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KYIV/WARSAW -Ukraine and Poland said on Friday they were ready to try to resolve problematic issues in their relations, suffering especially by a Polish truckers blockade of border crossings. ... -December 22, 2023 at 10:38 am EST - MarketScreener

KYIV/WARSAW :Ukraine and Poland said on Friday they were ready to try to resolve "problematic" issues in their relations, suffering especially by a Polish truckers' blockade of border crossings. The pledge emerged from a meeting in Kyiv between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Polish counterpart R

Ukrainian air defences were able to shoot down 1,600 of the missiles and 2,900 of the drones, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said in televised comments. He said the lower missile downing rate was due to the use of supersonic ballistic missiles, which are much harder to hit, as well as the fact that the West supplied Ukraine with advanced Patriot air defence systems only well into the war. Ukraine has received advanced air defence systems, including several Patriots, from Western allies thr...

(Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers voted to legalise the medical use of cannabis on Thursday after activists and supporters called for the step in order ...

The vast majority of Ukrainians would not support the sacking of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi from his position as head of the armed forces, a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology ... -December 20, 2023 at 07:27 am EST - MarketScreener

A Ukrainian army proposal to conscript up to 500,000 more civilians has produced mixed feelings in Kyiv, with many people saying more troops are needed to fight Russia but some suggesting it is pointless unless they get more weapons. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the army's proposal on Tuesday but said he had not yet decided whether to back it. Such a move would be intended to help replenish exhausted Ukrainian forces nearly two years of Russia's full-scale invasion, but co...

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian army proposal to conscript up to 500,000 more civilians has produced mixed feelings in Kyiv, with many people saying more troops are needed to fight Russia but some suggesting it is pointless unless they get more weapons.

Ukraine's embattled economy can weather the next few months until foreign aid arrives, but 2024 is certain to be tougher than this year and Kyiv will need to rely more heavily on its own resources. Ukraine hopes to plug next year's $43 billion budget deficit mostly with foreign financial aid including 18.5 billion euros from the European Union and more than $8 billion from a U.S. package that also contains vital military assistance. Both packages have been blocked so far - by Republi...

Ukraines embattled economy can weather the next few months until foreign aid arrives, but 2024 is certain to be tougher than this year and Kyiv will need to rely more heavily on its own resources. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the military had asked for an additional 450,000-500,000 people to be mobilised into the army, but that a final decision had not been... -December 19, 2023 at 11:43 am EST - MarketScreener