On Thursday night, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Ryazan oil refinery and an enemy ammunition depot near the village of Valuyki in Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Explosions and a large-scale fire were…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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Coalition of the Willing must also be coalition of payers
Belgium insists on establishing a clear legal framework and shared responsibility for using Russia’s frozen assets to benefit Ukraine – something it says is still lacking.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever made the statement ahead of a meeting of the EU heads of state and…
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NBU keeps key policy rate at 15.5%
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 15.5%.
This was stated by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy during a briefing, as reported by an Ukrinform correspondent.
“The NBU Board has decided to maintain the key policy rate…
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Vodafone Ukraine raises tender offer price for eurobond buyback to 98% of face value for 6th time
Vodafone Ukraine LLC (VFU), the country’s second-largest mobile operator, which has repurchased nearly $7 million of its eurobonds since late May in connection with dividend payments, has again raised its tender offer price, for the…
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Spain plans to join NATO initiative
On Thursday, October 23, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Madrid is considering joining NATO’s PURL (Priority Ukraine Requirements List) initiative, which focuses on the joint procurement and delivery of American weapons to Ukraine.
That is according to…
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Zelenskyy calls on EU to make decision on frozen Russian assets as soon as possible
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the participants of the European Council meeting to make a decision as soon as possible on the use of frozen Russian assets to protect against Russian aggression.
“And when we…
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AgriAcademy trains a new generation of agrarians
The problem of a shortage of experienced personnel is becoming increasingly acute for Ukrainian farmers, particularly in livestock farming. This was reported by Oksana Yurchenko, project coordinator at the FAO Investment Center in…
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Ukraine welcomes new U.S., EU sanctions against Russia, as a Trump slowly ups the pressure on Putin
Ukraine’s leader welcomed a raft of new economic sanctions against Russia being imposed by the Trump administration and the European Union on Thursday, calling the increased pressure on Moscow “very important.”
CBS News correspondent Ramy…
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EU joins U.S. in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks
The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.
It is a broadened effort to choke off the revenue that funds…
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Ukraine proposes Europe change queue order for Patriot systems
Ukraine is proposing to Europe to change the order of the Patriot air defense system deliveries, as some countries in the system are not using them in the same way as Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
“We have talked…
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