economy
Ukraine border blockade with Poland: carriers are withdrawing en masse from the ‘eQueue’ at the Yahodyn checkpoint. During the night of May 12 to 13, the customs post processed only 8 trucks. On May 12, starting at 4:00 p.m., the international road checkpoint Dorohusk–Yahodyn was blocked by protests from Polish carriers, preventing passage. “The electronic queue, which yesterday included 1,391 […]
The Ukraine Energy Support Fund has received over €1 billion in contributions. Italy will contribute €13 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. The funds will be used to purchase equipment, carry out repairs, and strengthen Ukraine’s energy system amid Russian attacks. This was announced by the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy on Friday, February 28. The agreement […]
Turkey ratified the free trade agreement with Ukraine. It was originally signed on February 3, 2022, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved the agreement and its appendices on August 1. Under the agreement, Istanbul will abolish import duties for 93.4% of industrial and 7.6% of agricultural goods, while Ukraine will do the same for 56% of industrial and 11.5% of […]
Currently, the situation in Ukraine’s energy sector has stabilized due to the early completion of repairs on two nuclear power plant units and a decrease in air temperature. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during today’s government meeting, according to Ukrinform, citing his Telegram. “Thanks to the early completion of repairs on two nuclear power plant units and […]
Lana Zerkal thinks Ukraine could have had more light during the hot months of June and July 2024 if the Minister of Energy of Ukraine had solved a simple problem: how to reduce the duration of power outages using the available capabilities and resources. This issue will become particularly relevant this winter. Therefore, I will try to suggest a solution […]
Do you remember that the economy is the foundation of our defense capability? Well, soon there will be nothing left of the Ukrainian economy. It’s no secret that developed and successful countries, when making decisions, study various scenarios of their implementation and their consequences. But here, something is first announced, then done, then there are gasps and sighs. But it’s […]
The most important peacekeeper: India is the absolute champion in maritime imports of Russian bloody crude oil, Andrii Klymenko found out. In May 2024, India imported – according to our own monitoring – 7.1 million tons of crude oil from Russian ports in the Baltic (5.7 million tons) and Black (1.4 million tons) Seas. This is 47.6% of the total […]
In May 2024, not “shadowy,” but completely transparent tankers belonging to Greek shipowners, a member of the EU and NATO, transported: – Russian crude oil from Russian ports in the Baltic Sea – 3.4 million tons (30.55% of the total volume – an absolute 1st place); 29 tankers were recorded and identified. – Russian petroleum products from Russian ports in […]
The World Bank has reclassified Ukraine into the category of upper-middle-income countries, with the country’s income estimated at $5,070 per capita, censor.net reports. This reclassification is reflected in the World Bank’s income level classification for the 2025 financial year, according to Forbes. The World Bank divides the world’s economies into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high. The classification […]
In Oleksandr Kochetkov’s opinion, the intention to raise electricity tariffs is an undisguised sabotage against Ukraine. And if we had a truly independent SBU, it would have to investigate such actions under the article “treason”. And it doesn’t matter if it’s malicious intent or just the usual stupidity. I will explain why. 1. Our international partners allocate targeted funds to support and restore […]
The value of Ukraine’s mineral resources is estimated at $15 trillion, most of them in the regions attacked by Russia The value of all Ukraine’s mineral resources is estimated at $14.8 trillion, with more than 70% of the reserves in three oblasts – Donetsk, Luhansk, and Dnipro. This is according to the calculations of the Ukrainian edition of Forbes based […]
Ukrainian assets and hryvnia are falling sharply amid ongoing Russian aggression: what are the consequences? For the second day in a row, Ukraine’s Eurobonds are falling sharply in price due to the risk of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine after unsuccessful US-NATO talks with Russia. What about Eurobonds? Quotations for Ukraine’s Eurobonds on the market continued to fall on January […]