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Ukroboronprom refutes claim that Russian company imported Ukrainian products. The state-owned enterprise Ukrainian Defense Industry (UkrOboronProm) denied on Nov. 29 earlier media reports that a Russian company had imported spare parts for military aircraft and helicopters manufactured by Ukrainian enterprises.
Several US states have profited from providing military support to Ukraine. The Biden administration has released data on which states have received the greatest financial benefit from providing military aid to Ukraine. This analysis was done to strengthen support from Republicans who oppose continuing military assistance. Although three of Pennsylvania's eight Republican members of Congress voted against funding to help fight the Russian invasion, data from this analysis shows the Keystone State received $2.364B, the most of any state, through spending and investment in arms and ammunition production. The state of Texas received $1.45B to produce shells and other weapons, although 18 out of 25 of the state’s Republicans voted against aid to Ukraine. Arizona, where three out of six Republican representatives voted against aid, received $2.19B. Moreover, companies in Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas received contracts worth more than $1B. Manufacturing plants in two dozen additional states received another $18B.
2.9 Polls & Sociology
Only 5% of Ukrainians oppose joining EU, NATO. In total, 78% of Ukrainians would vote to join the EU if a referendum were held now and 77% are in favor of joining NATO, according to a poll released by the Rating Sociology Group on Nov. 29.
More Americans support arming Ukraine than Israel. An Ipsos survey conducted for Reuters revealed 41% of Americans support providing arms for Ukraine, while just 31% supported weapons for Israel. Military support for Ukraine was stronger among Democrats with 32% of respondents opposed to further aid to Kyiv.
Poll: 44% of Ukrainians have war zone experience. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to 44% of Ukrainians experiencing being in their country's combat zone, according to a survey published by the Ukrainian polling NGO Reiting on Nov. 10. Before February 2022, 18% of the population had experience of being in an area considered to be the war zone.
Ukrainian consumers’ optimism has fallen to its lowest level since last summer. The Ukrainian consumer sentiment index decreased by 2.8 points to 79.9 points in October. This is the lowest that the indicator has been since August 2022, when it was 75.3 points. At the same time, the index of economic expectations decreased by 5.7 points to 96.3 points. The index of expected dynamics of unemployment increased by 1.4 points and is 123.8 points. The index of inflation expectations increased by 3.3 points and is 185.8 points. The index of devaluation expectations increased by 4.8 points and is 158.6 points. "The population of Ukraine has more negative expectations than a year ago, but the current situation is better," analysts noted. According to the NBU, it is worth noting that during the third quarter, the number of transactions with credit cards in Ukraine and abroad was 1.97 trillion, and their amount was ₴1.4 trillion. Most often, Ukrainians use cards for payments in the retail network - 1.35 trillion transactions for ₴419.2B.
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