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The Government of the Czech Republic has approved the inclusion of Boris Obnosov, head of the Russian arms holding company Tactical Missiles Corporation, and his relatives in the national sanctions list.
The Lithuanian government at a meeting on Wednesday, August 16, approved a EUR 500,000 standard school architectural project for Ukraine and the allocation of EUR 300,000 to strengthen the administrative potential of Ukraine's State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development.
17 August 2023
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have discussed Ukraine's preparations for the new heating season.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with relevant ministries and instructed to assess damages to Ukraine caused by Russian aggression.
A German cargo ship, which had been blocked in the port of Odesa since Russia's war, crossed Ukrainian waters without any problems.
Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala visited the town of Irpin, Kyiv region.
Ukraine is counting on the support of the World Trade Organization in resuming agricultural exports.
Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has sent letters to companies listed as international war sponsors, inviting their executives to visit Ukraine to see the consequences of Russian war of aggression with their own eyes and discuss the withdrawal of their businesses from Russia.
16 August 2023
The number of officially registered unemployed people in Ukraine reached 112,300 as of August 1. Since the beginning of the year, the State Employment Service has helped almost 127,000 Ukrainians find jobs.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that the first civilian vessels has passed through Ukraine’s new humanitarian corridor, leaving the port of Odesa, and is now en route to the Bosphorus.
Ukraine has changed the mechanism of customs clearance of goods that are subject to licensing within the framework of the free trade agreement with North Macedonia.
Switzerland has decided to impose additional sanctions against Russia.
The European Commission has decided to allocate 135 million euros to programs to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova. These funds were intended for programs with Russia and Belarus.
Restoring the grain deal is critical for global markets
The first ship left the Odesa seaport along the temporary corridor for civilian vessels.
Ukraine has already exported 3.122 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops in the 2023/2024 marketing year (MY, between July 1 and August 14, 2023).
The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine agreed to allocate UAH 3.35 billion to five settlements as part of the pilot projects for comprehensive reconstruction.
15 August 2023
The Yermak-McFaul international working group on sanctions against Russia will soon present a document with sanctions proposals to prevent supplies of equipment necessary for the production of UAVs to the Russian Federation.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba discussed the resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian ports and the upcoming meeting of the UN General Assembly with Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
Türkiye believes any alternative paths for exporting grain from Ukraine, in particular through the river ports on the Danube, cannot replace the Black Sea Grain Initiative, stating an urgent need to reach an agreement on reopening maritime routes.
In January-June 2023, exports of goods from Ukraine amounted to $19.4 billion, or 85.7% of last year's figure.
In the near future, Romania will double its transit capacity for grain coming from Ukraine from 2 million tons to 4 million tons per month.
The dollar has risen above 100 rubles in trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange for the first time since March 23, 2022.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $469.4 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week.
14 August 2023
Finance Minister of Ukraine and Germany - Sergii Marchenko and Christian Lindner - signed a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the prospects of investment cooperation for Ukraine’s reconstruction with German Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
As of August, more than 12.3 billion cubic meters of gas were pumped into Ukraine’s underground storage facilities.
13 August 2023
In Ukraine, five nuclear power units have already been repaired, while four more are currently being repaired.
Ukraine would like the IAEA to be more critical of the actions of the Russian invaders at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).