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☆ Ukraine’s Arms Industry Survives Russian Onslaught to Hit Back
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Illustration: Adele MorganFor Ukraine’s largest weapons maker, the war started with a barrage of Russian missiles that destroyed one factory and several of its giant Antonov cargo planes. Despite a persistent onslaught, Ukroboronprom says it has delivered more than eight times the weapons to Ukraine’s military over the past year than the one before.
☆ Weapons Makers Can’t Hire Enough Workers as Ukraine War Drives Demand
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Doug Cameron | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The U.S. military has sought to boost production at facilities such as the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania. Photo: Hannah Beier/Getty ImagesRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has turbocharged demand for weapons. Now arms makers face the challenge of hiring thousands of skilled workers to capitalize on an influx of orders. Defense companies in the U.S. and Europe are working through record order books after Western governments increased spending in recent years amid rising geopolitical tensions. The war in Ukraine is now further fueling growth, partly as the U.S. and its allies begin to replace weapons they have sent to Kyiv.
☆ Russia Stole Land and Grain. Now It’s Taking Timber, Ukraine Says.
  + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Sergii Bosak | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Ukraine Farms Attract Money and Help From Allies, Top Food Companies
  + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Patrick Thomas | Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Agriculture was responsible for 10% of Ukraine’s gross domestic product and 40% of its exports before the war. Foreign countries and some of the world’s largest agriculture companies are donating or lending hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukrainian farmers, marking an early push by Kyiv’s allies to rebuild the country even as the war shows little sign of ending soon. Ukraine’s farming industry has been hit hard by Russia’s invasion. Equipment has been destroyed, land has been expropriated and mined and export routes choked off. Financing is hard to come by, and some of the industry’s most basic imports, such as fertilizer, are in short supply.
☆ Ukraine Warns of Further Fall in Grain Harvest
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Ukraine forecasts an up to 15% fall in the grain harvest in 2023 compared with last year. A wheat field in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Ukraine expects its farmers to harvest up to 15% less grain this year than last, showing how the war is further hindering one of the world’s largest agricultural exporters. With Russia’s invasion continuing to disrupt exports, some farmers have switched to crops that are easier to get out of the country, like sunflower seeds and soy, Mykola Solskyi, Ukraine’s minister of agrarian policy and food, said in an interview.
☆ War in Ukraine Has Supercharged This German Weapons Maker
  + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Bojan Pancevski | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Rheinmetall says its Panther tank, on display near Paris last year, brings greater firepower and precision than current tanks. The war in Ukraine has made munitions maker Rheinmetall AG a key player in the global arms trade, catapulting the once low-profile German manufacturer into one of Europe’s most important weapons suppliers. Since Russia’s invasion last year, Rheinmetall’s shares have risen 150%, and the company has reported record earnings and orders, with the conflict’s artillery-heavy nature pointing to strong future demand for its shells. The company also has begun talks with German and Ukrainian officials about building a tank factory in Ukraine.
☆ Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson’s Satellite-Launch Venture, Has Fallen Fast
  + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Two months ago, Richard Branson ’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. was poised to make history delivering the first satellites into orbit from the billionaire’s home country of the U.K.That high-profile launch from Cornwall, England, went badly, ending in the destruction of its satellite payload and triggering a probe into what went wrong.
☆ Russia’s War in Ukraine Hurts Its Arms Industry, Creates Openings for Rivals
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Jon Emont | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Among the casualties of Russia’s war in Ukraine: its own lucrative arms-export industry. Russia has long been the world’s second-largest arms exporter, after the U.S., but its sales have been in decline ever since Moscow-backed forces seized parts of Ukraine in 2014.
☆ Russia’s War in Ukraine Hurts Its Arms Industry, Creating Openings for Rivals
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Jon Emont | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Among the casualties of Russia’s war in Ukraine: its own lucrative arms-export industry. Russia has long been the world’s second-largest arms exporter, after the U.S., but its sales have declined ever since Moscow-backed forces seized parts of Ukraine in 2014.
