WASHINGTON, April 23 - The Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate moved ahead on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war.
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KYIV, April 23 – The U.K. will send its largest shipment of military aid to Ukraine so far in the war worth at least GBP 500 million, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told President Zelenskyy in a phone call.
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KYIV, Apr 23 – The Danish government has decided to allocate an additional EUR 380 million for the restoration of Ukraine's infrastructure and the construction of wind power plants, Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs of Denmark Morten Bodskov said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
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KYIV, Apr 23 – The shelling by Russian aggressors of the buildings of the National Science Centre Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology in 2022 was aimed at causing harm to a nuclear facility and was qualified as ecocide.
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BRUSSELS, April 23 – The European Parliament finally voted and supported the proposal of the European Commission, modified during negotiations with the Council of the EU, to extend for another year, until June 5, 2025, the liberal trade regime with Ukraine, aimed at stabilizing the Ukrainian economy and gradual integration of the country into the EU internal market.
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KYIV, April 22 – Vast farmland makes Ukraine a potentially strong player in the biomethane market, the development of this market will help strengthen the Ukrainian agricultural sector and help farmers diversify their business, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaliy Holovnia said at the First Ukraine Biomethane Forum on Monday.
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KYIV, April 22 – In Kharkiv region, up to a hundred settlements out of approximately 500 that have been de-energized since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine remain without electricity, acting General Director of JSC Kharkivoblenergo Viacheslav Kravtsov has said.
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KYIV, April 22 – The export of agricultural products in Ukrainian ports on the Danube has decreased, and freight rates have fallen by 50-60% compared to last year - the situation in Danube logistics is critical, the Ukrainian Ports Association Ukrport said in an appeal to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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WASHINGTON, April 22 - President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $61 billion for Ukraine.
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KYIV, April 22 – The U.S. National Academy of Sciences is working to create a new multimillion-dollar joint science and innovation fund for Ukraine, U.S. Special Representative for Economic Recovery of Ukraine Penny Pritzker has said.
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