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The United States will start supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles (160 km) next year.
This was reported by Reuters, citing its own sources in the Pentagon
People familiar with current timing say delivery to the U.S. by Boeing, the prime contractor for the GLSDB, will take place in late December - followed by several months of testing before onward shipment to Ukraine. A Pentagon spokesman said "we anticipate providing this key capability in the early 2024 timeframe after successful verification," another term for testing.
The World Bank will provide Ukraine with a loan of $ 1.2 billion under the guarantee of the Japanese government.
The funds will be used to support 29 social assistance programs for the 'most vulnerable population of Ukraine' under the Investing in Social Protection for Inclusion, Resilience and Efficiency (INSPIRE) project.
Arup Banerji, the World Bank's Regional Director for Eastern Europe, said that the project is expected to reach nearly 10 million Ukrainians at a time of greatest need. This will strengthen the capacity of the Government of Ukraine to provide social support to the poor and vulnerable at a critical time when winter is approaching and millions of Ukrainians need additional support to pay their bills and heat their homes.
Switzerland has frozen an estimated 7.7 billion Swiss francs ($8.81 billion) in financial assets belonging to Russians, under sanctions designed to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
The Swiss government said this on Friday
a provisional estimate, represented a slight increase from the 7.5 billion francs the Swiss government said it had blocked last year after the neutral country adopted European Union sanctions.
The Russian defense industry is moving to close the capability gap with Ukraine in the development of one-way attack uncrewed surface vehicles (OWA USVs).
Russian firm KMZ, announced their USVs would be trialled in the Ukraine war with a view to establishing series production in 2024.
KMZ has previously manufactured a range of USVs, but in recent months they have started promoting their OWA capability. Danilenko said the boat could carry a munition of up to 600 kg.
The military budget for the next year approved by Russian President Putin will allow Russia to continue the war against Ukraine on the same scale.
This was stated by Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center
The head of the Estonian Defense Forces' intelligence center said that in the first half of the year, the Russian armed forces exceeded the amount envisaged in the defense budget by 10%, so an additional budget was adopted.
"All this allows Russia to continue the war (in Ukraine - ed.) with the current intensity. But this will come at the expense of a significant reduction in the services and well-being of Russian civil society," Kiviselg said.
"Apparently, Russia will not be able to make an operational breakthrough in Ukraine in the near future. However, in the coming weeks, Russia is likely to increase the intensity of its attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure
On Thursday, Norway announced the allocation of NOK 250 million (EUR 21.2 million) for food security in Ukraine.
The Scandinavian country will allocate NOK 200 million (EUR 17 million) to the World Food Program (WFP), including the Grain from Ukraine program, which is being implemented in partnership with the WFP. Another NOK 50 million (EUR 4.2 million) will be allocated to the World Bank's Ukraine Fund.
In addition, Norway will donate an additional NOK 150 million (EUR 12.7 million) to the WFP. This step was taken in response to the program's appeal for emergency assistance for Ukraine.
These funds will be used not only to provide food aid near the front line, but also to demine agricultural land, the press release said.
The United States government aims to halve Russia's oil and gas revenues by the end of this decade.
The United States will do everything possible to make this (halving Russia's revenues by 2030 - ed.) happen. The purpose of these sanctions is to change Russia's behavior and make sure that Putin, when a certain peace is achieved, does not use three or four years to rearm and prepare his army for the third stage of the invasion of Ukraine, Pyatt [Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State] said.
Ja yksi belarusia koskeva:
the Belarusian Red Cross Society had been suspended from the organization.
“This follows the decision of the IFRC’s Governing Board of 3 October 2023 relating to the investigation into the allegations against Belarus Red Cross Secretary General for his statements, including on nuclear weapons and on the movement of children to Belarus, and his visit to Luhansk and Donetsk,” the report states.
The suspension means that the Belarus Red Cross loses its rights as a member of the IFRC. Any new funding to the Belarusian Red Cross Society will also be suspended.
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