KYIV, Dec 12 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said in an interview broadcast late on Thursday that Kyiv was not yet ready to start talks with Russia as it lacked the weapons, security guarantees and international status that it sought.
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KYIV, Dec 12 – The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will consider the issue of the sixth review of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and allocation of the seventh tranche to Ukraine worth about $1.1 billion on December 20, according to the schedule of meetings posted on the Fund's website.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – Ukraine expects to receive approximately $8.5 billion in international financing from its partners by December of this year, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Andriy Pyshnyy announced during a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
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KYIV, Dec 13 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) announced on Thursday an increase in its key policy rate to 13.5% from 13%, citing an inflation rise to 11.2% in November. This move surprised the market, where most participants had expected the rate to remain unchanged at 13%.
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KYIV, Dec 11 – The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine expects that in the near future Ukraine will receive a power unit from the Estonian Auvere power plant, capable of providing electricity to 150,000 people, the department reported on Wednesday.
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KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukrainian enterprises reduced steel consumption by 7.95% year-on-year in January–November 2024, down to 2.996 million tons. According to a press release by Ukrmetalurgprom on Wednesday, imports during this period amounted to 1.136 million tons, representing 37.91% of the domestic steel market.
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KYIV, Dec 11 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has increased its forecast for Ukrainian wheat exports in the 2024/2025 marketing year (July 2024 to June 2025) by 0.5 million tons to 16.5 million tons and revised the country’s corn production estimate upward by 0.3 million tons to 26.5 million tons.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11 - Russia could launch its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again soon, the Pentagon said Wednesday, as both sides wrestle for a battlefield advantage that will give them leverage in any negotiations to end the nearly 3-year war.
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KYIV, Dec 11 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that Ukraine plans to increase the share of innovative products in the country's GDP to 15-20%.
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KYIV, Dec 11 – The Ministry of Economy estimated the growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) for January-November 2024 at 4% compared to the same period last year, First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko reported on her Linkedin on Wednesday.
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