This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Ukraine’s economy, which grew 3.0 per cent in 2024 despite the pressures of Russia’s full-scale war, is forecast to grow 3.5 per cent in 2025 and strengthen further to 5.0 per cent in 2026 provided that an agreement to suspend fighting is reached this year, says […]EBRD revises down Ukraine’s 2025 growth forecast
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Ukraine’s economy, which grew 3.0 per cent in 2024 despite the pressures of Russia’s full-scale war, is forecast to grow 3.5 per cent in 2025 and strengthen further to 5.0 per cent in 2026 provided that an agreement to suspend fighting is reached this year, says […]Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion
February 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is estimated at $524 billion (€506 billion) over the next decade, according to a new study published on Tuesday. The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the […]Parliament to display EU and Ukrainian flags in support of Ukraine
February 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EU and Ukrainian flags will be flown at the European Parliament’s three sites from Sunday 23 February to Tuesday 25 February, marking three years since Russia’s invasion. Russia launched its unprovoked, unjustified and illegal attack against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Special set-ups of […]UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best
February 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a growing expectation of a ceasefire, although the situation remains extremely fluid. Despite the uncertainty, the UN is planning how to best support the country when the fighting […]Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have endured continuous attacks, “psychological terror…displacement and hardship”, top UN aid coordinator Matthias Schmale said on Friday. Briefing from Ukrainian capital Kyiv after another night of “air sirens and more loud explosions”, […]Ukraine: Guterres says ‘Enough is Enough’ as war reaches the three-year mark
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in clear violation of the UN Charter and international law, and the UN Secretary-General has renewed his call for de-escalation and an end to the conflict. “On this tragic occasion, I reaffirm the urgent need […]Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. 24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them, enduring the same difficult conditions, have been a lifeline throughout the war. “I’m trying not to cry, but […]Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
February 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of support, according to UN Women. Russia’s full-scale invasion has forced more than 1.8 million women to flee their homes within Ukraine, whilenearly 6.7 million require humanitarian […]Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine paramount, Security Council hears
February 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A senior UN political affairs official on Monday reaffirmed that any peace deal in Ukraine must respect the country’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, in accordance with the UN Charter and international law. Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale […]Ukraine’s Oschadbank joins EBRD’s Energy Security Support Facility
February 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Oschadbank has become the third bank in Ukraine to join the EBRD’s Energy Security Support Facility (ESSF), a landmark programme that enables the country’s financial sector to provide better access to financing for energy security investments. It follows Ukrgasbank and PrivatBank, which joined the ESSF in […]EBRD President reaffirms Bank’s support on fifth wartime visit to Ukraine
February 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. A senior delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), headed by President Odile Renaud-Basso, visited Kyiv this week for talks with Ukraine’s government and business leaders on support for the Ukrainian economy. This three-day visit came at a critical juncture, with the war nearing the […]Ukraine: UNICEF alarmed over incessant attacks devastating young lives
February 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The largest UN agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem who depend on them “for their sheer survival”, a day after the Israeli parliament ban […]World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update
January 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, carrying food and nutrition supplies for families at risk of famine. In an alert on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the trucks will be the first from the UN agency to reach Wad Madani in […]New year sees uptick and expansion of fighting on Ukraine’s frontlines
January 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The recent holiday and New Year season brought no respite in Ukraine, but rather an escalation and even expansion of the fighting, consistent with developments in 2024, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. “Most disturbingly, in 2024 […]UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief
January 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The embattled people of Ukraine and those forced abroad need $3.32 billion in lifesaving and sustained humanitarian assistance to help them cope as a fourth year of war looms after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, UN aid chiefs said on Thursday. In a joint appeal from […]UN pledges continued humanitarian support to Ukraine, as war enters fourth year
January 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s humanitarian coordinator and refugee chief are in Ukraine this week where they will unveil the latest plans to assist millions impacted by the full-scale Russian invasion. More than 12.7 million people inside Ukraine require aid, as do the more than 6.8 million Ukrainian refugees worldwide. […]World News in Brief: Solidarity with Ukraine, Haiti earthquake victims remembered, funding for Sudan healthcare
January 14, 2025 by 9 Comments
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top aid official has travelled to Ukraine where he’s expressed his solidarity with the country’s people, who continue to come under attack from Russian forces. Speaking from Zaporizhzhya on the front line in eastern Ukraine, Tom Fletcher reported that air strikes continue to “kill and […]New €148 million EU humanitarian aid package for Ukraine
