LONDON, Nov 18 - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday that he has no plan to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he pledged support for Ukraine as the U.K.’s top priority at this week’s G20 summit, The Associated Press reported.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has inspected the construction of fortifications in Donetsk region and held a meeting on the security situation in the region.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – The Shell gas station network in Ukraine may cost $105-132 million, according to director of the consulting group A-95 Serhiy Kuyun.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.3% in October 2024 compared to October 2023, a deceleration from September's 3.8% growth but an improvement over August and July figures of 0.3% and 1.1%, respectively, according to preliminary estimates by First Deputy Economy Minister Oleksiy Sobolev.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – NEQSOL Holding, owner of Vodafone Ukraine, the country's second-largest mobile operator, has completed a UAH 3.94 billion payment to Ukraine's state budget for acquiring United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC, Kyiv) in a privatization auction.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – Ukraine and the United States announced the launch of three new projects in the field of small modular reactors (SMRs), the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy reported, citing agreements reached by the two countries on the sidelines of the COP29 climate conference in Baku.
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KYIV, Nov 18 – Ukraine's operating NPPs reduced their electricity production on Sunday morning as a precaution against a massive combined Russian shelling aimed at energy infrastructure, which further worsened nuclear safety, said Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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KYIV, Nov 18 - President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, The Associated Press reported citing a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter.
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KYIV, Nov 15 – The time of disbursing EUR 4.1 billion for macrofinancial assistance (MFA) to Ukraine depends on the Council of the European Union, yet the European Commission is hopeful that will happen before the year-end, European Commission spokesperson Ana Pisonero said.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 15 – The second tranche of the European Union for Ukraine's military needs from unexpected income of frozen Russian assets may amount to EUR 1.9 billion, with payment to be made next spring.
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