News about Ukraine

The Moldovan government plans to conclude a legal assistance contract to represent the state in Ukraine. The matter concerns the procedure of recognition and enforcement of the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal (CA Paris) of January 10, 2023.

Zelensky’s Gulf tour is forming new partnerships. Before his visit to Qatar, Zelensky visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday and the UAE on Friday. And on Saturday, Ukraine and Qatar signed a defense agreement during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Doha.

The 400 kV Isaccea-Vulcanesti overhead power line has been fully restored after damage caused by Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine. This was announced by the Moldovan Energy Ministry on Saturday evening.

Kiev customs officers have prevented 39 archaeological items of cultural value from being illegally sent outside Ukraine in international mail. Residents of Kharkiv, Prykarpattia and Vinnytsia regions tried to send them to the USA, France and Italy.

We are talking about the so-called “foodbanking” – a system that allows agri-food business entities to accumulate, sort, form into food packages and give them to Ukrainians in need.

A political crisis is brewing in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada is blocking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s legislative initiatives. This conflict jeopardizes the country’s receipt of financial aid from the IMF and the EU, European mass media reported citing the British newspaper Financial Times.

Viktor Orbán’s threat announced yesterday has today materialized into a decree of the Hungarian government. On Thursday morning, portfolio.hu reported that the government announced a package of decrees to increase strategic gas reserves and, quoting the publication, to stop exporting natural gas to Ukraine.

The country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that gas supplies to Ukraine will be cut off until oil supplies via the Druzhba oil pipeline are resumed.

Parliament has imposed an energy emergency regime for 60 days amid damage to the key Isaccea-Vulcanesti line and the risk of electricity shortages. Seventy-two MPs voted in favor of the draft.

Moldova will cover the costs of restoring the damaged section of the Isaccea-Vulcanesti line running through Ukraine, while the technical work will be carried out by the Ukrainian side.

Trade in wheat of the new harvest has revived on the Ukrainian market. Some farmers and agricultural holdings have started to enter into forward contracts more actively, using current grain prices to fix future sales. At the same time, forward market prices are already higher than spot market prices, which is uncommon.

UPDATED. The Moldovan government imposes an emergency situation in the energy sector for 60 days. For this purpose, extraordinary sessions of the Government and Parliament will be held on Tuesday, March 24.

UPDATED. As a result of attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine, the Isaccea-Vulcanesti (400 kV) overhead power line, one of the key elements of Moldova’s energy system and an important link to the European power grid, was shut down.

The pollution of the Dniester became another test of Moldova’s crisis preparedness – and showed that there are more vulnerabilities than answers.

Ukrainian law enforcers have exposed the activities of a group of scammers who organized a scheme to embezzle funds under the guise of crypto-investments.

For the second year in a row, Kernel Agroholding has maintained absolute leadership in the country’s two key export categories – cereals and sunflower oil – and holds the first position in the overall ranking. In the structure of Ukraine’s exports, every tenth dollar is Kernel’s contribution.

Orban, speaking to reporters after blocking a 90 billion euro loan to Kiev, said he and his government “have other tools” besides withholding the financial aid Ukraine needs.

Moldova and Ukraine have signed a new agreement in the social security sector. According to the document, citizens of both countries permanently residing in the territory of the other state will be able to receive retirement, disability, survivor pensions, as well as payments in connection with industrial accidents and occupational diseases.

In the first two months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, Ukraine increased exports of rapeseed oil in value terms by 34 times – from $3 million to $102 million.

EU leaders gathered for a summit today to try to persuade Viktor Orban to lift his veto on a 90 billion euros allocation to Ukraine and to discuss the escalating military conflict in the Middle East and high energy prices.