Ukraine: $2.3 billion received from partners to restore and protect energy infrastructure

Ukraine’s international partners have already provided $2.3 billion to restore and protect the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this at a government meeting on September 12. “Together, the government of Ukraine and allied states allocated $2.3 billion to restore and protect the energy sector. These are, in particular, funds from the…

Ukraine: work done under Ukraine Facility programme to form basis to attract other donors

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and European Commission’s Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman discussed progress in the preparation of the Ukraine Plan under the EU’s Ukraine Facility programme. The parties agreed on the further schedule of meetings, the list of documents required for approval…

Ukraine: Ministry of Finance and IFC discuss attraction of private investments in country recovery

Last week, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Olga Zykova met with IFC’s Country Manager for Ukraine and Moldova Lisa Kaestner. The parties discussed the mechanisms for attracting private investments in Ukraine’s recovery as well as the priority areas of cooperation. Olga Zykova thanked IFC for the joint work on the implementation of initiatives to…

Ukraine: PM names three components of economy

The Ukrainian economy is being shaped in three dimensions: the wartime economy, the recovery economy and the economy of the future. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in a statement at the Yalta European Strategy in Kyiv. “The wartime economy is working. The recovery economy has been successfully launched and is gaining momentum.…