Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and several other senior government figures resigned in what appears set to be the biggest Cabinet shuffle and government reorganization since the full-scale invasion of 2022. Kuleba joins more than half a dozen colleagues, including the ministers of Strategic Industries, Justice, Reintegration and Ecology
Ukraine intends to maintain control over the Kursk region of Russia until Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiate, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with NBC News. Zelenskyy said Ukraine's objective is not to occupy Russian land, but to restore its territorial integrity and his
A Russian missile attack on a military institute in central Ukraine killed at least 51 people and injured 271 in the deadliest single attack of the war so far this year, the Ukrainian government has said. The attack, in the central Ukrainian town of Poltava, seriously damaged the Military Institute
Two members of the supervisory board of Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo resigned to protest what they called the "politically motivated" dismissal of CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi. The two board members, Daniel Dobbeni and Peder Andreasen, had opposed the dismissal in the board's 4-2 vote earlier
The story of Ukraine's $20 billion debt restructuring, the third-biggest in history and the first for a country at war, took twists and turns including sleepless nights, near collapse of talks and a car crash, Reuters reports. The news agency spoke to five sources off the record
The UK government has earmarked £3 million to teach English to Ukrainian civil servants who work in the area of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the Ukrainian government said. The money will be used to teach English to 1,400 Ukrainian civil servants per year for three years through the
European officials expect Iran to deliver ballistic missiles to Russia soon, potentially escalating the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The missiles pose a greater threat than previously supplied Iranian drones due to their higher speed and payload capacity, according to the report. While the exact details remain
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is visiting Kyiv for the fifth review of the lender's $15.6 billion aid program for Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The IMF team is meant to decide on an additional $1.1 billion disbursement from the program,
Romania's government has approved a plan to offer to buy the Giurgiulești International Free Port, the only port in neighboring Moldova, to position it as a hub for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Romania's Cabinet approved a proposal to start negotiations with the current owner, the European
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to give multiple loans to Ukrainian municipalities and companies in the coming weeks, to strengthen the country's infrastructure ahead of winter, a bank official told Reuters.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet with Ukrainian officials next week to review the country’s budget outlook and consider disbursing an additional $1.1 billion from their loan agreement, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The IMF team will visit for about a week starting Sept 4 to review
Investors holding 97% of Ukraine's more than $20 billion in international bonds agreed to a debt restructuring plan, giving the government more room to pay for its war against Russia's invasion and fulfilling a key condition of support from the International Monetary Fund. Approval means the
Ukraine will suspend payments on $2 .6 billion in GDP warrants, a $700 million loan from Cargill Financial Services International and $830 million in bonds of state power firm Ukrenergo, the government said Tuesday.
Ukrainian battlefield testing of bioengineered human tissue to treat vascular injuries has shown positive results, with no patients suffering infections or amputations after wounds from bullets, mines or shrapnel, said Humacyte, the biotech company developing the treatment, known as ATEV. An initial 30-day follow-up on 16 Ukrainians treated
Russia continued a wave of missile and drone attacks for a second day Tuesday, killing at least four people and prompting widespread power outages as it targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, local authorities said. Several explosions rocked the Kyiv area as the attacks continued overnight and into Tuesday morning.
