The town-forming enterprise of Obukhov (Kyiv region) Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill (KKBK) predicts the possibility of stopping the work of the enterprise in case of total mobilization of male workers who cannot be replaced by women, which, in addition to the lack of necessary products from consumers, may lead to the complexity of functioning of the entire Obukhov community.
“Big business, in particular, Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill of Austrian Pulp Mill Holding is already modeling the consequences of staffing shortages. Fears of being left without the ability to provide the necessary production processes of the enterprise due to a shortage of personnel are not unfounded – now every 10th employee is in the ranks of the WSU. In the areas where previously worked mostly men, today you can see women, because KKBK started programs for vocational training, thanks to which you can learn a new profession at the expense of the company – for example, forklift driver”, – told the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” in the press service of KKBK.
At the same time, they emphasize that there are workers who are difficult and sometimes impossible to replace. In particular, it takes about five years to become a machine operator of a paper-making or cardboard machine, as it is necessary to master a number of step-by-step works.
The press service of KKBK noted that the indispensability of paper industry professionals is also due to the fact that paper production is associated with high levels of noise, temperature, humidity and vibration, so people working in the shops must be physically tough.
“There are also professions at the company where only men can work according to labor safety requirements. Therefore, the option of replacing them with women is impossible. If such employees are mobilized, production will stop,” the mill assumes.
The company predicts that consumers may be left without sanitary-hygienic products, and large manufacturers of Ukrainian goods without cardboard containers, the stoppage of the enterprise can dramatically affect the life of Obukhivka community.
“The Obukhiv city territorial community includes 25 settlements: 24 villages and the city of Obukhov. Out of 50 thousand people of the population, more than 2 thousand people work at Kiev KBCK, and in 2023 one third of the community budget was made up of KBCK taxes. Therefore, the suspension of the plant threatens severe consequences”, – the press service quotes the secretary of the Obukhov City Council Larisa Ilyenko.
According to her, in this case, the local budget revenues will be significantly reduced, which will affect the socio-economic development of the community and will affect almost all sectors, in particular education and medicine.
“In the housing and utilities sector there will be a problem with the treatment of domestic sewage. Heating will disappear in apartment buildings – consumers of the enterprise, which is more than 20 thousand subscribers. But we hope that the community will be able to continue to count on fruitful cooperation with the plant”, – she believes.
“Given the difficult conditions of mobilization, Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill faces serious challenges. The answer to the question whether the enterprise will be able to maintain its stability further remains open. Whether we will be able to overcome staff hunger and continue to work, time will show”, – summarize in the press service of the enterprise.
Kiev KBC is the parent company of the group of companies of the same name, one of the largest enterprises in Europe for the production of cardboard and paper products with a staff of more than 2.5 thousand employees.
As reported, in 2023 the mill produced products (corrugated packaging, paper products for sanitary and hygienic purposes, molded containers for eggs) for UAH 7 billion 568 million, and in January-May this year – for UAH 3 billion 173 million.
The owner of the mill is Austrian Pulp Mill Holding.
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JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) has created a separate legal entity – “UZ Energo” LLC, which will be engaged in the construction of gas-fired power plants. construction gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of up to 250 MW in the regions, the company’s press service reported.
“A decision has been made to construction of dozens of gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of up to 250 MW. As of today, Ukrzaliznytsia is holding active negotiations with suppliers and international financial organizations for the rapid implementation of this project,” the press release quoted Yevgeniy Lyashchenko, head of the UZ board, as saying.
According to the press release, UZ Energo will be 100% owned by Ukrzaliznytsia through Sales Energy Ltd, which is also owned by UZ.
Lyashchenko reminded that UZ is among the top 5 largest distribution companies in Ukraine in terms of network length and volumes of electricity flow.
The report says that UZ, as one of the largest consumers of electricity in Ukraine, is experiencing a significant deficit in its supply on an equal footing with everyone else. The introduced limits for electricity consumption cover the real needs of the company only by 75%.
They pointed out that with the approach of the fall-winter period, the increasing deficit in electricity supply may affect the uninterrupted movement of trains and adversely affect the provision of public services for household consumers. “UZ” is also the operator of water supply distribution for a number of consumers.
According to the report, gas-fired power plants will first of all be installed in regional centers and connected to the company’s networks, from which are powered railway transport facilities, social sphere, as well as critical infrastructure facilities of other sectors of the economy.
