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The Ukrainian government is collaborating closely with its Western partners to seek a consensus on Russian assets, and they are now more willing to engage in a dialogue on this subject.
07 March 2025
Ukraine has received the first GBP 752 million from the United Kingdom, funded by revenues generated from frozen Russian assets.
The leading role of the US currency in global trade, international payments and reserves is unlikely to be threatened in the coming years.
On the morning of March 7, Russian forces damaged DTEK Group's gas production facilities in the Poltava region.
Ukraine's international reserves decreased by 6.7% in February 2025 and amounted to $40.145 billion as of March 1.
Throughout the night and morning of March 7, Russians attacked energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine, resulting in power outages for consumers.
Russian occupiers have carried out their seventeenth combined attack on the gas transportation infrastructure of Naftogaz Group, damaging facilities essential for gas extraction.
Ukraine's energy and gas infrastructure has once again come under a massive missile and drone attack by Russia.
As expected, inflation continued to grow at the start of the year, including due to the growing impact of underlying factors.
The agricultural sector, metallurgy, and defense industry are expected to be the primary drivers of Ukraine's export growth in the near future.
06 March 2025
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has recorded a halt in the trend of decreasing interest rates on deposits and expects their further increase following the latest monetary policy decisions.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has raised the key policy rate to 15.5%.
Russia continues its energy terror against the Odesa region, damaging yet another critical energy facility -- the fifth attack on the region's power infrastructure in just two weeks.
Ukraine and Italy have prospects for expanding cooperation in the defense and food industries and green metallurgy.
On March 4, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine raised UAH 6.7 billion to the state budget at an auction for the placement of domestic government bonds.
Due to the Russian attack in the late hours of Tuesday, March 4, another energy facility in Odesa region sustained damage.
05 March 2025
During a working visit to Vienna for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko discussed critical nuclear security issues with the G7 ambassadors, highlighting Russia's ongoing attacks.
The Australian government has transferred EUR 6 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.
Ukraine's Ministry of Economy is planning to increase the capitalization of the Export Credit Agency (ECA) by UAH 5 billion to expand its operational capacity. The Ministry is currently exploring a range of options for attracting financing.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is considering financing energy and infrastructure programs in Ukraine that were previously managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Ukraine is ready to supply agricultural products to Japanese restaurants and expand cooperation in the agricultural sector and trade with Japan.
In 2024, the budget received UAH 9.9 billion in revenues from the privatization of state-owned property.
04 March 2025
Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement with the U.S. on the creation of a joint investment fund.
France's position on the use of frozen Russian Central Bank assets could evolve, although legal issues need to be addressed first.
Poland has ordered nearly 25,000 Starlink terminals for Ukraine. The standard service subscription for one terminal costs Warsaw almost 5,500 UAH per month.
03 March 2025
Over the next four days in Brussels, the delegations of Ukraine and the European Union will have extensive discussions on the free movement of goods.
02 March 2025
There is currently no consensus in the EU on the issue of providing frozen Russian assets to Kyiv. Today, it is important to adopt a Community decision in June on extending the period of freezing Russian assets, which may face opposition from Hungary.
Canada has announced sanctions against 10 Russian individuals and 21 entities, including paramilitary organizations, that support Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Former Stasi spy and close friend of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, Matthias Warnig, is developing a project to relaunch the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe with the support of American investors.