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CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region asked Russia on Wednesday to help its economy withstand "pressure" from the Moldovan government, at a gathering of officials that the Chisinau administration dismissed as a propaganda event. Here is an overview of the region, adjacent to Ukraine and seen as a potential flashpoint with Russia. WHAT IS TRANSDNIESTRIA?

Ukraine needs about $3 billion in foreign financial aid on a monthly basis to get through 2024, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges Kyiv faces as U.S. support begins to falter. Marchenko said Ukraine's macroeconomic stability during the war with Russia had been possible due to a steady inflow of international financial aid from Kyiv's allies, something he added remained crucial this year.

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria asked Russia on Wednesday to help its economy from Moldovan "pressure" during a meeting of hundreds of officials that the Chisinau government said was a propaganda stunt to gain headlines. The region, long seen as a potential flashpoint with Russia in Europe, held a rare "congress of deputies of all levels" after Moldova required Transdniestrian firms to pay import duties to the central budget from January...

TIRANA (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of southeastern European countries on Wednesday. The summit in the Albanian capital Tirana comes as Kyiv is trying to improve its defensive capabilities to beat back Russian forces at a time of faltering U.S. support more than two years into Russia's full-scale invasion. "We are interested in co-productio...

Ukraine needs about $3 billion in foreign financial aid on a monthly basis to get through 2024, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges Kyiv faces as U.S.... -February 28, 2024 at 12:26 pm EST - MarketScreener

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine needs about $3 billion in foreign financial aid on a monthly basis to get through 2024, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said ...

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion two years ago, giving the first official figure for more than a year.

KYIV -Russian forces are preparing for a new offensive against Ukrainian defenders in late May or summer, but Kyiv has a clear battlefield plan of its own, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on... -February 25, 2024 at 02:34 pm EST - MarketScreener

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion two years ago, giving the first official figure for more than a year. Zelenskiy told a news conference in Kyiv that he could not disclose the number of wounded because it would help Russian military planning. Ukraine has not put a number to its military losses since the end of 2022, when presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said 13,000 Ukrainian soldi...

KYIV -Russian forces are preparing for a new offensive against Ukrainian defenders in late May or summer, but Kyiv has a clear battlefield plan of its own, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on... -February 25, 2024 at 02:34 pm EST - MarketScreener