In February 2024, consumer inflation declined in annual terms to 4.3% (down from 4.7% in January). In monthly terms, prices grew by 0.3%. This is according to data published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, urged Polish farmers not to succumb to propaganda and to unblock the border.
The Ukrainian diplomat wrote about this on Facebook, stressing that Ukraine has already lost 2 billion zlotys ($500 million) from the blockade.
On 19 February, Tokyo hosted a bilateral conference on promoting economic growth and reconstruction of Ukraine chaired by the Prime Ministers and attended by representatives of 80 companies from both countries.
Astarta was represented internationally by Natalia Bohacheva, the Director of AgriChain (Astarta’s in-house IT company), and Yulia Bereshchenko, the Director of Sustainable Business Development and IR at Astarta.
A video of a crowd of Polish protesters blocking the passage of buses with passengers inside is going viral on social media.
Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, held urgent talks with Jacek Siewera, Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, concerning the unacceptability of blocking the border, especially passenger transport.
Ukraine adheres to environmental standards. Ukrainian food products are of high quality.
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, announced this last week on the air of the "Yedynі Novyny" telethon.
Blocking the Polish-Ukrainian border, no matter what slogans it is accompanied by, has no justification.
On February 20, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleh Nikolenko announced this on Facebook.
Ukraine plans to plant the same area for 2024 as for 2023, is concerned about the quality of wheat - the minister.
For the first time in 2024, a ship with Ukrainian wheat left the ports of Great Odesa as part of the Grain from Ukraine program. There are 25,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat on board for the people of Nigeria.
UK to support Ukrainian businesses by extending tariff-free trade until 2029.
This was reported in a press release by the Department for Business and Trade of Great Britain under the leadership of the Minister for Trade Policy, Greg Hands.
Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, announced this at the weekend.