Politics & Economics

Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha will be on a working visit to Austria on Wednesday to hold a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg. That’s according to Ukrinform's own correspondent, referring MFA  Austria. "On the 1,001st day of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg, will receive his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiga on a working visit to Vienna," the ministry said. It was noted there that the chief of Ukrainian diplomacy is to visit Schallenberg for the second time since Sybiha took office in September 2024. Read also: Austria…

The Council of Europe remains committed to Ukraine's fight for freedom and territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders and will continue to work to hold Russia accountable for its crimes. That’s according to the declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the 1,000th day of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. "Today, we remain committed to supporting Ukraine in its struggle for freedom, democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and to continue working with our international partners to ensure the reconstruction and recovery of the country, as well…

In the state budget for 2025, UAH 2.23 trillion is slated for weapons’ manufacture and procurement. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal via Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "The state budget for 2025 has been adopted! I thank people's deputies for their support. All citizens' and business taxes next year will be directed to our country’s defense and security. The total resource that will be directed to the security and defense sector will amount to UAH 2.23 trillion. Record UAH 739 billion will be allocated for the production and purchase of weapons, as well as the purchase of drones," he…

Europeans do not have the right to take holiday breaks in the matter of ensuring their own security and helping Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, who spoke after the meeting of the extended Weimar Triangle in Warsaw, reports an Ukrinform correspondent. "Unfortunately, the security situation in Europe will not improve quickly; it will be the opposite for as long as the Russian president ... achieves his imperialist goals through violence. It is time to create a new foundation for European security and freedom and continue to strengthen our transatlantic alliance, not…

The largest EU economies are ready to take on a greater burden of military and financial support for Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Radoslaw Sikorski, who spoke at a joint press conference of the top diplomats from the "Weimar Triangle Plus" (Poland, Germany, France, and Italy) in Warsaw, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. At the start of the press conference, the head of Polish diplomacy, recalling the 1,000 days since the beginning of the full-scale Russian incursion into Ukraine, asked everyone present to observe a moment of silence in memory of the Ukrainian victims…

Germany and Finland are deeply concerned about the failure of the data cable that connects the two countries and stress the need to protect critical infrastructure. That's according to a joint statement by the foreign ministers of Germany and Finland regarding the damage inflicted on the undersea cable in the Baltic Sea, reports Ukrinform. "We are deeply concerned about the severed undersea cable connecting Finland and Germany in the Baltic Sea. The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times. A thorough investigation is underway. Our European security is…

On November 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian embassy to hand over a note of protest over Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for almost 1,000 days. This was reported by the MFA press service, Ukrinform learned. Diplomats expressed a strong protest to the representative of the Russian embassy over yet another massive attack, involving missiles and UAVs, that targeted Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure on November 17. Read also: Lithuanian FM calls for revising support strategy for Ukraine "Lithuania strongly condemns Russia's ongoing aggression in violation of…

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine. 1000 DAYS OF FULL-SCALE WAR November 19 marks the 1,000th day of the full-scale war and the 3,925th day since the start of Russia's armed aggression. ● Over these 1,000 days, Ukraine has definitively proven to the world that its independence is not a historical accident but a fact that has shattered Moscow's imperial revanchism. ● Ukraine has destroyed the myth of the “invincible second army of the world” by liberating more…

On November 19, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine endorsed in the second reading and as a whole draft bill No. 12000 ‘On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025’. The relevant statement was made by Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zhelezniak (from the parliamentary faction ‘Holos’) on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The record-breaking expenditures worth around UAH 3.94 trillion, including UAH 2.22 trillion worth of defense expenditures. A total of UAH 2.3 trillion in revenues (including UAH 141 billion from the taxation bill No. 1141d). Also, we expect USD 38.4 billion in external financing next year,” Zhelezniak wrote. In…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Constitution and laws of Ukraine do not allow for elections during wartime, and emphasized that the country must first achieve a just peace before holding fair elections. The head of state made the remarks while presenting Ukraine's Internal Resilience Plan in the Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "We all know that the Constitution of Ukraine and the law do not permit elections during wartime, and no one in the world has demanded and does demand this from Ukraine. However, there are some people in Ukraine who may be so…