What we’re watching
- Monday, June 14: NATO Summit in Brussels. Follow it here.
- Monday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m.: All-Ukrainian Forum Ukraine 30 – Economy without oligarchs. Watch here. Zelensky participates on Tuesday, June 15.
- Tuesday, June 15 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time: Strategy Council – Corporate governance at state-owned enterprises in Ukraine. Register here and watch here.
- Tuesday, June 15 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council – “Moving Ukraine-US relations forward on all fronts.” Register here.
- Wednesday, June 16: Biden meets Putin in Geneva, will discuss Ukraine
- Wednesday, June 16 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: Engage Conference.
Top news
- G7 calls on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine
- Netherlands beats Ukraine 3-2
- RFE/RL: G7 leaders demand action from Russia on cyberattacks, chemical weapons use
- Ukraine performs first surgery using virtual reality
- Ukrainian brand launches first locally-produced plant-based steak
- Ukrainian-Scandinavian Center serves as gathering place for Nordic culture
- US will give $150 million to support Ukraine’s military
- Norwegian says running a business in Ukraine gave him the biggest personal growth in his life
- These are 5 of Kyiv’s best coworking spaces
- UNIAN: Zelensky enacts strategy for development of justice system
- UkrInform: Over 14 million biometric passports issued over 4 years of visa-free travel
Coronavirus
- COVID-19 vaccine tracker – Financial Times and Bloomberg
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Red & green zone countries
- UNIAN: Ukraine’s Health Ministry forecasts fourth COVID-2019 wave
- BBC: Is there a limit to how much worse COVID variants can get?
Business
China trade hits $4.2 billion in 1Q 2021
Business Wire
Host your event in the Kyiv Post studio!
New UK facility to support British-Ukrainian trade, related investment
Effective banking continues to transform through the synergy of offline and digital solutions
Container shipping during the Covid-19 pandemic
Renovating companies like flats: private equity opportunities for Ukraine
ELEKS: Building Ukraine’s world-leading IT company
Opinions
Frederick Kempe: History’s warning for the Biden-Putin meeting
John Deni: Remind Putin of consequences for Russian malign behavior
William Courtney & Richard Kauzlarich: Depoliticizing Russian gas in Europe
Anton Shekhovtsov: The self-unfulfilling prophecy of a ‘dialogue with Russia’
Konstantin Honcharov, Tetyana Urbanska: Will Putin move for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
Michele Berdy: Putin’s spring of discontent is over. Will it matter?
Paul Goble: Officials in Russian areas contaminated by Chornobyl playing down dangers
Margarita Assenova: Mitigating the Nord Stream 2 impact on Ukraine
Mark Temnycky: The controversy surrounding Ukraine’s Euro 2020 football kit
Mark Episkopos: What the Biden-Putin summit means for UkrainePaul Grod: NATO must stand with Ukraine against Russian aggression
Oleksandra Panasytska, Anastasiia Ivantsova: Industrial parks
Paul Goble: FSB inserting agents into protest groups to engage in provocative actions
Mike Eckel: Few breakthroughs expected at Biden-Putin meeting
Jim Risch: Biden wants cooperation. But Putin thrives on chaos
Nana Chorna: How not to burn fingers on compensation for Nord Stream 2
Yuliia Rudenko: Russian prison is a bomb for the health of a Crimean Tatar
Paul Goble: Orthodoxy in Belarus moving toward autocephaly
Aaron Blake: New questions about a key GOP impeachment witness for Trump
