainian president “will be desperate for military and eco... #AndyHunder #JoeBiden #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
President Zelenskiy’s White House visit now is to be in August, before Ukraine’s 30th Independence Day celebrations, on Aug. 24. Concorde Capital’s James Hydzik writes: “The delay stems from Washington’s ongoing concerns over the replacement of the head of Naftoga... #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy
