As of December 2022, the total amount of damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure due to the war is estimated at $137.8 billion. The amount has increased by almost $2 billion since November.
The G7 countries have created a platform to coordinate the financing of reconstruction works and reforms in Ukraine. The first meeting of the Secretariat is scheduled for this week.
A permanent monitoring mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has started its work at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
The Russian space intelligence system has been widely affected by international sanctions as domestic production of key elements has stopped without foreign-made electronics.
Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak held a regular meeting via video conference to discuss the supply of equipment needed to repair Ukraine's power grid.
The EU Foreign Affairs Council has reached a political agreement on another tranche of military aid to Ukraine worth EUR 500 million under the European Peace Facility.
In January 2023, an average of two to three vessels pass through the Bosphorus Strait under the "Grain Corridor" initiative per day, which is half as many as in September-October last year, when an average of six ships crossed the strait.
As of the morning of January 23, due to the decrease in temperature, electricity shortage in Ukraine's power system has increased, while consumption limits have already been exceeded in five regions.
The European Business Association has called on the UN and Turkey to contribute to increasing the number of inspections of vessels loaded with Ukrainian foodstuffs, as well as continuing the grain initiative.
Since October, Ukrainian ports have been forced to work at less than half of their capacity, and every month Ukraine is not able to export 2-3 million tonnes of grain to the world market.
Ukraine has always been and will always be a responsible participant in global food market relations.
“Ukraine has always been and will always be a responsible participant in global food market relations. Even having suffered from terrorist aggression from Russia, we continue to supply food to countries all over the world. Although Russia has blocked our ports on the Black Sea, we have found a diplomatic way to resume exports,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Conference participants.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is looking for ways to revive private sector investments in the domestic economy, and a number of global giants are already interested in participating in the implementation of the program of Ukraine’s transformation and reconstruction.
Since the latest massive shelling of Ukraine’s energy facilities, power engineers have managed to add generation to the power system and increase power transmission capabilities.
Forty-four countries have already joined the initiatives to supply food from Ukraine supported by the EU and the UN. Thanks to the grain program, 5 million people around the world who suffer from food shortages are provided with food.
In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Justice plans to begin transferring part of the confiscated assets of the Russian Federation to Ukraine through the State Department in accordance with the recently adopted law.