Category: BREAKING NEWS

Deputy PM for Restoration: Over 100 schools to be restored in partnership with UNDP, UNOPS

The Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Office of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) have agreed on joint activities to implement two school restoration projects – ECHO4SCHOOLS-UA and Rehabilitation of Schools across Ukraine, the press service of the Ministry for Communities,…
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Pentagon to provide over $215 mln to modernize production facilities of Javelins and Stingers in USA for Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense has entered into a $215.6 million agreement with Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR) to expand and modernize AR’s facilities, where the company manufactures complex rocket propulsion systems. “The funds will modernize manufacturing processes at the company’s facilities, consolidate production lines, purchase equipment, build systems to process data, and increase production and delivery…
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister: best security guarantees for Ukraine before NATO summit are fast-track weapon supplies, provision of F-16 jets

In the short term, the best guarantee of Ukraine’s security is speeding up the supply of weapons and ammunition, as well as making a positive decision on the provision of F-16 fighter jets, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. “In the short term, of course, the best guarantee of our security is to speed up…
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Ukraine imposes sanctions against 241 legal entities, over 400 individuals, including Russian athletes – decrees

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has put into effect the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of April 15 on the introduction of personal special economic or other restrictive measures (sanctions). Decree No. 228/2023 imposes sanctions against 82 Russian sports figures, including Olympic champions. Decree No. 227/2023 imposes sanctions against 351 individuals and…
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Canada donates three Leopard gunnery simulators to Ukraine

Canada has handed over three Leopard gunnery simulators to the Ukrainian military, Minister of National Defence of Canada Anita Anand has said. “In addition to the eight Leopard 2 tanks that we’ve delivered to Poland, Canada has deployed three Leopard gunnery simulators to help train Ukrainian tank crews on the operation and tactics of these…
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Grant agreement on providing $400 mln by Japan for Ukraine recovery signed

 Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov and a representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Hideya Kobayashi, signed an agreement on the allocation of a grant from the Japanese government. According to the press service of the Ministry of Restoration, it is about…
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Costa Rica joins Core Group for creation of Special Tribunal for crime of aggression against Ukraine – Ukrainian Foreign Minister

The Core Group of countries to create the Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine already includes 34 countries, Costa Rica has joined it, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after a conversation with his counterpart in Costa Rica. “During our call today, FM Arnoldo Tinoco informed me that Costa Rica has decided…
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Fiercest battles taking place directly in city of Bakhmut, AFU doing everything to wear down enemy’s combat capability – spokesperson

Unprecedented bloody battles are currently taking place directly in the urban area of Bakhmut, Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesperson for the Eastern Task Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has said. “Today, directly in the urban area of Bakhmut, bloody battles unprecedented in recent decades are taking place. The enemy has set the goal of…
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The Netherlands, Switzerland commit over $53 mln in financial support for IFC program to bolster Ukraine economy

A $2 billion IFC program designed to ramp up support for Ukraine’s private sector and boost economic resilience amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is receiving new financial support from the Netherlands and Switzerland, IFC has said. “The Netherlands will be providing $43 million to support Ukraine’s agricultural sector and ensure emergency liquidity for private companies…
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Some 469 children in Ukraine died due to Russian armed aggression – PGO

As of the morning of April 15, 2023, more than 1,417 children suffered in Ukraine due to the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has reported. “According to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 469 children died, and more than 948 received injuries of different severity,” the PGO said on…
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