France will help Ukraine turn the exclusion zone around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant into a scientific hub, Ukrinform quoted Ecology Minister, Ruslan Strilets, as saying on April 26. “Recently, while participating in a UN conference, I met with my colleague from France,” he said while visiting the exclusion zone. “We agreed that France would help develop … Read more
JSC Ukrposhta in January-March 2023 recorded a significant increase in the number of parcels sent to Ukraine from abroad, Director of International Operations Department at Ukrposhta Yulia Pavlenko has said. “I see that according to the results of the first months of this year, Ukrposhta already reaches 85% of the volume of the pre-war period … Read more
Ukraine’s state air traffic operator Ukraerorukh has received a second financing tranche from the Solidarity Aviation Fund, Infrastructure Ministry announced via Facebook on April 25. The Solidarity Aviation Fund was established by Ukraine and Eurocontrol (the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation) in late 2022. The first tranche was received by Ukraerorukh in February 2023. … Read more
In a sign that some prewar norms are returning, McDonald’s reopened five restaurants in the central Ukrainian regional capital of Dnipro on April 25, the company reported. The restaurants are now open in various parts of the city. Namely, in the event of an air raid alert, employees will quickly complete all production processes, issue … Read more
Damage to the agricultural sector during the active phase of armed aggression since 24 February 2022 is estimated at $8.7 bn. According to the experts of the KSE Institute project “Russia Will Pay”, the highest value of damages in the sector was caused by the destruction and damage to agricultural machinery, which is estimated at … Read more
The European Dairy Trading Community Eucolait opposed the ban by Poland, Hungary and Slovakia on the import and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products, in particular dairy products, due to its minimal impact on the European market. “We can say overall for the EU that the impact of dairy imports from Ukraine has been minimal,” Alice … Read more
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has resumed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products through Poland for the first time since April 24, Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 24. The shipments are authorized for land transit and for transit to the seaports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Świnoujście, and Szczecin. Ukrzaliznytsia received a notification about the lifting of restrictions from the … Read more
Ukrainian all-terrain vehicle manufacturer Sherp will open a new plant in the Turkish province of Bursa on April 23, newspaper the Daily Sabbah has reported. The plant plans to launch mass production of the Sherp YETX multipurpose all-terrain vehicle, which was presented in Türkiye the day before. “The company has decided to invest here, relying on … Read more
Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear energy company, and the US company Holtec International have signed an agreement to build up to 20 nuclear power units with SMR-160 reactors in Ukraine. Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Holtec International President and CEO Khris Singh reportedly signed an agreement on cooperation in the deployment of small modular reactors. Energoatom emphasizes … Read more
Ukraine’s Energoatom National Nuclear Power Company signed an agreement with the U.S. Holtec International, to install nuclear power units with SMR-160 reactors, Energoatom’s press office wrote on Facebook on April 21. Small Modular Reactor SMR-160 is a pressurised light-water reactor, generating 160 MWe using low-enriched uranium fuel. The Cooperation Agreement to install the small modular reactors was … Read more