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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has regularly submitted amendments to the state budget to finance the Ministry of Defense over the past nine months of the war.
Ukraine is working with international partners, including former Soviet states, to help restore its energy sector after several waves of Russian missile attacks against critical infrastructure over the last several weeks.
06 December 2022
The European Union and Norway have signed an agreement for Norway’s voluntary financial contribution of EUR 14.5 million to the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine).
The European Commission has adopted today the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24, with around EUR 13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe to pursue breakthrough solutions for environmental, energy, digital and geopolitical challenges. This funding will also address targeted actions to support Ukraine.
The Council of the European Union has failed to adopt a complete package of three documents needed to provide Ukraine with EUR 18 billion in macro-financial assistance in 2023.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on India to expand its support to Ukraine and recalled that the Russians are using profits from the sale of oil to finance their war against Ukraine.
Ukraine's international reserves increased by 10.7% in November 2022 and amounted to $27.95 billion as of December 1.
Ukraine expects that the budget deficit will be countered next year thanks to the support provided by international partners.
In January to November 2022, Ukraine exported 50.9 million tonnes of agricultural and food products for a total sum of $21.1 billion.
05 December 2022
Works on eliminating the consequences of Russian missile attacks are underway in Kyiv region. NEC Ukrenergo power grid operator has introduced additional emergency shutdowns. Therefore, schedules of hourly power outages are currently not in effect in the region.
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with air defense and energy assistance to help protect and repair civilian infrastructure.
04 December 2022
The post-war reconstruction of Ukraine will cost about EUR 500-600 billion.
The ministers of foreign affairs of Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland in a joint statement praised the approval of the price cap on Russian oil and called on the EU to speed up the preparation of the next round of sanctions on Russia.
The BC CALLISTO vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat has left for Ethiopia through the "grain corridor" as part of the Grain from Ukraine initiative.
Emergency blackouts remain in place in Kyiv.
The first ship carrying 25,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat under the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian program arrived in Ethiopia on December 3.
03 December 2022
Ukraine is directly cooperating with the United States, as well as other countries, to introduce new effective sanctions against Russia after its missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Russia has already caused huge losses to all countries across the globe by deliberately destabilizing the energy market. But, the world cannot dare to really disarm Russia in energy terms.
The Council of the European Union decided today to set an oil price cap for Russian oil at $60 per barrel.
Russia has stolen at least $1 billion of wheat harvested in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
Russia is believed to have acquired since year-start more than 100 old tankers in an attempt to create a "shadow fleet" for oil exports after a price cap is introduced.
Austria is contributing EUR 20 million to the World Bank’s newly established Ukraine Recovery Trust Fund (URTF).
By the end of spring, Ukraine will have sent about 60 ships carrying humanitarian cargo for global food security purposes.
Canada is imposing additional sanctions on Iran under the Special Economic Measures Regulations over the violations of human rights and contribution to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
The Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaia Kallas, has praised the agreement reached on Friday on the price cap for Russian oil set at $60 per barrel.
02 December 2022
As of December 1, 2022, Ukrainian farmers harvested grain and leguminous crops from 9.4 million hectares, which is 85% of the planted areas.
Ukraine's state budget has received a $1.5 billion grant from the United States, which will be used for pension payments and certain programs for state social assistance.
Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine President Petro Kotin and Holtec International Vice President for Ukraine Operations Riaz Awan have met and discussed further cooperation between the two companies.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine in order to create a protection zone around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) by the end of 2022.