KYIV, Sept 11 – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ukrainian authorities have reached staff-level agreement (SLA) on the Fifth Review of the 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement, paving the way to the IMF reported on its website on Wednesday night.
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BRUSSELS, Sept 11 – European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has said the European Union is ready to completely stop the transit of Russian gas through the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) after the current agreements expires in December this year.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 10 - Former President Donald Trump spoke heatedly in Tuesday’s presidential debate about wanting Russia’s war in Ukraine to be over — but twice refused to directly answer a question about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win, The Associated Press reported.
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KYIV, Sept 10 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, stressing the critical importance of external funding for non-military budget expenditures, pointed to an agreed total support amount of $142 billion under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement with the IMF. This amount corresponds to the negative scenario of the program in case the war drags on, whereas the IMF had previously referred to a base scenario of $122 billion in total support.
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KYIV, Sept 10 – Consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 0.6% in August 2024, following a flat rate in July and a 2.2% rise in June, according to the State Statistics Service on Tuesday.
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KYIV, Sept 10 – The promised $50 billion in revenue from frozen Russian assets, which the G7 has earmarked for Ukraine in 2025, is the resource allowing the government to settle for a smaller tax increase than initially proposed, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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KYIV, Sept 10 - Ukraine's international partners, as part of the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, financed the purchase of 170 MW of distributed generation equipment, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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KYIV, Sept 10 – The majority of planned energy facilities, particularly those of Ukrenergo, are now 85% protected by the first and second levels of protection against drones and missiles, reported Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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KYIV, Sept 9 - A senior Ukrainian official said Monday that Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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KYIV, Sept 9 – The Swedish government has announced the 17th package of military assistance to Ukraine worth SEK 4.6 billion, or EUR 400 million, on Monday.
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