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19 August 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated that Russia has no right to disconnect the Zaporizhzhia NPP from Ukraine's power grid, as the energy produced by the plant belongs to Ukraine.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Odesa to visit the seaport from where caravans of ships with foodstuffs leave through the "grain corridor".
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has compared the idea of some German politicians to “briefly” launch the Nord Stream 2 gas pipe with drug addiction, adding that “addiction to Russian gas kills.”
Russian aggressors are preparing to put the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant to a halt and disconnect it from the energy system of Ukraine.
Ukraine and the United Kingdom have updated the Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement and approved the simplification of access to the public procurement market.
18 August 2022
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the unblocking of export routes helped increase exports of agricultural products from Ukraine.
A total of 43 vessels have sailed through the ‘grain corridors’ since August 1, 2022.
Another ship loaded with agricultural products left one of the ports of Odesa region today.
Ukraine’s state budget has received a concessional loan worth CAD 450 million from Canada. The funds were transferred through the Administered Account of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating to 'CC' from 'RD' (restricted default).
17 August 2022
The monthly budget deficit of Ukraine amounts to US$5 billion.
Ukraine will receive from Canada CAD450 million in assistance to procure gas ahead of the heating season.
The port of Chornomorsk expects five more dry cargo ships to arrive and be loaded with Ukrainian grain for export.
A total of 710 businesses have been relocated in Ukraine since the relocation program was launched, and 500 of them have already resumed operation.
On August 17, four more ships loaded with agricultural products left the ports of Great Odesa.
Russian authorities are putting the country’s defense enterprises on a 24-hour work schedule.
16 August 2022
Since the beginning of August, 563,317 tonnes of agricultural products have already been exported from Ukraine through the "grain corridors".
In July 2022, prior to the launch of the sea corridor, Ukraine managed to export 2.7 million tonnes of grain crops.
A convoy of five bulk carriers, loaded with Ukrainian corn and wheat, left two Black Sea ports in Odesa region on August 16.
As part of the "grain initiative", the Brave Commander bulk carrier left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi on the morning of August 16, with 23,000 tonnes of wheat for Ethiopia.
15 August 2022
Sixteen vessels have already left Ukrainian ports to deliver about 500,000 tonnes of agricultural products to nine countries. Six vessels entered the ports for loading purposes. By the end of August, at least 10 more vessels are expected to arrive.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted government bill No. 7420 on amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine that are needed for the country's accession to the New Computerized Transit System (NCTS) and the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure with the EU countries.
Ukraine will work with Switzerland on methods of identifying investments and assets owned by Russian oligarchs.
Two vessels have entered Ukraine’s port of Odesa for loading agricultural products.
The Joint Coordination Center within the framework of the UN Black Sea Grain Initiative allowed six ships to pass through the maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea.
14 August 2022
In January-June 2022, Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine generated over 34.3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, or 55.4% of the country’s total electricity output.
More than 23,000 tonnes of wheat have been loaded onto the Brave Commander bulk carrier at the Pivdenny port.
The Cabinet of Ministers has tabled in the Verkhovna Rada a bill on the abolition of preferential tax rates for fuel.
Last week the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold USD 521.69 million on the interbank foreign exchange market.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary says Russia’s Gazprom energy giant has launched additional gas supplies to the country.