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The World Bank has announced plans to allocate more than $30 billion on projects to respond to challenges that arose in the field of global food security as Russia unleashed a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
18 May 2022
The financial leaders of the G7 nations are preparing a major new economic aid package to help the Ukrainian government offset losses from Russia’s invasion.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the possibility of supplying fuel to Ukraine with President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Ukraine calls on all international partners to take the lead in rebuilding regions, communities, or cities.
Russia's oil monopoly Transneft has restricted access to monthly crude export loading schedules from Russian ports.
Russia’s gas transmission system operator PJSC Gazprom does not use the already paid capacity at the Sudzha interconnection point, artificially restricting gas supplies to Europe.
17 May 2022
The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed with market operators to suspend the state regulation of prices for fuel in order to resolve as soon as possible the situation with its shortage, caused by Russia's war against Ukraine.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on May 17 approved a resolution to attract a soft loan of up to EUR 150 million from the Credit Institute for Reconstruction (KfW), a German state-owned investment and development bank.
Every effort must be made to ensure that people have fuel and that there is no abuse in the market.
A Ukrainian court has seized 434 railcars of Russian companies worth over UAH 300 million.
Ukraine and its partners are working to overcome the global food crisis caused by Russia's aggression and blockade, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine says introducing an embargo on Russian oil is in the interests of both Ukraine and the whole of Europe.
Canada is preparing to send its cargo vessels to Eastern Europe to help Ukraine export its grain.
The sooner Ukraine receives weapons to liberate its territories, the lower the food prices will be across the world.
16 May 2022
In March 2022, Ukraine’s exports reduced by 57.9% compared to February 2022, imports – by 75.8%.
A court in Ukraine froze the assets of Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman in Alfa-Bank worth UAH 12.4 billion.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the financial support for the Ukrainian economy with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
The head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak stated that McDonald's has decided to leave Russia completely and is selling its business in the country.
Kyiv and Warsaw have agreed to speed up inspections at the Ukrainian-Polish border and simplify exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU and third countries.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine signed a Loan Agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency for US$100 million.
Mykola Solsky, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, and Thomas James Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discussed partnership in increasing Ukrainian grain exports.
Germany is planning to stop Russian oil imports regardless of EU sanctions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos on May 23.
15 May 2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have agreed to work closely to ensure that Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia.
No consent of the Russian Federation is required to make them pay reparations to Ukraine. It is possible to reimburse Ukrainian losses after the war at the expense of seized Russian assets.
The sooner Ukrainian lands are liberated from Russian invaders, the sooner the food security can be restored.
14 May 2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba assured his Liberian counterpart Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah that Ukraine is doing everything possible to resume food exports to African markets.
Russian troops have already destroyed 6,300 km of main rails in Ukraine, as well as damaged 23,573 km of roads, 289 road and 41 railway bridges.
At the G7 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, Ukraine suggested creating an influential organization of the world's major grain suppliers that would respond to current challenges and threats to food security, including those posed by the Russian Federation.