Ukraine will receive €50 billion from the EU even without Hungary’s support
This was announced by German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner in an interview with Bloomberg.
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Ukraine’s public debt has exceeded $140.8 billion
This was reported by the head of the Ukrainian tax committee, Danylo Hetmantsev. The state debt has grown significantly since the beginning of the full-scale invasion – by 50.9% in currency equivalent.
The range of Storm Shadow missiles handed over to Ukraine is twice as long as expected – German military expert Erhard Bühler on the destruction of the landing ship Novocherkassk in the port of Feodosiya
Previously, it was believed that Ukraine had received an export version of these missiles with a range of 250 kilometers. However, according to Bühler, if the AFU managed to reach Feodosiya, this may indicate that they have the original version…
F-16 fighter jets are probably already in Ukraine
This was reported by Newsweek, citing a source in the US government.
Ukraine has sentenced in absentia the head of the so-called “DPR”, Denys Pushylin, to 15 years in prison
He was charged with encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and collaboration activities, the Office of the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine has said.
Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has suggested that Ukraine temporarily give up the occupied territories
"Perhaps for a cease-fire Ukraine would have to recognize at first that certain territories are temporarily unavailable to Ukraine," Kretschmer told Funke Media Group publications. - Not a single square meter of Ukrainian territory has become Russian territory. <...> But as with other major conflicts, it will take time for a final decision."
Ukrainian refugees have been queuing in Europe for two days already to receive documents because of the new mobilization bill
In the new draft law on mobilization, Ukrainians abroad who have not registered for military service will not be issued foreign passports and will have their banking transactions restricted.
Ukraine will have to postpone the payment of civil servants’ salaries and pensions to millions of its citizens if the EU and the USA do not provide financial aid in early 2024, Economy Minister Yuliya Sviridenko has said
In particular, it is about the possible delay of salaries for 500,000 civil servants and 1.4 million teachers, as well as the payment of pensions for 10 million pensioners.
Zaluzhnyi named his main mistake
“My main mistake is that I thought that such a number of losses as we inflicted would stop anyone. But it did not stop Russia,” the AFU commander-in-chief said.
Germany has approved a record €11.7 billion worth of arms deliveries in 2023, with about a third of that amount earmarked for Ukraine
According to the German Ministry of Economy, the amount has increased by 40% compared to 2022. For next year, the budget plan envisages the allocation of $8 billion for arms supplies for Kyiv.
