Category: 9. Business

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran, and North Korea if Ukraine has to make concessions in order to end the war with Russia. In an interview with the FT, the secretary-general warned the US president-elect… Continue Reading

US representatives from the Biden administration say that their increased efforts to provide Ukraine with weapons at the end of Biden’s term, along with the president’s authorizations for missile strikes deep into Russia and the deployment of antipersonnel mines,… Continue Reading

Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, who is under Western sanctions, said that Putin is likely to reject the peace plan proposed by Trump’s recently appointed special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg. According to Malofeev, for the talks to be constructive, they must… Continue Reading

Ukraine will not agree to any other options, such as surrogates or substitutes for full NATO membership, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stressed on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum. The ministry recognized that it has failed to prevent… Continue Reading

US Defense Department officials have confirmed that the Biden administration will ask Congress for $24B in additional funding to support Ukraine. Of this amount, $8B would be allocated to the USAI (Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative) program, with $16B to replenish… Continue Reading

According to an anonymous senior NATO official, the United Kingdom and France are considering various options to guarantee Ukraine’s security if peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow are launched that lead to a cessation of hostilities. One possible scenario that could… Continue Reading

President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to protect 20 more special facilities from Russian air attack. Meanwhile, on December 2 the UN discussed the problems of protecting Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure from Russian attack…. Continue Reading

Ukrainian parliament members approved amendments to the Budget Code, which introduced a new concept in the budgetary sphere – conditional debt obligations. This establishes a special status for funds that Ukraine will receive from frozen Russian assets. “The… Continue Reading

In the last week of November, the NBU allowed the hryvnia to weaken to a new record low of ₴41.60 per $1, according to ICU. The total foreign exchange deficit last week increased due to increased demand on the interbank market. Net purchases for the four days of the… Continue Reading

Horodishche-Pustovarivskaya Agrarian Company (GOPAK), part of the Gals Agro agroholding, is the second company in Ukraine to start supplying biomethane it produces into the Ukrainian gas transportation system to be pumped into Ukrainian underground gas storage… Continue Reading