WASHINGTON, Nov 21 - Two U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News Thursday that a Russian "experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile" (IRBM) launched at Ukraine was not hypersonic.
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KYIV, Nov 21 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine has called on the Cabinet of Ministers and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine to step up efforts to combat the shadow economy to ensure budget revenues and fair competition.
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KYIV, Nov 21 – The Ministry of Defense contracted the procurement of domestic high-tech weapons worth UAH 90 billion for 2024-2025, which is almost a third of all expenditures on arms, Head of the Procurement Policy Department of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine Hlib Kanevsky has said on Thursday.
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KYIV, Nov 21 – In Ukraine on Wednesday after the release of the game by Ukrainian developers "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl" Internet traffic in Ukraine increased by 35% compared to the usual level, which led to an overload of international traffic channels and a slowdown in the networks of fixed Internet providers in Ukraine.
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KYIV, Nov 21 – The administration of current U.S. President Joseph Biden has submitted to Congress a statement of intent to cancel half of Ukraine's debt for economic assistance in the amount of about $4.65 billion, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a briefing on Wednesday.
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ROME, Nov 21 –The Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (Mimit) and the mining and metallurgical group Metinvest signed a joint declaration on Wednesday during the Italy-Ukraine business forum in Rome. This agreement forms part of a broader initiative to restart the steel complex in Piombino and includes the construction of an advanced, environmentally friendly steel plant by the Ukrainian group, valued at EUR 2.5 billion, as reported by an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent.
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KYIV, Nov 20 - President Biden approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine late Tuesday, a reversal of policy and yet another escalation in the conflict with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The state budget law for 2025, adopted by Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, projects a reduction in the budget deficit from 24.2% of GDP in 2024 (UAH 1.846 trillion) to 19.4% of GDP (UAH 1.64 trillion), according to the Ministry of Finance website.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Raiffeisen Bank (Kyiv) have announced the creation of two new risk sharing frameworks (RSF) for a total amount equivalent to approximately $210 million, the financial institution’s website reported on Wednesday.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The first meeting within the Northern Group-Ukraine format, which unites 12 European countries and is designed to promote the development of defense cooperation, was held in Denmark, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
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