KYIV, Feb 26 – In 2024, Ukraine expects to receive EUR 16 billion ($17.34 billion at the current rate) of budget support from the European Union within the framework of the Ukraine Facility, with the total planned volume of external financing included in the state budget being $37 billion, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KYIV, Feb 26 - Half of all Western military support promised to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately costing the lives of soldiers in Russia’s war, Ukraine’s defense minister said Sunday.

KYIV, Feb 26 – Ukraine will in the coming days send the first vessels with containers along the Danube to Constanta, and then up the Danube. However, the immediate plans also include the resumption of operation of container terminals in the ports of Big Odesa, said Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov has said.

KYIV, Feb 24 – To completely close the financing of the state budget deficit in 2023 in the amount of $38 billion, Ukraine has to secure $5 billion, the government expects that it will be provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

BRUSSELS, Feb 24 – The European Union will not rest until peace is restored in an independent, sovereign Ukraine, EU leaders said in a statement commemorating the anniversary of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 24 - President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe’s security.

KYIV, Feb 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Tuesday introduced into circulation the updated 200-hryvnia banknotes, which will gradually replace the old banknotes, the central bank has said on its website.

KYIV, Feb 26 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled a potential reshuffle of his government on Wednesday that local media said could include axing Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk in favor of businessman and veteran politician Serhiy Tyhypko, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 25 – The international investigation team probing the crash of an MH17 flight (Joint Investigation Team) has said it found a person who witnessed the missile launch against the plane.

KYIV, Feb 26 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov has said the situation with the coronavirus is completely under control, the NSDC press service said.