European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday unveiled a five-part "Rearm Europe" plan to mobilize €800 billion to enhance Europe's defense capabilities and provide military aid to Kyiv.
Firstly, she proposed a new financial instrument worth €150 billion to provide EU member states with loans backed by the EU budget for defense-related investments.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has submitted his resignation after an anti-corruption investigation implicated senior officials in his office in an alleged scheme to protect fraudulent call centers and launder criminal proceeds. Kravchenko tendered his resignation late on Sept. 7, calling it a “political decision” and saying he
Ukraine appointed Naftogaz chief executive Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister this past week in its biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle, testing whether reconstruction reforms that underpin billions of euros in international financing will stay on course. Koretskyi, confirmed as prime minister on 16 July, has sought to reassure international partners that
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has submitted his resignation after an anti-corruption investigation implicated senior officials in his office in an alleged scheme to protect fraudulent call centers and launder criminal proceeds. Kravchenko tendered his resignation late on Sept. 7, calling it a “political decision” and saying he
FILED · 07 SEP 2026 URN Weekly — the newsletter of Ukraine’s reconstruction From the Editor The Execution Problem There’s never enough money, of course. But money is only the beginning. A theme running through our reporting this week is that some of Ukraine’s hardest reconstruction problems go beyond
