Italy will deliver a second SAMP/T air defense battery to Ukraine by the end of September, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Sept. 17.Italy promised in June to send Kyiv another SAMP/T system, the only European-made air defense system tha…
Editor’s Note: This is issue 147 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Sept. 8-14, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.Corporate governance of SOEsFormer Ukrenergo’s CEO Kudrytskyi interviewed. Volodym…
Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany, hopes that the German federal government approves supplementary funds for the supply of armament to Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Spiegel
Details: During his visit to the German town…
The Russian ‘Social Design Agency’ conducted information and psychological operations against Ukraine, created fake stories and interfered in European elections.
Details about the Russian institution were uncovered within the Schemes investigation in c…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sept. 17 the composition of the EU’s executive arm as the bloc seeks to better respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine and other global challenges.Von der Leyen, winning her second five-year te…
Germany will provide an additional 100 million euros ($111 million) in aid to Ukraine this winter, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Moldova on Sept. 17, Reuters reported.Russia is once again planning a “winter war w…
Germany plans to provide an additional €100 million in aid to Ukraine this winter.
Source: Reuters, citing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a visit to Moldova, as reported by European Pravda.
Details: The agency noted that Baerbock stre…
Each NATO country will be able to make an individual decision on whether to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons for long-range strikes into Russia, outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the U.K.’s LBC Radio publish…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held talks in Italy with his Italian counterpart on Sept. 16, in an effort to gain support for his proposal to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia.Citing people familiar with the mat…
Radosław Sikorski is Poland’s longest-serving foreign minister (in office from 2007-2014 and again since 2023) and a close ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Sikorski arguably understands Ukraine better than any other member of the government, and he…