☆ Ukraine War, Global Tensions Lift European Arms Makers’ Orders, Share Prices
  + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
LONDON—Europe’s defense contractors are boosting orders and enjoying surging stock market valuations, lifted by higher government spending and the expectation of more sales to come as the Ukraine war grinds on. BAE Systems PLC, Europe’s largest defense contractor, was the latest in a parade of big arms makers to post a large jump in annual orders for 2022. It joined peers such as Sweden’s Saab AB and Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen ASA in benefiting from generally higher military spending around the world—particularly from some European countries—amid the Ukraine war.
☆ Ukraine’s Troops Came From Antarctica and Ballet, and It Still Needs More Fighters
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Oksana Pyrozhok | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BAKHMUT, Ukraine—A scientist who swapped Antarctica for Bakhmut, a famed ballet dancer and the actor who dubbed Captain America into Ukrainian all left stellar careers to fight on the front line. All three ended up hospitalized or dead, highlighting that while ordinary Ukrainians are committed, fighting with an improvised army poses danger not only for combatants but also for Ukraine’s prospects on the battlefield as it mobilizes fresh volunteers and conscripts.
☆ Ukraine’s Troops Came From Concert Halls and Antarctic Labs, and It Still Needs More Fighters
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BAKHMUT, Ukraine—A scientist who swapped Antarctica for Bakhmut, a famed ballet dancer and the actor who dubbed Captain America into Ukrainian all left stellar careers to fight on the front-line. All three ended up hospitalized or dead, highlighting that while ordinary Ukrainians are committed, fighting with an improvised army poses danger not only for combatants but also for Ukraine’s prospects on the battlefield as it mobilizes fresh volunteers and conscripts.
☆ Ukraine Denounces Western Executives at Russian Companies
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Ben Dummett | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A street in Moscow. Kyiv says it is asking Western governments to talk to foreign executives about their continued role in Russia. Ukraine is ratcheting up pressure on Western executives who have retained posts at Russian companies, saying their presence is indirectly supporting Moscow’s war effort. Many Western executives cut ties with Russia after it invaded Ukraine last year, sometimes in opposition to the war or to comply with Western sanctions. Others remained for various reasons, including saying they had a fiduciary duty to their investors, a responsibility to local employees or yearslong ties to Russia that were hard to break.
☆ Ukraine’s Winter Could Turn Against Russian Troops
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Oksana Pyrozhok | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BAKHMUT, Ukraine—In the battle to keep warm, Ukrainian infantryman Kyrylo Molchanov has turned to “trench candles”—empty food cans packed with cardboard—to heat his front-line dugout. With Russia and Ukraine fighting through the winter, keeping Ukrainian soldiers warm could become a competitive advantage for Kyiv.
☆ Giant Ukrainian Salt Mine Takes Center Stage in War
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Oksana Pyrozhok | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A giant salt mine has become a focal point on the most fiercely contested front line in Ukraine, as Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group sets its sights on taking what it sees as a military and economic asset. Russia has said it has captured the eastern town of Soledar, where the mine is located, though Ukraine says the settlement remains contested. While the mine’s owner doubts it has military value, the operation could be a lucrative one. The salt mine could have economic value if Wagner can consolidate its hold there. Russia has seized key economic assets in the parts of Ukraine that it occupies, echoing Wagner’s use of military muscle in Africa to take control of mines.
☆ Ukraine’s Electric-Repair Crews Become Unlikely Wartime Heroes
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Photographs Joseph Sywenkyj For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The workers clambering over the charred remains of an electricity transformer at a Ukrainian power station are fighting on one of the war’s most important fronts: protecting Ukraine’s power grid. Russia has targeted Ukraine’s electricity supply with a blitz of drones and missiles, leaving businesses struggling and millions of people with sporadic heat and light in subzero temperatures.
