European Commission bans certain agri-imports from Ukraine
The European Commission has adopted “exceptional and temporary preventive measures” on limited imports from Ukraine as regards five EU member states bordering Ukraine.
02 May 2023
The European Commission has adopted “exceptional and temporary preventive measures” on limited imports from Ukraine as regards five EU member states bordering Ukraine.
China must push Putin to stop any combat operations in Ukraine, withdraw its troops, and restore Ukraine's full sovereignty.
The whole world has benefited from Ukraine’s ability to ship grain and food products via the Black Sea under the Grain Deal.
01 May 2023
Punishment for crimes committed in Ukraine should become a deterrent – like the Nuremberg trial at one time
Over the 10 months of the current marketing year (from July 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023), Ukraine exported 41.595 million tonnes of cereals and legumes.
28 April 2023
The European Commission and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria have agreed to ban the import of grain, corn, rapeseed, sunflower, and oil from Ukraine to the markets of these EU countries.
As of April 28, 2023, Ukrainian farmers have already sown 1.368 million hectares (ha) of grains and pulses.
27 April 2023
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) believes that the longer duration and intensity of the war are the key risks to the country’s economy.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba met with Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Qu Dongyu on April 26.
Ukrainian state-owned company Centrenergo, which is managed by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU), has started exporting electricity for the first time.
An effective role of China in resolving the security issue around the Zaporizhzhia NPP would be in line with the Budapest Memorandum.
China supports extension of Black Sea Grain Initiative
Ukraine and China supported the need for proper implementation and continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
26 April 2023
There is an opportunity to use China's political influence to restore the strength of the principles and rules on which peace should be based.
The Commander of Ukraine’s Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, is convinced that only if Ukraine returns its territories as of 1991 will it be possible to restore security in the region of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink has paid visits to the Danube ports in Reni and Izmail to Highlight U.S. Government support for grain exports amid Russia’s full-scale war.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone call with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
In Ukraine, more than 40,000 Ukrainian households, including more than 30,000 households from the frontline and de-occupied communities, will receive vegetable seeds for the spring sowing season through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
An explosion was heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol on Wednesday, April 26.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Italian President Sergio Mattarella at a meeting in Rome discussed current areas of cooperation in the financial and defense spheres, sanctions against Russia's nuclear industry and the work of the Grain from Ukraine initiative.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Italian President Sergio Mattarella at a meeting in Rome discussed current areas of cooperation in the financial and defense spheres, sanctions against Russia's nuclear industry and the work of the Grain from Ukraine initiative.
Four Russian warships, including two Kalibr cruise missile carriers, are on combat duty in the Black Sea.
The blasts in the temporarily occupied Crimea do not in any way violate the terms of the grain deal.
25 April 2023
EU countries must find a constructive solution to the problem of excessive imports of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine to the European market.
From April 2022 to March 2023, Ukraine exported more than 32 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds via the Solidarity Lanes, land routes going through the territory of European Union member states.
Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Solskyi and Albanian Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Frida Krifca have held an online meeting to discuss agricultural exports and the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products.
24 April 2023
Russian invaders continue to rob the civilian population of Ukraine, appropriating the grain harvest.
The enemy focuses its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka directions where nearly 60 attacks were repulsed. The fiercest battles continue for Bakhmut and Marinka.
23 April 2023
The Group of Seven has called for the "extension, full implementation and expansion" of the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last year to help Ukraine export its grain through the sea corridor.
G7 backs extension, expansion of grain deal