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Tuesday, 09 December 2025, 01:59
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has endorsed amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2023’ regarding the financing of the defense and security sector in the first reading.
Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi have met and discussed the situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and further cooperation.
Poland proposes to ban the import of diamonds and liquefied natural gas from the Russian Federation within the next 12th package of EU sanctions on Russia.
In order to improve access to Ukrainian grain and strengthen global food security, Ukraine proposes setting up hubs for millions of tonnes of grain in African countries and other sensitive areas.
19 September 2023
The Government of Ukraine will provide the EU and neighboring countries with customs data on the export of certain goods and collect data on the destination of shipments in the e-queue system.
The government approved a new procedure for the export of corn, rapeseed, sunflower, and wheat, according to which it a license is required from the Ministry of Economy with the approval of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy in order to supply these crops to five EU member states bordering Ukraine.
Ukraine is filing a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia over unilateral restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, and at the same time offers a compromise scenario.
As of September 19, 2023, a total of 14.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas was pumped into Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects to continue to invest roughly EUR 1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) per year in Ukraine in the coming two years.
The vessel RESILIENT AFRICA with 3,000 tonnes of wheat on board has left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk and is heading towards the Bosphorus.
In accordance with the WTO's dispute settlement procedure, Ukraine has requested consultations with Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary within the WTO.
Agriculture ministers meeting formally in Brussels will hear the European Commission's (EC) position on the decision of certain EU member states to restrict imports of Ukrainian grain to their markets. The Spanish EU Presidency believes that such unilateral actions by these states are illegal.
The issue of grain exports from Ukraine to five neighboring EU member states should be resolved in the spirit of solidarity, according to the rules of the EU market and in compliance with international trade law.
The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency expects Russia’s economy to hold out only until 2025.
18 September 2023
Bulgarian farmers have begun blocking a number of important road and checkpoints across the country as part of an indefinite nationwide agricultural protest that began on September 18 in response to the permission to import grain from Ukraine.
Five Eastern-flank EU countries (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) do not agree to Ukraine's proposals for further grain exports to the European market.
Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Ciolacu says Bucharest can extend the trade ban on the import of grain from Ukraine for another 30 days.
Ukraine and Switzerland have discussed humanitarian demining, the participation of Swiss companies in Ukraine's recovery and the strengthening of economic cooperation.
Ukraine will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia for refusing to lift the ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products.
The Czech Republic has already provided Ukraine with 45 tons of humanitarian aid for the country’s energy infrastructure.
17 September 2023
The G7 Ambassadors have visited one of the main power substations of Ukrenergo National Power Company, which was severely affected by Russian attacks, and inspected progress in renovation works.
The Czech Republic has already provided Ukraine with 45 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the energy sector.
The European Commission called on Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to be constructive after they unilaterally declared they would continue to ban grain imports from Ukraine despite the Commission's decision to end the ban.
As of Sunday, September 17, the water level in the cooling pond at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) grew to 15.95 meters.
The shortage of fuel in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula temporarily occupied by Russia, is worsening as a result of the disruption of supply routes.
Grain producers, dissatisfied with parliament’s decision to waive the ban on imports of Ukrainian produce, have sent a letter to Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, stating that they refused to meet with him.
The French Republic has sent 31 humanitarian aid shipments for Ukraine’s energy sector since the Russian full-scale invasion started.
16 September 2023
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Rostyslav Shurma held a meeting with entrepreneurs regarding the facilitation of business conditions in Ukraine and the reform of inspection bodies.
The embargo on Ukrainian grain imports to Poland will remain in effect until Warsaw works out an appropriate model of cooperation with Kyiv in this area.