BERLIN, Aug 20 - German officials on Monday rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. Berlin is its biggest supplier after the United States.
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KYIV, Aug 20 - The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has sent a request for international assistance through NATO's emergency response mechanism the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre.
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KYIV, Aug 20 - The Finance Ministry has announced an increase in the need for external financing of the state budget for next year from $22.7 billion set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program to $35 billion, Deputy Minister Olha Zykova reported.
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KYIV, Aug 20 - Currently, 24% of Ukraine's territory is assessed as potentially unsafe due to mining, and 703 people have suffered from explosive objects, Deputy Director of the Mine Action Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhiy Reva said.
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KYIV, Aug 20 - The vacancy rate of shopping and entertainment centers in Kyiv decreased from 16.3% in 2023 to 15.2% at the end of the first half of 2024, head of the legal consulting department of UTG Kostiantyn Oliynyk reported.
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KYIV, Aug 20 - Inflation in Ukraine in 2024 will accelerate to 7.8% instead of the previously expected 6.4%, economic growth will be 4% against 4.1% in the April forecast, and the likelihood of limited monetary financing of the budget deficit has increased, such are the main updates made to its macro forecast by the ICU investment group.
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KYIV, Aug 19 - Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
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KYIV, Aug 19 – Germany has decided to transfer a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, which includes an IRIS-T air defense system in addition to the two previously delivered, as well as drones, vehicles, small arms and ammunition, the federal government website reported on Monday.
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KYIV, Aug 19 – The Danish Government has announced the transfer of a new military aid package to Ukraine that includes money for the purchase of new military equipment through the Ukrainian defense industry and the industrial pool, as well as more donations of equipment through international partners.
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KYIV, Aug 19 – The cost of the first stage of anti-drone protection facilities of high-voltage equipment of NPC Ukrenergo is UAH 100-130 million (excluding VAT) of international donor funds, the company said.
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