Category: 9. Business

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale aggression, Poland has become Ukraine’s main logistics and transit hub, as well as a supplier of critical products for the economy’s functioning. Partly due to this, along with migrant workers and refugees working in the…

Most Germans (66%) oppose paying unemployment benefits (Bürgergeld) to Ukrainian refugees and favor sending Ukrainians of military age back home (62%), according to a survey by the INSA public opinion research institute. In Germany as of March 2025, 701,000 Ukrainians…

US President Donald Trump sees that the possibility of transferring Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could increase pressure on Moscow. However, he noted that he doesn’t know if this threat influenced Putin to reengage with the US in peace talks. Trump believes that the…

During a phone call with Donald Trump last week, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin demanded that Kyiv completely relinquish control of Donetsk as a condition of ending the war. At the same time, he hinted that he is prepared to cede parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia….

The US administration is considering the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia, including high tariffs on Russian oil, gas, and export goods, in order to further weaken Moscow economically. However, President Donald Trump thinks that now is not the time for new…

The head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, stated: “We have inflicted much greater direct damage on Russia than any economic levers of influence that have been introduced so far”. He emphasized that Western sanctions that have been placed…

The Kiel Institute reports that aid in July and August declined by 43% compared to the first half of the year. Most military aid now comes via the PURL program, supported by NATO allies including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, and…

According to The Economist: “Since the stabilization of the front line after Ukraine’s first counteroffensive in October 2022, it has hardly changed. Based on the last 30 days, it will take until June 2030 to capture the remaining parts of the four regions that Putin…

said Alfred Kammer, head of the IMF’s European Department. In contrast, Andriy Pyshny, head of the NBU, sees no reason to talk about the Ukrainian economy’s stagnation. According to him, the economy is gradually recovering with 0.8% growth in the first half of the…

During meetings in Washington between Ukrainian government officials and IMF representatives this week, progress was made toward approving Ukraine’s request for a new program, but there is still a lot of work to do, said Alfred Kammer, head of the IMF’s European…