(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Costa Rica has expressed interest in drawing on Ukraine’s experience in the security sector, as the two countries move towards arranging a meeting at the level of heads of state. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado. The two leadersContinue Reading
(ODESA, UKRAINE) – Most of the Russian strikes on port infrastructure in Odesa during June and July were carried out using a type of loitering munition known as Bandero, and the weapons rely heavily on foreign made parts, including components produced as recently as 2025 and 2026. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, theContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Global grain prices face a renewed threat from deliberate Russian attacks on Ukrainian agricultural enterprises and port infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, drawing a direct link between the strikes on food production facilities and the risk of a fresh world food crisis. Zelensky said in hisContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Ukrainian government is working with international partners on a package of measures to protect export logistics as daily Russian attacks on critical infrastructure threaten to disrupt transport links and weaken the country’s economic stability. President Volodymyr Zelensky said separately that the state is updating its grainContinue Reading
(GENEVA, SWITZERLAND) – Ukraine has called on the World Trade Organization to help restore safe shipping in the Black Sea, warning that Russian attacks on port infrastructure and foreign civilian vessels carrying Ukrainian farm products pose a serious threat to the global trading system and food price stability. Ukraine’s PermanentContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Global food security faces a renewed threat from Russian actions blocking grain shipments from the Black Sea region, with several import dependent nations across the Middle East and North Africa at risk of rising food costs. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address that deliberate RussianContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine is scrambling to protect its agricultural export lifeline after a sharp rise in Russian attacks on port infrastructure and foreign cargo ships cut seaborne shipments by 30 percent in July. The escalation has killed at least 21 people, forced major shipping lines to suspend calls, andContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered a full update of Ukraine’s plan to protect its grain exports, following a series of high level security meetings in the capital. The move comes as the country faces persistent threats to its southern infrastructure and shipping routes, which are vital forContinue Reading
