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Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 14:11
The European Union leaders have supported a EUR 35 billion loan to Ukraine as part of the G7 initiative to provide Ukraine with a USD 50 billion loan using proceeds from frozen Russian assets. At the same time, Russian assets will remain blocked until Russia ends the war.
The World Bank (WB) expects the Ukrainian economy will grow by 3.2% this year and by 6.5% in 2025.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the draft bill ‘On Amendments to the Customs Code Regarding the Introduction of the Appraisal of Customs Officials’.
17 October 2024
Energy Minister German Galushchenko has said that a new round of visits by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Ukrainian NPP substations will begin next week to check the current situation there. He discussed this issue in detail at a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Paris.
An important part of Ukraine's Victory Plan is its economic component, which aims to protect the economic interests of both Ukraine and the European Union which Ukraine seeks to join.
This season sugar refineries in the Ternopil region have already produced more than 109,000 tonnes of sugar.
Almost $300 million, which Canada allocated for Ukraine, have already arrived on treasury accounts.
The European Union’s readiness to live without Russian gas and suspend its supply towards the EU are very beneficial to Ukraine, as the aggressor state will lose USD 6.5 billion annually in budget revenues in this case.
Ukraine is working with the European partners to increase electricity imports during the winter period.
The global decline in the demand for steel is the biggest problem of Ukraine’s metallurgical industry. The revival of steel consumption in Europe is expected not sooner than in the second half of 2025.
16 October 2024
The foreign ministers of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) countries have signed a EUR 44 million aid package for Ukraine. The funds will be used to purchase generators and solar panels.
In January-September 2024, Naftogaz Group transferred about UAH 67 billion in tax payments to Ukraine’s state and local budgets.
As of October 15, natural gas reserves in Ukraine's underground storage facilities exceeded 12.8 billion cubic meters (bcm).
Ukrainian state-owned banks are ready to provide lending for local communities planning to install power generation facilities.
The Brave1 defense tech cluster participants have already received USD 8 million in grant support from the state for the development of technology startups.
15 October 2024
The Pension Fund will automatically recalculate the amount of payments for the heating season for people who receive housing subsidies and benefits.
As part of its winterization efforts, the government is paying attention to nine frontline and border areas. In particular, 127 cogeneration units and eight gas piston units have been delivered or confirmed to Kharkiv.
14 October 2024
In the Poltava region, a total of 515 agricultural producers have obtained UAH 69.2 million in government assistance for about 17.3 thousand hectares of cultivated land.
The veterans who returned from the Russo-Ukrainian war have already set up more than 180 small businesses in the Ivano-Frankivsk community.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited production facilities of the defense industry and thanked its employees for their contribution to strengthening the country.
13 October 2024
As Ukraine prepares for the heating season, the heat supply phase is now beginning.
In February 2025, each Ukrainian region will receive its own development roadmap.
As of October 11, farmers in Ukraine harvested 62.2 million tonnes of new crops from an area of 16.8 million hectares.
12 October 2024
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the Ministry of Defense to ensure the implementation of the French model of cooperation, which involves attracting investment to create new production facilities.
In September 2024, sappers surveyed and cleared of mines more than 30,500 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine, which is 1.5 times more than in the previous month.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, during a phone conversation with the EU High Representative Josep Borrell, discussed the progress on providing 35 billion euros in loans to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.
Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of certain steel products from Russia, China, India and Japan.
In September 2024, consumer inflation accelerated to 8.6% year-on-year, up from 7.5% in the previous month.
As of the morning of Saturday, October 12, as many as 511 settlements in Ukraine remain without electricity due to hostilities and technological disruptions.