The US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund will be operational within a few months. According to Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko: “Our task is to do it as quickly as possible. I think it will take months, not years.” According to the WSJ, oil and gas projects are likel... #InvestmentsinUkraine #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #TarasKachka #YuliyaSvyridenko
Ukraine is prepared for a full ceasefire, although Romania and Bulgaria are concerned about a naval ceasefire. Ukraine unconditionally backs the notion of a complete ceasefire with Russia, which would extend beyond the month-long truce currently being negotiated in the energy infrastructure sector, stated Ukra... #CeasefirePlan #DonaldTrump #EnergyCeasefire #MaritimeTruce #OksanaMarkarova #PeaceTalks #SaudiArabia
Trump officially appoints his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia and confirms “significant progress” regarding the war. On February 3, US President Donald Trump signed an official decree appointing Keith Kellogg as the special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Following the official appointment, Trump announced the achieve... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #OksanaMarkarova #PeaceTalks #WarEnding
The US State Department has reduced the travel risks to nine regions of Ukraine, opening up new business opportunities. As stated in the updated travel recommendations on US State Department’s website, the highest, fourth-level recommendation applies to all of Ukraine – do not travel to Ukraine at all because of ... #OksanaMarkarova #TourismUkraine #TravelUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will receive the first funds from the G7 $50B loan in December; Ukraine’s goal is to confiscate all frozen Russian assets. The leaders of the G7 countries have reached a consensus on providing about $50B in loans to Ukraine, secured by revenues from frozen Russian sovereign assets. In a communique published by world finan... #G7 #LoanForUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #worldbank
Kyiv is hoping to receive Patriot air defense systems and permission to strike targets in Russia using US weapons. Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, hopes for “bold decisions” from the US in anticipation of receiving the much-needed Patriot air defense system to protect Ukraine fr... #AirDefenseSystems #OksanaMarkarova #PatriotSystems #USweapons #WarinUkraine
Even before the approval of the $61B aid bill, the US will send a new $1B aid package to Ukraine in April, said the Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, Oksana Markarova. The Biden administration is preparing “a large-scale package that will help meet the needs of Ukraine on the battlefield immediately.” It wi... #ATACMS #Bradley #M113 #NASAMS #OksanaMarkarova #OlafScholz #PatriotSystems #USmilitaryAid
Ukraine’s position at the front is deteriorating while the US delays funding. Due to a lack of Western aid, Ukraine will have to face a Russian army with fewer resources, which creates a risk of retreat, a senior NATO official told the FT. “For Ukrainians, this is a desperate s... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #OksanaMarkarova #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US will agree to an aid package to Ukraine sooner than transferring frozen Russian assets. The Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, Oksana Markarova, said that the priority for the Embassy of Ukraine is the approval by the US Congress of a $61B aid package. She noted that Ukraine continues rece... #OksanaMarkarova #RussianAssetsConfiscation #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine
The US Congress will consider an extension of the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine. The Ukrainian ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, said that this week Congress should also consider amendments to the defense budget for 2024, including those related to lend-lease program for Ukr... #LendLease #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine
What is the dispute over the US’ support for Ukraine? Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, says that the biggest debate over whether to approve the White House’s request for additional Ukrainian funding concerns non-military supp... #OksanaMarkarova #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Here is how $61.4B in US aid would be spent. Most of the $61.4B US President Joe Biden is asking Congress to allocate for Ukraine would be spent on defense, Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova said. It is planned to allocate $46.1B t... #OksanaMarkarova #SupportUkraine #USAI #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
The US avoided a shutdown by sacrificing aid to Ukraine. Both houses of the US Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate, on the evening of September 30, supported a temporary budget resolution to finance federal spending for 45 days. The packag... #JoeBiden #OksanaMarkarova #OlegNikolenko #UScongress #USsupportsUkraine
Biden appeals to Congress to provide more than $20B in aid to Ukraine. This package includes $13B for emergency defense assistance and another $8B for humanitarian support, the AP writes. As the publication notes, it may be more difficult to approve the funds this time b... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #OksanaMarkarova #USaidforUkraine
Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with the latest Luna NG aerial reconnaissance systems, and ATACMS negotiations with the US are ongoing. As reported by Bild, the “unmanned package” consists of a ground control station with several drones, a launch catapult, and military trucks. According to the manufacturer, the Luna NG dro... #ATACMS #dronestoUkraine #LunaNG #OksanaMarkarova #Rheinmetall
Washington has softened its position on the provision of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. According to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the US, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine had previously heard only a definite “no” on this issue. Still, in May, the issue was discussed for the first ti... #ATACMS #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAidforUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #WeaponsforUkraine
The US is working on alternatives to the status of “state sponsor of terrorism” for the Russian Federation. The US Congress is considering the possibility of finding a new category for the status of the Russian Federation, calling it an “aggressor state,” a “terrorist state,” or an &... #OksanaMarkarova #RussiaTerroristState #UScongress
The US has allocated $500M to a special EBRD fund to support Ukraine. The US Treasury Department signed an agreement with the EBRD and will contribute $500M to support Ukraine and other affected countries affected by the war, announced Ukraine’s ambassador Oksana... #EBRDaidforUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #USaidtoUkraine
Can Nord Stream-2 operations be impeded by sanctions? Despite the fact that Russia has announced the completion of the construction of Nord Stream-2, it can still be stopped by sanctions. This was the admission of Oksana Markarova, the Ambassador of Ukra... #Germany #nordstream2 #OksanaMarkarova #RussianGasPipeline
Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s new Ambassador to the US flew to Washington yesterday . She wrote on Facebook: “For the first time since 1999, I am going to board an airplane with one way ticket.” #OksanaMarkarova #UkraineAmbassador
