The losses, the damage, the insurance and the war.
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.
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.
This review of Ukraine's premier legal directory "Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients," is written mainly with an eye to foreign investors interested in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The 10 law firms covered individually here include Sayenko Kharenko, Asters, Integrites, Baker McKenzie, Avellum, Dentons,
Timothy Snyder, the celebrity US historian, and actor Mark Hamill, the original Luke Skywalker, joined a campaign to raise $441,000 to buy 30 demining robots to clear land in Ukraine for civilian use and the reconstruction of the country. "This is a new campaign, starting right now, to
Ukraine has exported 64.4 million tonnes of cargo, including 43.5 million tonnes of farm goods, through the Black Sea maritime transport corridor since it opened a year ago, the Infrastructure Ministry said. Some 2,379 ships have supplied goods to 46 nations through the corridor, which opened with
Fitch downgraded Ukraine's credit rating to Restricted Default after the country temporarily defaulted on its 2026 Eurobond payment as part of a $20 billion debt restructuring plan. The ratings agency cut Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from
Ukraine's deputy energy minister and three others have been arrested for allegedly accepting a $500,000 bribe in exchange for the transfer of state-owned coal mining equipment, state anti-corruption authorities said. Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) alleged that Deputy Energy Minister Oleksandr Kheil,
Major Ukrainian companies are calling for mass exemptions for their staff from military service, even offering to pay to exempt workers from the draft, as they throttle back production amid a worsening labor shortage, according to a Financial Times news feature. Pipe maker Interpipe, for example, has more than 1,
The Ukrainian government will hold a new tender for the reconstruction of a children's hospital hit by a Russian missile last month after public outcry over the selection process prompted the cancellation of a previous tender.
S&P Global cut Ukraine's credit rating to "selective default" on Friday after the country failed to make a coupon payment on an existing bond as it restructures its debt. The ratings agency cut Ukraine's long-term and short-term foreign currency (FC)
Ukraine has made a $201 million payment to holders of its GDP warrants, securities linked to the country's economic performance, that weren’t part of a $20-billion eurobond restructuring agreement with private creditors announced early this week, Bloomberg News reported, citing unnamed sources. The payment eases concerns
The Ukrainian prosecutor general's office has launched an online tool that tracks investigations into crimes related to businesses in Ukraine in response to pressure from companies who complain of police inaction. The tool, which is open to the public, tracks and displays data on the number of registered
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for applications from charities and other non-profit groups in Ukraine to help carry out anti-corruption programs in 13 communities as part of a test project for the reconstruction of Ukraine. The project, funded by the government of Japan, is aimed
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says its exposure to Ukraine poses "absolutely" no risk to the lender's triple-A credit rating, a senior bank official told the Reuters news agency Friday. EBRD Vice President for Banking Matteo Patrone said the bank is "
Donald Trump, if re-elected as president of the US in November, could strengthen sanctions against Russia, bolster the US defense industry and create a $500 billion lend-lease program for Ukraine to end the Russian invasion, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
