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10 December 2024
Opening a diamond certification center in cooperation with the Group of Seven (G7) by Botswana in 2025 and the general developments on the diamond market do not serve the interests of Russia.
The World Bank will provide Ukraine with $454 million as part of the THRIVE project, aimed at assisting in reforming the nation’s healthcare system.
In January-November 2024, Naftogaz Group’s companies produced more than 13.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
Moscow is actively using American electronics to manufacture weapons and devices for waging war against Ukraine.
In January-November 2024, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises produced 7.03 million tonnes of steel, which is 23.1% higher compared to the same period last year.
09 December 2024
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU bloc, visited one of the Ukrainian energy facilities destroyed by Russian shelling.
Electrica, the largest electricity supplier in Romania, which operates in 18 counties, was notified of a cyberattack on Monday, December 9.
In 2025, Decarbonization Fund JSC is expected to generate UAH 1.75 billion in revenues from the carbon tax.
Decarbonization Fund JSC has provided support for more than 30 projects since it was launched to increase energy efficiency in communities and enterprises.
The EU Council has approved an additional payment of EUR 4.2 billion to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility initiative, set to arrive this month.
Through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Estonia has provided Ukraine with over 140 transformers and over 300 pieces of energy equipment.
08 December 2024
Hourly electricity restrictions for residential consumers are scheduled for Monday, December 9, from 8:00 to 19:00, with outages affecting one group at a time.
Last day, the energy sector restored electricity supply to 4,747 consumers who had been in blackout as a result of hostilities. Imports from five countries are scheduled for Sunday.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, nearly UAH 37.9 billion has been transferred from the special account opened by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) for defense needs. In November 2024, over UAH 57.3 million was allocated.
07 December 2024
Hourly power outages for residential consumers are scheduled for Sunday, December 8, from 14:00 to 18:00, with one group of consumers affected at a time.
The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ukraine's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at Restricted Default (RD).
The international human rights organization Global Rights Compliance (GRC) emphasized that since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been targeting critical infrastructure, causing serious consequences. Due to Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, healthcare workers are forced to operate in darkness, food supply chains are disrupted, and the environment is suffering.
On Saturday, December 7, hourly power shutdown schedules for household consumers will be in effect from 09:00, and capacity restrictions for businesses were introduced from 08:00.
Ukraine exports corn, wheat, and sunflower oil to the Republic of Korea. The trade turnover between the two countries in the agricultural sector is currently only $200 million a year.
06 December 2024
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset discussed compensation for the damage caused by Russia to Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, 87 companies have moved their production facilities to the Kirovohrad region.
Three operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine – Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and South Ukraine – have almost fully resumed electricity generation after a sharp reduction in capacity last week as a precautionary measure due to renewed Russian attacks on the country’s power grid.
Bashtanka Cheese Plant, which is known for its Slavia brand products, is considering resuming operations in the Mykolaiv region.
In November 2024, the Ministry of Finance made inter-budget transfers to local budgets in the amount of UAH 16.4 billion.
05 December 2024
Ukraine and the World Bank plan to continue cooperation in 2025, focusing on entrepreneurship programs, mortgage programs, and support for regional development.
Ukraine and the United States are ready to sign a protocol to the Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement in early January 2025.
Ukraine's international reserves increased by 9.1% in November and stood at USD 39.9 billion as of December 1, 2024.
Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko signed an agreement with the EU on the establishment of the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism (ULCM), which will allow for the use of proceeds from frozen Russian assets to repay loans worth up to EUR 45 billion within the framework of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans for Ukraine (ERA) initiative.
The Supervisory Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine has appointed CFO Roman Chumak as acting Chairman of the Board.