From the very beginning, Ukraine’s post-Soviet nation-building journey has been defined by competition between rival narratives that have sought to place the country within Russia itself. Conversely, the Western world has never quite managed to make up its mind about Ukraine and has generally adopted a cautious approach.

The government's 20/20 programme called for increasing Ukrgazvydobuvannya's gas production to 20 bcm by 2020, but the goal was not achieved.

The countries agreed to encourage cooperation between companies and financial institutions in major construction projects and for governments to provide assistance where required.

While Russian and Soviet leaders generally gave the nod to the ethnic differences with other nations with very different ethnicities, languages or religions in their midst, this did not extend to Ukrainians.

The loan programme includes a $177 million loan from the IBRD, a $34 million loan from the Clean Technology Fund and a $1 million CTF grant to make the Ukrainian system more resilient.

An agreement with Antonov could revive TMZ's past as one of the biggest aircraft assembly plants in Central Asia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration overcame resistance from large numbers of deputies to secure passage of laws which open the way for new IMF credits.

Ukraine’s renewables sector is in chaos, marred by unrealistic promises, setbacks caused by the COVID pandemic - and spiralling debt that has left Kyiv on the hook to foreign green energy producers at a tab of close to $1 billion.