Category: 9. Business

The EU signed agreements worth €2.3B, including guarantees and grants, which will enable Ukraine to attract up to €10B in additional investment, according to EC President Ursula von der Leyen. She also announced the launch of the Global Reconstruction and Renovation…

Defense support to Ukraine from Europe during the full-scale war amounts to about €54B, or less than 0.1% of the bloc’s GDP, said European Commissioner for Defense Andris Kubilius on the sidelines of URC2025. Considering this, he called for increased investment in…

Over 14 years, Ukraine aims to develop two major funds. The first, the $540B Ukraine Fund, is based on the World Bank’s estimate of rebuilding costs and will be managed by Ukraine. It will be financed through confiscated Russian assets and a special tax on Russian raw…

During the 14th meeting of the Ukrainian Donor Platform’s Steering Committee within URC2025, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that by the end of June the government had submitted amendments to the state budget law, including nearly $10B more for defense. “The…

According to Kateryna Mykhalko, the executive director of the Technological Forces of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada is working on legislation that will create a framework to regulate this process. She believes Ukrainian arms exports will be opened if the president declares…

US President Donald Trump is ready to sign a sanctions bill targeting Russia. However, he will only do so if the bill is amended to grant him more control. The current bill allows the president to lift 500% tariffs on countries that purchase Russian oil and uranium for…

The country is building over 700 MW of wind capacity and more than 200 MW of energy storage systems (BESS), said Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) at URC2025. He noted that between 2022 and the first quarter of 2025, Ukraine…

Vladimir Putin continues to ignore President Trump’s disappointment and push forward in Ukraine with renewed intensity, ignoring new pressure from the US potentially being applied. The Russian dictator believes Russia’s battlefield advantage is growing, and that…

During a discussion organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on the eve of URC2025, US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg recalled how, after World War II, the US launched the Marshall Plan for Europe. “I think we should do the same for Ukraine. This will be a very…

Another raid on Kyiv has caused significant damage to infrastructure and killed civilians. The Russian military is increasing its production of kamikaze drones in order to intensify its strikes on Ukrainian territory. It is expected that in the coming months, Russia will…