Category: 9. Business

Although the Ukrainian foundry industry has lost approximately 50% of its capacity since the beginning of the war, and the existing enterprises are operating at 30-50% capacity, the industry continues to operate despite all the challenges of the war. The main problems in the foundry industry… Continue Reading

The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has started negotiations on a new scheme for transporting Russian oil through Ukraine, and it will independently take responsibility for this process. The change in the supply scheme became necessary after Ukrainian authorities banned MOL’s main partner,… Continue Reading

In 2010-2021, the Ukrainian agricultural sector made a significant leap in development, employing 17% of Ukrainians who produce 19% of GDP, with 70% of its products exported, which is one of the highest indicators in Europe, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. The Ukrainian products that… Continue Reading

According to analysts, in 2021 more than 35% of Ukrainians considered their well-being terrible, 47% rated it as average, and 13.9% called it good. In 2022, 9.6% of citizens were satisfied with their well-being. In 2023, 49.7% of Ukrainians considered their well-being average, 34% of… Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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

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