Category: 9. Business
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Goodbye energy exports: The Russian Federation launches a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy system, using 127 missiles and 109 drones.
Clarifying information about the shelling on August 26, President Zelenskyy said that Russia attacked 15 regions of Ukraine, causing severe damage and civilian deaths. The Minister of Energy stated that as a result of the massive shelling, a wave of emergency power outages swept through… Continue Reading
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The US does not want to allow Ukraine to strike with its weapons deep into the Russian Federation, hoping to restart relations with the Kremlin in the future.
The administration of US President Joe Biden does not want to permit Ukraine to strike with its weapons deep into the Russian Federation because, in the future, Washington hopes to “reset” relations with Moscow, and giving this permission to strike could nullify such efforts, writes… Continue Reading
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The US proposes adjusting military aid to Ukraine so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can gain a better foothold in the Kursk region.
The White House is considering revising the content of its military aid packages to Kyiv so that they best meet the needs of the military in the Kursk Region, the WP reports. Some officials anonymously told the newspaper that the Pentagon has already requested information from Kyiv about the… Continue Reading
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Ukraine is concerned about the delay in the provision of a $50B loan secured by Russian assets.
As Bloomberg says, these funds should arrive in Kyiv by the end of the year, according to the June G7 “agreement”, which provides that the loan will be repaid using the profits from more than $280B in frozen Russian funds. Although the G7’s time frame for the “agreement” is stretched… Continue Reading
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The Bundestag states that the $50B loan for Ukraine is a bonus, not a replacement for German aid.
The chairman of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, Michael Roth from Olaf Scholz’s party, said that the $50B loan for Ukraine planned by international partners should go to Ukraine in addition to the existing bilateral military aid from Germany, not instead of it. At the same time,… Continue Reading
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What are the risks of Scholz’s position regarding German aid to Ukraine?
Kyiv has become hostage to 2025’s budget agreement struggle between the three parties in Germany’s dysfunctional coalition government. As the FT writes, Germany will reduce aid to Ukraine from €7.5B this year to €4B next year and to €500M in 2027. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz… Continue Reading
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Primary real estate in Ukraine will increase in price by 5-10% by the end of the year.
According to the real estate developer Intergal-Bud, an upward price trend returned to Ukraine’s primary real estate market in July. Currently, prices are slightly higher than at the beginning of the year. Moreover, the heating season is ahead, and possible blackouts will hold back sales and… Continue Reading
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Ukraine acquires global defense tech hub status; more than 100 investment partners from 30 countries are interested in domestic developments.
Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said that Ukraine’s partners admire the expertise of Ukrainian developers and the fact that Ukrainian solutions demonstrate their effectiveness on the battlefield. “They are trying to use our experience and work to improve their… Continue Reading
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Central and Eastern Europe is increasing solar generation capacity: Which countries have become the strongest growth drivers?
Electricity production from solar power plants in Central and Eastern Europe is growing faster than in any other European region. According to the Ember platform, solar energy production in the five largest countries of the region – Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Poland – jumped by… Continue Reading
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Researchers have proposed several ways to overcome the personnel crisis in Ukraine.
According to an EasyBusiness study, in October last year 55% of employers had a personnel shortage, and in April 2024 the indicator increased to 74%. The reasons for the situation’s deterioration are mobilization, the outflow of the able-bodied population abroad, the expansion of defense… Continue Reading