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Munich Security Conference
* Ukraine sent a large delegation to the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, including President Petro Poroshenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and numerous members of parliament.
Here’s our coverage of the highlights:
* Poroshenko calls for unity against Russia, likes his re-election chances;
* Ukrainian lunch attracts two presidential candidates;
* Merkel defends Nord Stream 2, but acknowledges Ukraine’s worries over pipeline’
* International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde, after meeting with ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Munich, issued a statement calling on Ukraine to make “deeper structural reforms” to achieve stronger economic growth.
National News
* Ukrainian Leadership Academy planning for future generation
* The U.S. will provide $700 million this year in aid to Ukraine
Russia’s War Against Ukraine
* Ukraine has lost 2,945 soldiers since the start of Russia’s war five years ago
Business & Technology
* Despite Russia’s strangehold over the Azov Sea and its port cities of Mariupol and Berdyansk, overall volume from Ukraine’s 13 ports increased 2 percent last year to 135.17 metric tons, according to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
* Shifting trade: Ukraine’s exports to the European Union amounted to 43 percent of external trade, compared to only about 8 percent for Russia in 2018, President Petro Poroshenko said in Munich.
* 50 years to catch up to Poland? If Ukraine does not speed up its growth, it will take Ukraine until 2069 to catch up to its western neighbor’s size, said Finance Minister Oksana Markarova. Fortunately, she said, Ukraine’s leaders believe the nation will see faster growth soon.
Opinions
* Paul Niland: The Kremlin’s dirty secret is ‘Gruz 200’
* Alexei Bayer: Cowering behind Trump’s wall
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