Germany has pledged 195 million euros ($206 million) to Ukraine in energy supplies and in support for Ukrainian energy companies in preparation for the upcoming winter, the German Development Ministry announced on Oct. 25.The aid package was agr…
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Shmyhal posted on social media on Oct. 25. During the meeting in Schloss Bellevue, the German presidential residence, Shmyhal said he thanked Steinmeier for the f…
The joint venture of the German arms manufacturer company Rheinmetall and Ukraine’s state-owned Ukrainian Defence Industry (formerly Ukroboronprom) company was officially registered last week.
Source: Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine, on Telegr…
Police in Madrid have seized 60 million euros ($63.7 million) worth of ancient gold artifacts that had been stolen from Ukraine, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced on Oct. 23. In a joint operation with the the Security Service of Ukraine (S…
Editor’s Note: This is issue 107 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Oct. 14-20. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an independent weekly digest based on a compilation of the most …
Key moments
Noiya Sharabi, a British-Israeli teenager who was missing after Hamas stormed her family home in Israel, was murdered in the October 7 attacks, her family have said.
Noiya, 16, her sister Yahel Sharabi, 13, her British-born mother Lianne, …
Germany is allocating an additional 200 million euros ($210 million) for the reconstruction of Ukraine, the German Press Agency (DPA) reported on Oct. 21, citing Germany’s State Secretary for Development Jochen Flasbarth.These funds will be used…
Germany has transferred another three self-propelled Gepard anti-aircraft guns, over 3,000 rounds of smoke ammunition, and other military equipment to Ukraine as part of its latest aid package, the German government reported on Oct. 20.The total number…
Most G7 states appointed new ambassadors to Ukraine in late summer 2023. While the embassies of the UK and of the EU were headed by individuals who had previously worked with Ukraine, Germany took a different approach.
Martin Jäger, the new German amb…
Boris Pistorius, German Defence Minister, has clarified that the current escalation in the Middle East after the attack on Israel by the radical Islamist group Hamas will not limit German support for Ukraine.
Source: Boris Pistorius in an interview wit…