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21 July 2023
By shelling Ukraine's port infrastructure and destroying grain terminals, Russia is deliberately trying to condemn the world's most vulnerable countries to starvation. This must be met with a decisive response from the international community.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has an idea to create in Crimea, after the peninsula is liberated, a project similar to the U.S.-based Silicon Valley, the world's leading center of high-tech companies.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is increasing financing for small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine and for the development of the Ukrainian tech sector.
The total amount of direct documented damage caused to the infrastructure of Ukraine by Russia's full-scale invasion reaches USD 150 billion.
20 July 2023
The Black Sea Grain Initiative practically did not work for a month, so Russia's statement about withdrawal from the agreement did not come as a surprise.
While Russia threatens the global food supply, the United States will continue to seek solutions to get Ukrainian grain to the world.
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of State announced on Thursday the introduction of additional sanctions against Russia, which limit, first of all, the country’s military potential, as well as opportunities for income and access to high technology.
Ukraine will receive a USD 1.5 billion loan from the World Bank under the guarantee of the Japanese government.
The UK Treasury has imposed sanctions against 13 individuals and legal entities associated with the activities of the Russian PMC Wagner in Mali, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR).
The European Union today decided to extend restrictive measures against Russia in response to its military aggression against Ukraine for a further six months, until January 31, 2024.
Russia's refusal to participate in the Black Sea Grain Initiative and Russia's blocking of transport routes in the Black Sea require greater efforts from member states to ensure the effective functioning of the EU's solidarity lanes on the borders with Ukraine to increase the volume of Ukrainian grain exports.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna calls on partners to work together to ensure unhindered Ukrainian exports to the European Union.
Antonella Bassani, Vice President of the Europe and Central Asia Region at the World Bank., and Alfonso Garcia Mora, Regional Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Finance Corporation, have arrived in Kyiv as part of their first official visit to Ukraine.
The water level in the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant’s cooling pond remains stable.
More than six hundred Polish entrepreneurs are currently working in Ukraine. Over 2,000 more have expressed their desire to do so.
19 July 2023
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will work with U.S. Congress to allocate $230 million to support Ukrainian enterprises, which includes low-interest loans, business grants, etc.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the participation of Irish business in the reconstruction of Ukraine with Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the restoration of the energy system with USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
On the night of July 19, about 60,000 tonnes of grain were destroyed in the Chornomorsk port as a result of Russian shelling of the port infrastructure involved in the grain initiative.
Russia has become "totally unsafe" for foreign investors, an EU official has warned.
Despite Russia's full-scale military operations on the territory of Ukraine, the harvest continues in 22 regions. Over 2 million tonnes of grain have already been threshed.
Russia has withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative to provoke a rise in grain prices and sell as much of its own grain as possible at high prices, mixing it with stolen Ukrainian grain.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing new economic restrictive measures against Kyrgyzstan to force the country to stop trading with Russia in sanctioned goods.
Croatia is offering its railroad network and ports in the Adriatic Sea to transport Ukrainian grain via alternative routes in the wake of Russia's blocking of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka discussed the reconstruction of Ukraine and the launch of public-private partnership.
Leading oilfield services company SLB on Friday, July 14, announced that it was suspending the supply of products and technologies to Russia due to the expansion of international sanctions.
18 July 2023
While paying a visit to Odesa Sea Port, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced that the United States would provide an additional $250 million in support of Ukraine’s agricultural sector.
Financial support from the World Bank allows Ukraine to maintain macro-financial stability and ensure priority state budget expenditures.
Over almost a year of the grain deal operation, Ukraine exported more than 33 million tonnes of grain to 45 countries.