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In the four months of 2022, Ukrainians transferred about $4 billion, which is half a billion less than last year. In April, the amount decreased by $174 million. In April, more than $1.01 billion in private remittances were sent to Ukraine. This is $72 million more than in March 2022 ($939 million), but $174 million […]
Yachts, villas and other assets worth about 10 billion euros belonging to Russian oligarchs and EU-sanctioned officials were also frozen. As part of the sanctions, the EU countries froze the assets of the Central Bank of Russia in the amount of about 23 billion euros ($ 24.5 billion). At the same time, the United States […]
The Council of the European Union has adopted a resolution allowing the temporary liberalization of trade and other trade concessions on certain Ukrainian goods. This is reported on the website of the Council of the EU. “This means that import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the European Union will not be paid for one […]
A proposal to link infrastructure reconstruction with structural reforms is due by the end of this month. Ukraine needs between €500 billion and €600 billion to rebuild, and the European Union is ready to cover a ‘large’ part of that amount. This was announced by Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis during a […]
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, we have received a lot of help from abroad. Much of this assistance came in cryptocurrency. The scale of aid The crypto community transferred more than $100 million to Ukraine during the first month of the war. The charity Aid For Ukraine alone has raised more […]
According to the newspaper Politico, citing four European diplomats, under the sixth package of sanctions, the European Commission plans to disconnect from the international payment system SWIFT Russian banks “Moscow Credit Bank” (MCB) and “Rosselkhozbank”. The source also confirms previous reports that these restrictions will affect the Sberbank, as previously predicted by European Commission President […]
The representative of the UN World Food Program said that before the war, Ukraine was one of the world’s most important producers of wheat, as well as a major supplier of corn. The war in Ukraine is seriously affecting the ability to export food. Some products are stuck in Ukrainian ports. This was stated by […]
Germany has backed an embargo on Russian oil as part of a new package of sanctions. At the last meeting of representatives of EU member states in Brussels, German delegates announced a positive decision on the part of their country to ban the import of energy resources from Russia. This was reported by a source […]
It is the funds of the Russian government and oligarchs that will be one of the main sources of filling the Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. The Prime Minister Denis Shmygal wrote about this in a Telegram. “Russia will pay a very high price for aggression against Ukraine. It is the funds of the […]
Pechersk District Court arrested 51 Belarusian tank cars that crossed the border in Chernihiv region on the eve of the Russian invasion. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation. It is noted that after the Russian invasion, tank cars actually provided logistics for the troops advancing in the direction […]