WASHINGTON, March 12 - The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight against Russia, the White House announced Tuesday.
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KYIV, March 12 – Contrary to forecasts, Ukrainian corn began to rise in price on world markets due to increased demand for it from China, Turkey, Egypt and the European Union, according the analytical cooperative Pusk, created within the Ukrainian Agrarian Council (UAC).
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KYIV, March 12 - Metinvest B.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of the international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies, paid the next coupon on 2027 eurobonds and continues to fulfill its debt obligations, including to eurobond holders, despite the war in Ukraine.
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KYIV, March 12 – The decision of the International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament to extend duty-free trade for Ukrainian agricultural products until June 2025 was a chance to resume trade ties and prepare the way for Ukraine and its agricultural sector to fully integrate into the European Union as its future member, Deputy Minister of Economy - Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka said in an interview with Politico.
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KYIV, March 11 – The production facilities of the Ukrlandfarming agricultural holding were damaged during a missile attack in Dnipropetrovsk region: the elevator was completely destroyed, casualties have been reported, according to the agricultural holding's website.
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KYIV, March 11 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed Ukraine's first-ever Oscar won by 20 Days In Mariupol - a documentary about Russia's brutal siege of the port city.
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KYIV, March 11 – The share of refugees who hope to return home has decreased to 65% from 77%, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 84% to 72%, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said, following a survey conducted in January and February of this year's survey, comparing it with the survey in April and May in 2023.
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KYIV, March 11 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny expects a decision by international arbitration on a claim against Russia's Gazprom for incomplete payment for services for organizing the transportation of natural gas in early 2026, said head of the company’s board Oleksiy Chernyshov.
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KYIV, March 11 - Ukraine's economic growth will continue in 2024 due to expanding domestic demand and a further recovery in maritime exports, but it will decline to 3.9% from about 5.5% last year due to the high base effect created by the past strong agricultural season, the international forecasts, said the rating agency S&P Global Ratings.
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KYIV, March 10 - Ukrainian and allied officials Sunday criticized Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have the “courage” to negotiate an end to the war with Russia, a statement many interpreted as a call for Ukraine to surrender.
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