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19 November 2022
Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko has met with the newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Jeremy Hunt in London and stressed the need for additional financing of Ukraine’s state budget in 2023.
Nine ships loaded with 162,000 tonnes of Ukrainian-produced agricultural products for African, Asian and European countries have left the Odesa region’s ports over the past two days.
National Energy Company Ukrenergo suggests this Saturday no additional emergency power shutdowns will be required across Ukraine.
In Odesa, work on balancing the energy infrastructure system continues around the clock.
18 November 2022
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed an order to make amendments to the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland, regarding the increase in the amount of concessional loans provided for the implementation of investment projects in Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed a decision to attract a grant of $4.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).
In a phone call, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan praised the extension of the grain deal.
About half of Ukraine’s energy system has been taken out of service due to Russian missile strikes on critical infrastructure.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing up to $20 million for the “Grain from Ukraine" initiative, announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G20 Summit earlier this week, to help feed people around the world facing staggering levels of food insecurity.
In the first 15 days of November, Ukraine exported 2.8 million tonnes of agricultural products, which is 800,000 tonnes below the level reported over the same period last month.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed regional issues, especially Turkish-Russian relations, and the functioning of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Ukraine has purchased 50,000 tonnes of grain using state funds for the first two ships as part of the Grain from Ukraine program.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has refuted a statement by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto that the Russian economy was not affected by the sanctions.
The European Union has frozen EUR 68 billion worth of Russian assets.
Previously approved schedules of hourly power outages will be applied throughout Ukraine on November 18. Also, additional emergency shutdowns could be introduced if required.
The 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday adopted their third resolution since the war broke out in Ukraine, calling on Russia to put to a halt all actions at Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
17 November 2022
More than 10 million residents of Ukraine remain without electricity as a result of the Russian missile attack.
The United States will continue to support helping grain from Ukraine to reach global markets within the framework of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Harsh Kumar Jain.
The EU has welcomed the renewal of the UN Black Sea Grain Initiative and noted Turkey's efforts in adopting such a decision, which will contribute to lowering global food prices and reducing tensions in the world's most vulnerable countries.
Up to 40% of consumers currently have no access to power supply due to large-scale damage the Russian missile strikes inflicted on energy infrastructure.
Over the past four months, 500 ships delivered 11 million tonnes of foodstuffs to those in need, which proves the importance of the "grain deal" for the world's food supply and security.
Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov confirmed that the Russian aggressor launched a massive shelling and caused damage to the gas production infrastructure of JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya in the east of Ukraine today, November 17.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed an agreement by all parties to extend the Black Sea grain deal to facilitate Ukraine's agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports.
Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey agreed at a meeting in Istanbul on November 17 to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative for a further 120 days.
Emergency rolling blackouts will continue as the situation with power supply in Kyiv region remains complicated.
16 November 2022
On November 15, 2022, Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) lost all access to the electricity grid due to military attacks in the country, forcing it to temporarily rely on diesel generators for back-up power.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde have held a meeting in Kyiv. The parties discussed support for Ukraine’s 2023 state budget and the implementation of joint programs related to energy, transport and medicine.
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine, Bartosz Cichocki, discussed the tools and directions for implementing the Grain from Ukraine program.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed with Anna Bjerde, Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia, the preparation of projects related to the restoration of Ukrainian transport, energy infrastructure and health care sector.