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River Wind Ukraine plans to build wind and solar power plant with a total capacity of 4 GW
21.08.2020
In Dnipro region, River Wind Ukraine plans to build wind and solar power plant with a total capacity of 4 GW on Kakhovka Reservoir, the regional government reports.The project will become the ‘first hybrid renewable energy park’ in Ukraine. According to the plan, it will cover the area of 210 square kilometers with floating solar panels placed between up to 172 wind turbine towers.Electricity will be converted into hydrogen by a nearby plant and exported to Germany. “Germany has ...kremlin using local media outlets to gain acceptance for its illegal behavior
21.08.2020
The kremlin continues to adapt its ways for global media expansion. The distinct campaign, aimed at forming partnerships with local media outlets around the world, was launched around 2015 and it moved beyond simply expanding the availability of russian media networks, write Nataliya Bugayova and George Barros for iswresearch.org.In the last five years, russia has signed at least 50 media cooperation agreements. Most of them focus on content sharing between russian-controlled media outlets and local outlets in various countries. But some ...Foreign ministers of ‘Lublin Triangle’ urge Belarusian authorities to refrain from using force
11.08.2020
The foreign ministers of the Lublin Triangle countries called on the Belarusian authorities to refrain from the use of force and to release all those detained during the protests. The statement was made by the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, Linas Linkevičius, Jacek Czaputowicz and Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service informs.The diplomats mentioned that, if necessary, they are open for any assistance or good offices in facilitating this dialogue.The foreign ministers of the “Lublin Triangle” stressed that ...Belarusian flag raised over Kyiv in solidarity with protests
11.08.2020
A huge flag of Belarus has been launched over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in solidarity with protests in that country, according to the captions to the video posted by the Dronarium Ukraine company on Facebook.“After the closure of polling stations, people peacefully took to the streets of Belarusian cities to defend their right to vote, but for this, they received harsh suppression from the security forces,” state Dronarium’s representatives.They stress that it is “unacceptable to use force instead of dialogue ...Ukrainians shift to cashless transactions
10.08.2020
The use of payment cards jumped 16.6% YoY during the first half of this year in Ukraine, to 2.74 billion transactions, NBU reports.During the first half the year, the number of point of sale terminal increased by 5% and the number of cash transactions with cards dropped by 12%, as Ukrainians shift to cashless transactions.The number of issued cards increased by 5%, to 71.7m. Increasingly popular are contactless and tokenized cards. In June, almost 10 million contactless cards were used, ...US Justice Department accused Kolomoisky of stealing billions of dollars from PrivatBank
10.08.2020
The United States Department of Justice accused a Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky of stealing billions of dollars from PrivatBank and launder that money in the United States.The complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the ...In 2020 Ukraine records a million cases of cyberattacks and cyberthreats
08.08.2020
Since the beginning of 2020, about a million cases related to cyberthreats have been recorded in Ukraine, including website attack attempts, DDoS attacks, and spread of malicious software, ukrinform.net reports.“The National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine collects information on such threats from all state cybersecurity actors and analyzes it. In 2020, about a million cases related to cyberthreats have been recorded in Ukraine: application layer attacks, scanning attempts, website attack attempts, phishing, ...Ukrtransgaz becomes the guarantor of energy security for EU countries
06.08.2020
The growing demand of Ukrainian underground gas storage (UGS) facilities by foreign traders remains a key trend in UGS operations for 7 months of 2020, reports Ukrtransgaz.At the beginning of August, the total supply of natural gas reached 22 bcm – the highest level since Ukraine became independent. At the same time, non-resident companies store 5,2 bcm of gas in Ukraine. This is almost four times more than last year. Thus, Ukrainian UGS becomes the guarantor of energy security for Ukraine as well as ...Ukraine becomes second-largest supplier of organic food to EU
31.07.2020
Ukraine has grown to become the second-largest supplier of organic agri-food products to the EU, according to a new official report. Ukraine is in first place for supplying the EU with organic grains – 77% of the market. It is second place for oil crops — 18%. And in third place for fruit -11%.The top five suppliers of organic food to the EU are: China – 13% market share; Ukraine – 10%; Dominican Republic – 10%; Ecuador – 9%; and ...russian armed formations violated previous ceasefire in Donbas 4,226 times
31.07.2020
“During the previous ceasefire regime that started on July 21, 2019 and lasted till July 26, 2020, we registered 4,266 ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the russian Federation,” Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna, said at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting, ukrinform.net reports.The diplomat noted that weapons banned under the Minsk agreements had been used 1,310 times during that period. The enemy shelled populated areas 60 times, killing three civilians and wounding ...russia will not return to G7 as long as issues of Crimea, Donbas exist – German Foreign Minister
29.07.2020
Germany opposes russia’s return to the G7 until the end of annexation of Crimea and aggression in Donbas, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said, ukrinform.net reports.In an interview with Rheinische Post, he said: “russia itself can make the greatest contribution to making these doors open.”Maas recalled that the reason for russia’s exclusion from the G8 was its illegal annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine.“Until we have a solution, I do not see any chances [for the return ...russia says that it does not guarantee observance of ceasefire in Donbas the same day it was established
27.07.2020
The russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has stated that russia cannot guarantee observance of ceasefire in Donbas because russia is allegedly not a party to the conflict, ukrinform.net reports. “Commitment to at the level of the Normandy format is one thing, but I don’t think we can talk about any guarantees from russian side in this case because russia is not a party to the conflict in south-eastern Ukraine,” Peskov said, the Kommersant newspaper reports.According to him, the agreement ...
