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Ukraine war latest: G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting military production licenses to Ukraine, agree to increase arms deliveries

Key developments on June 17: * G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting Ukraine military production licenses, agree to increase arms deliveries * Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Black Sea, military infrastructure, General Staff says * Ukrainian, French defense firms to receive $23 million in grants under Brave France initiative * 'Hell is beginning' — Ukraine could isolate occupied Crimea as drone strikes disrupt logistics, Fedorov says * Ukraine denies Russian claim that Ukr

The free-market case for easing Ukraine's capital controls carefully

To free market fans, of which I consider myself, "capital controls" is something of a four-letter word. They can be convoluted, complicated, and scary to international and domestic investors alike. Even when central banks and governments impose them for legitimate reasons, it is not just the bureaucratic hoops you need to jump through that stoke fear, but the reminder that investors' positions are at the whim of governmental entities. In Ukraine's case, however, capital controls were both a so

The building of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in an undated photo.

About Oleksii Chernyshov

Oleksii Chernyshov is Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Unity, a position he assumed in December 2024. Born on September 4, 1977, Chernyshov previously served as CEO of Naftogaz Group from 2022 to 2024, Minister for Communities and Territories Development from 2020 to 2022, and Kyiv Region Governor from 2019 to 2020. In June 2025, he became the first sitting Ukrainian deputy prime minister to face corruption charges in a land grab case.

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