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29 March 2024
Russia has boosted its imports of an explosive compound critical to the production of artillery ammunition, including from companies based in the U.S. and other Western countries and allies, despite international sanctions meant to choke Moscow’s wartime production, trade data showed.
On March 29, Ukraine received $1.5 billion from the World Bank. The funds will be used for social and humanitarian purposes, as well as for the country’s recovery.
Ukraine has withstood another Russia’s massive attack, the power system is intact, but the situation is very difficult.
In March 2024, the general fund of the state budget of Ukraine received about USD 9 billion of external financing.
Ukraine has received a $1.5 billion Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) from Japan and the United Kingdom through the World Bank mechanism.
On the night of March 29, the Russian missile attack damaged the energy infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Cherkasy, and Chernivtsi regions.
Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company PrJSC has completed the construction of its third SLG barge and is ready to build up to 10 vessels annually.
A total of 34 enterprises have already been corporatized as part of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (Ukroboronprom) under Ukraine’s defense industry reform.
28 March 2024
Ukraine's gross domestic product was up by 5.3% last year after dropping a staggering 28.8% in 2022 against the background of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
As part of the first intergovernmental consultations, Ukrainian and Polish representatives discussed a number of urgent cooperation issues, namely the extension of the Agreement on Liberalization of Freight Transport.
Prosecutors in Hamburg charged four German nationals and a Swiss-French dual citizen with violating Crimea-related sanctions by helping export Siemens gas turbines to the Russian-occupied peninsula.
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has called on the European Union not to impose trade restrictions on Ukraine during the war.
As long as Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) remains under Russian occupation, it is impossible to safely operate the plant at the power levels.
The largest oil producer in Moldova, Floarea Soarelui, has suspended work due to a pressing shortage of Ukrainian sunflower seeds.
27 March 2024
The Ukrainian delegation from the Agriculture Ministry launched talks with their Polish counterparts in Warsaw.
Since the beginning of 2023, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia has ensured the return to state ownership of 15 enterprises of Russia’s military-industrial complex worth more than RUB 333 billion ($3.6 billion).
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU at the level of ambassadors (COREPER) has launched a formal discussion of the extension of the so-called autonomous trade measures regarding Ukraine for another year.
The European Union has allocated more than EUR 130 million to Germany’s arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to increase ammunition production.
On Tuesday, the World Bank's Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine to support its development policy.
Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) and EastCham Finland are opening a joint representative office in Kyiv.
In 2024, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) is planning to maintain last year’s terms for transporting foreign-owned gas to underground storage facilities.
Last month Ukrnafta PJSC produced 110.3 thousand tonnes of oil and 92.1 million cubic meters of natural gas, which is 0.09% and 10.7% respectively higher compared to February 2023.
26 March 2024
Hungary will not reintroduce a ban on honey imported from Ukraine despite demands by honey farmers who have protested saying cheap honey from Ukraine pushed down prices and threatens to drive them out of business.
Ukraine has already received a tranche of $880 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement.
Swedish businesses are interested in increasing their presence in Ukraine and developing cooperation with Ukrainian companies in high-tech industries, including energy, telecommunications, and cyber security.
The deepening of cooperation between Ukraine and Sweden in the nuclear industry will help strengthen the energy security of the two countries and the European continent as a whole.
The team of the Ukrainian Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Ministry has met with the representatives of Latvia’s flag carrier, airBaltic.
It is likely to take Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) years to resume normal operation following Russia’s recent missile attack.
25 March 2024
DTEK Group has lost about half of its generating capacity due to Russia's large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy system on March 22.