A central bank assessment of the Ukrainian banking system's resilience indicates that the financial services market has passed the peak of the crisis triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion, reads the regulator’s latest Financial Stability Report, released on Dec. 22.
On Wednesday, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, once again drew attention to the threat that Russia's victory in the full-scale war against Ukraine would present for the European Union.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indicated his willingness to hold presidential elections in Ukraine, adding that most Ukrainians consider voting during a full-scale war "dangerous and meaningless".
Ukraine’s Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence was considering the issue of introducing martial law and mobilization in Ukraine from the beginning of 2022, weeks before Russia launched its full-scale invasion and war, an MP says.
#EmptyChairWeek, an information campaign in memory of artists whose lives were taken by the full-scale war, has started in Ukraine. PEN Ukraine (a part of a worldwide association of writers, PEN International) has initiated it and urges everyone to join in on social media.