☆ How a Billion Lost Eggs Show the Challenges Facing Ukraine’s Economy
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Sophia Kayes | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Andriy Chirkov said the chicken farm he manages will have to start from scratch. KYIV, Ukraine—Andriy Chirkov said he felt euphoric when the giant chicken farm he managed on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast was freed from Russian rule. Then he saw the devastated state soldiers had left it in. For Ukraine’s war-battered economy to return to health, Kyiv needs to revive economic assets like Avangard Group’s Chornobaivske chicken farm, a factory that used to export a billion eggs a year. The Wall Street Journal reported in April on how the invasion had left the farm’s over 4 million chickens dead, landing a handful of remaining workers with the job of burying the birds.
☆ Putin Orders 36-Hour Cease-Fire as Ukraine Pressures Russian Troops
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Ann M. Simmons In Moscow | Alistair Macdonald In Kyiv | Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for a 36-hour cease-fire during Russian Orthodox Christmas as his troops were getting pushed back and hit by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country wouldn’t agree to any truce that leaves Russian troops occupying its territory. One of his advisers said Thursday on Twitter that Mr. Putin’s offer was hypocritical.
☆ Zelensky Says Ukraine Makes Gains Outside Bakhmut but Fighting Rages Nearby
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces have pushed Russian troops from the outskirts of the contested eastern city of Bakhmut, giving high-level endorsement to similar recent reports from some Ukrainian forces on the ground. Russian officials haven’t commented on any retreat from in or around the battle zone, which has achieved outsize significance for both sides.
☆ Ukraine Sees Signs of Russia Shifting Front-Line Firepower Away From Bakhmut
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Photographs Joseph Sywenkyj For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BAKHMUT, Ukraine—Russian troops have tempered their assault on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian commanders say, as stiff resistance forces Russian units to shift some of their firepower to surrounding areas. Some Ukrainian officers and British military intelligence say that Russia is no longer hitting Bakhmut—a city that has assumed outsize importance to both sides—with the same ferocity as they were last month. The Ukrainian commanders say Russia has instead repositioned armored vehicles and artillery fire toward the nearby town of Soledar.
☆ Russia Launches Fresh Barrage on Kyiv After Zelensky Vows to Strengthen Ukraine’s Air Defenses
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Isabel Coles | Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
KYIV, Ukraine—Russia fired a salvo of missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on Saturday in what many Ukrainians saw as an attempt to intimidate them on the eve of the new year. The barrage of more than 20 missiles was the second this week and came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses in 2023. The commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Valeriy Zaluzhny, said 12 of the missiles had been intercepted.
☆ Ukraine Rings In New Year With Hopes of Russia’s Defeat
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Oksana Pyrozhok | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians greeted 2023 with drinks, air raids and a firm belief that their country will fully reverse the Russian invasion that marked the past year with disruption and death. Their optimism for the new year comes with around 20% of the country still in Russian hands; military and civilians still dying in the thousands; and the economy suffering lasting damage from a war that few Western experts see ending soon, or outside a negotiating table.
☆ Many of Ukraine’s Western Weapons Await Repairs Far From the Front Line
  + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Bojan Pancevski | Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
German self-propelled PzH2000 guns need to be serviced outside Ukraine in most cases of failure. Some of the most powerful weapons that the West gave to Ukraine have been languishing away from the battlefield for prolonged periods because of complex maintenance procedures and quarrels among European allies. The unavailability of these weapons for extensive periods poses a considerable challenge for Ukraine, which has been battling Russian forces that invaded the country in late February.
☆ Russian Oligarch Seizes 400,000 Acres of Ukrainian Farmland, Owners Say
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | Oksana Pyrozhok | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Soon after Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine, three of that country’s biggest farming operators lost tracts of land equivalent to more than twice the area of New York City. It wasn’t taken by the military. In all three cases, leaders of the Ukrainian farming operations say, the land ended up in the hands of the family company of a former Russian agriculture minister, Alexander Tkachev .
☆ Ukraine Hunts the World for Parts to Fix Crippled Energy Grid
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
As Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid with missiles and drones, Kyiv is running out of vital parts needed to repair a network that provides electricity for homes, businesses and hospitals. Moscow has deliberately attacked Ukraine’s ability to generate and transport power in a bid to sap the country’s morale, leaving millions without heat and light as temperatures fall below freezing.
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