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A trio of French arms manufacturers will cooperate with Ukrainian counterparts to create conditions for the opening of arms assembly plants in Ukraine, according to a statement by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorneuil. This step is intended to help Kyiv confront the Russian aggressors by setting up the production of spare parts, shells and ammunition […]
The upper house of the Swiss parliament has supported the government’s proposal to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, France24 reports. More than $8 billion of the Russian central bank is kept in this country. Twenty-one MPs voted in favor of this proposal, 19 were against, and three abstained. The Lower House passed the bill […]
Polish farmers continue to block the movement of trucks at six checkpoints, reports Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service. There are approximately 2,350 trucks in queues in Poland. At the same time, as of today, farmers have completely blocked truck traffic at the Shehyni checkpoint. According to Demchenko, the situation at the […]
Thousands of Polish trucks carrying Russian agricultural products are quietly crossing the border from Belarus to Poland and vice versa, while Polish protesters have essentially blocked the movement of freight transport on the Ukrainian border. This is stated in an investigation by Ukrainska Pravda. Journalists note that although in September 2023, following farmers’ protests, Poland […]
This weekend marks exactly two years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. Despite the enormous challenges and delays in the delivery of Western aid to counter the Russian offensive, as well as the devastation caused by the fighting, Ukraine and its tech startup ecosystem continue to set an example of resilience, TechCrunch […]
At the Dorohusk railroad checkpoint on the border, unidentified persons dumped Ukrainian agricultural products from railroad cars, the Ministry of Infrastructure reports. Grain carriers with rapeseed were transiting through Poland to Germany. According to the agency, the incident occurred today at about 9 a.m. at the Dorohusk railroad checkpoint. Unidentified persons damaged rapeseed in three […]
On the morning of February 20, Polish protesters intensified their protests near the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint. Farmers blocked the railroad. They also spilled grain from a freight car on the tracks. This was reported by a Suspilne correspondent from the scene. “This is a reaction to the influx of grain from Ukraine. It is very bad. […]
The German arms concern Rheinmetall has signed a memorandum with the Ukrainian authorities to build a plant to produce artillery shells. Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturer Rheinmetall will open a joint plant for the production of shells in Ukraine. This was reported by the arms concern in the social network Х Rheinmetall, Europe’s largest ammunition maker, […]
State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko noted that the protests of Polish farmers on the border with Ukraine caused problems with the delivery of humanitarian aid. “With the number of border crossings that we have at the moment regarding the movement of trucks, I have doubts that the participants of this blockade are letting […]
Ukraine refused to remove Raiffeisen Bank from the list of war sponsors, calling on the largest Western bank in Russia to cut its ties with Moscow. This was reported by Reuters. It is noted that in a letter sent to Raiffeisen in early February 2024, Ukrainian officials questioned whether the bank was doing everything possible […]