The French Interior Ministry announced on Monday the final results of voting in the first round of parliamentary elections – the “National Rally” came first with 33.14% of the vote.
According to the Interior Ministry, more than 10.6 million French people voted for this nationalist party and its allies, reports BFMTV. The TV channel notes that the “National Union” increased in 2.5 times the result of the previous parliamentary elections in 2022.
In second position is the left-wing New Popular Front bloc with 27.99% of the vote. The leftists have also significantly improved their result compared to the 2022 elections, when 5.8 million voters voted for their coalition New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). In the first round of the current election, they received almost 9 million votes.
Earlier Experts Club analytical center presented an analytical material about the most important elections in the countries of the world in 2024, more video analysis is available here – https://youtu.be/73DB0GbJy4M?si=eGb95W02MgF6KzXU.
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The parties of the presidential camp, acting as the Together coalition, received just over 20% of the vote. 6.4 million French people voted for them.
Due to the defeat of the presidential social-liberal Renaissance party in the June 9 elections to the European Parliament, which lost to the National Union, President Emmanuel Macron announced on the same day the dissolution of the National Assembly and called early legislative elections.
The first round of elections to the lower house of the French parliament – the National Assembly – was held the day before, the second round will be held on July 7.
Currently, already 30 thousand square kilometers of de-occupied territories of Ukraine are recognized as such, which do not contain evidence of contamination by explosive objects, it is more than 17% of the preliminary assessment of contamination, reported in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“Today, thanks to our joint work, the area of contaminated territories has already decreased by 30 thousand square kilometers. This means that in these territories were not found or were neutralized detected explosive objects,” – said the head of the Main Department of mine action, civil protection and environmental safety of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Colonel Ruslan Beregulia.
He also emphasized that now the most contaminated remain Kherson, Kharkiv and Mykolayiv regions, where more than 50% of all incidents with explosive objects among civilians have occurred.
According to the colonel, while carrying out demining activities, a comprehensive approach is applied, which, among other things, provides for chemical analysis of soils of agricultural lands for the presence of hazardous substances.
The head of the Main Department of Mine Action also noted that now 78 mechanized demining vehicles of both domestic and foreign production are used for demining of de-occupied territories from explosive objects by demining groups of security and defense forces, as well as by mine action operators.
The ministry recalled that initially the area of potentially explosive contaminated de-occupied territories in Ukraine was estimated at 174 thousand square kilometers, of which 14 thousand square kilometers are water areas.
France will hold the first round of early elections to the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Sunday.
Polling stations mostly opened at 08:00 local time (09:00 Kiev time), the end of voting at most polling stations will take place by 18:00 (19:00 Kiev time), however, in some cities and departments the schedule of polling stations may differ. In particular, in major cities, including Paris, the French will be able to cast their vote until 20:00 (21:00 Kiev time).
The first results are expected to appear after 20:00 local time (21:00 Kiev time).
Voters will have to elect 577 parliamentarians, with 289 seats needed for an absolute majority.
According to the procedure, if a candidate wins a majority of votes in the first round with a turnout of more than 25%, he or she immediately gets a seat in parliament. If no candidate is elected, there is a second round.
As a rule, one round is not enough to determine the winner of the French parliamentary elections. This time the second round is scheduled for July 7.
In the elections there is a bloc of left-wing parties called “New Popular Front”, the coalition “Together”, including, in particular, the party “Renaissance”, founded by Macron, as well as the right-wing party “Republicans”. The main intrigue of the election, however, is how many seats the far-right Rassemblement Nationale party, affiliated with Marine Le Pen, which won France’s European Parliament elections earlier this month, will be able to win.
According to the latest pre-election polls, Rassemblement Nationale can count on nearly 40 percent of the vote in the first round, which could give the party between 250 and 280 seats in the lower house, while 289 seats are needed for an absolute majority. A coalition of the Left is likely to come in second place, while the Together coalition is likely to come in third.
Early elections in France are being held after French President Macron’s Renaissance party lost to the far-right Rassemblement Nationale in the June 9 European Parliament elections. On the same day, the French leader announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, and called early parliamentary elections.
Earlier the analytical center Experts Club presented an analytical material about the most important elections in the countries of the world in 2024, more detailed video analysis is available here – https://youtu.be/73DB0GbJy4M?si=eGb95W02MgF6KzXU.
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