January 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As Russia’s war of aggression continues to devastate Ukraine, approximately 12.7 million people are in need of urgent assistance. New European Commission funding will be used to provide life-saving support and ensure that essential aid reaches the most vulnerable populations in Ukraine. The €148 […]Resilience of Ukrainians remains high, as UN maps aid and reconstruction needs for 2025
January 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Persistent Russian bombardments have failed to dampen the resilience of the Ukrainian people, according to the United Nations. Despite the lack of a clear resolution to the ongoing war, the UN is not only at the forefront of aid efforts, but also deeply involved in reconstruction and […]Commission disburses first €3 billion to Ukraine of its part of the G7 loan, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian assets
January 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has disbursed today the first €3 billion tranche of its exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) loan for Ukraine, which will be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian State assets in the EU. This loan, amounting up to €18.1 billion, represents the EU’s […]Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia attack marks highest civilian casualties in nearly two years
January 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian casualties in a single incident in almost two years, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has reported. Thirteen civilians were killed, and 110 injured, when two aerial bombs […]Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks
January 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range missiles and drones, in a bid to capture further territory in the east of the country, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on Wednesday. In a scheduled update mandated by the […]EBRD and Credit Agricole Ukraine join forces to support Ukrainian firms
January 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The signing of a Risk Sharing Framework (RSF) agreement for €50 million between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Credit Agricole Ukraine (CAU) today will enhance the capacity of the bank to make loans to a greater number of Ukrainian companies, including small […]EBRD’s EU-backed guarantee to OTP Bank Ukraine to enable €200 million of new lending
January 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a new, unfunded portfolio risk-sharing facility to Ukraine’s JSC OTP Bank (OTPU) to enable €200 million of new financing to Ukraine’s private sector in the midst of the ongoing war. The EBRD’s facility will cover up to […]Ukraine: EIB provides €55 million to reconstruct social infrastructure
December 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided €55 million in EU guarantee-backed funds under the Ukraine Recovery Programme to reconstruct hospitals, social housing, educational facilities, heating, water and waste systems, and other critical social infrastructure in 2025 and beyond. The funding can be used for any of […]EIB provides €86 million to protect Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from Russian attacks
December 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has directed €86 million, backed by EU guarantees, to Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s national electricity transmission system operator, to support the physical protection of Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure. This funding – provided under the EIB’s Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response Package developed in cooperation with […]EIB provides €16.5 million for new public transport in war-torn cities of Ukraine
December 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced €16.5 million in EU-backed funding to renew urban public transport in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Odesa. Backed by an EU guarantee, this operation is part of the EIB’s Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response package, developed in close collaboration with the […]‘We must not normalise the war in Ukraine,’ warns country coordinator
December 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. On Wednesday UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale briefed the press after visiting the war-ravaged eastern Donetsk region, sharing harrowing accounts of human resilience amid the chaos of Russia’s ongoing invasion. The UN’s top official in the country – who also coordinates all the organization’s humanitarian […]Ukraine: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid winter freeze, daily attacks
December 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilians near the frontlines of Ukraine’s war with Russia are living “on the edge”, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Monday, calling for urgent international action to increase protection and sustain humanitarian aid. Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships at the UN […]EU adopts 15th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine
December 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia. The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions’ circumvention. It also includes substantial individual and entity listings related to the […]Ukraine: EIB and Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation strengthen efforts to safeguard EU bank investments and fight fraud and corruption
December 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in combating potential fraud and corruption involving European Union-backed investments in Ukraine. Signed by EIB Inspector General Monique Koning, General Counsel José Maria Fernández Martin […]Ukraine joins the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe programme
December 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, Ukraine joins the Media strand of the Creative Europe programme, which supports the audiovisual sector by funding selected projects related to film development and distribution, online and TV content, as well as the creation of innovative tools and business models in the audiovisual […]World News in Brief: Haiti gang massacre, Taliban crackdown continues, Ukraine’s civilian death toll rises
December 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. At least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, were killed in Haiti’s Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cité Soleil over the weekend, prompting strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres. According to local reports, the elderly victims were massacred under the orders of a gang leader in […]
