Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that both Israel and Palestine have been invited by the Ukrainian side to the Peace Summit to be held on June 15-16 in Switzerland.
“We have no double standards. That is why, despite – whether someone likes it or not, we invited both Palestine and Israel to the Peace Summit. And representatives of the Global South. We have invited all countries to our Summit. We are ready to hear all thoughts, ready to talk to them all,” Zelensky said while speaking to the media on the margins of the Dialogue – Shangri-La conference in Singapore on Sunday.
Among the uninvited countries, the president noted, is only Russia.
“And not just because they are aggressors. Although that is point number 1. Point number 2 is that we had summits with Russia as, for example, within the Normandy format, after which they did not fulfill the agreements and continued to kill us and block processes, including the ceasefire,” he said.
Earlier, as part of his speech at the Dialogue – Shangri La conference in Singapore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an objective assessment of Ukraine’s position on the situation in the Gaza Strip, stressing that Ukraine is a just country that respects international law and the UN charter and recognizes two states – both Israel and Palestine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has set from June 1, 2024 the electricity tariff for the population at the rate of 4.32 UAH/kWh with VAT, which is 64% higher than the current tariff of 2.64 UAH/kWh with VAT.
This was announced by the first deputy head of the energy Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksiy Kucherenko.
“4.32 is a single price. For electric heating – up to 2000 kWh at the old price in the heating period, in the summer as for everyone,” he wrote in his Facebook on Friday.
The maritime corridor created by the Navy has ensured the export of 50 million tons of cargo since August 2023, with 1,737 vessels handled at the ports, the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure (MCDI) said.
“50 million tons of cargo were exported by the Ukrainian Sea Corridor in 9 months. Despite constant attacks by the Russians, Ukrainian port workers managed to handle 1,737 vessels,” the Ministry said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
Thanks to the combined efforts of the government, the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine, international partners and all employees of the port industry, it was possible to establish a stable export of Ukrainian agricultural products by sea, the report said.
The Facebook of the Administration of Sea Ports (AMPU) reports that the Black Sea ports have reached a record volume of cargo processing.
“Starting with the first Joseph Shulte vessel that left the Ukrainian corridor on August 16, 2023, Ukrainian Black Sea ports have processed this record volume of cargo despite constant enemy attacks on our critical infrastructure. This is 1,737 vessels handled!”, – AMPU said in a statement.
Last Thursday, the fact that exports through the sea corridor reached 50 million tons was reported by Yuriy Vaskov, former Deputy Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure (Ministry of Restoration).
The head of the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine (AMPU), Yuriy Litvin, reported that the results of the Ukrainian “grain corridor” almost one and a half times exceeded the indicators of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. According to him, the indicator of transportation of only grain cargoes for eight months is already 10% higher than the results of the “grain initiative” for the year.
Carriage-building enterprise Dneprovagonmash JSC (DVM) plans to sell up to 100 railcars for export to Europe, businessman Serhiy Tihipko said.
“Today we produce 80 railcars per month for the domestic market, but we have already started to make and for export… The European market is 8-9 thousand railcars per year, we have set a goal of 100 railcars per month to sell there. In money, the average car is about EUR100 thousand,” he said during the forum ‘Money for Victory’ organized by Forbes Ukraine.
According to him, Austrian metallurgical company voestalpine provides lighter and stronger metal for construction of railcars, which is a competitive advantage in the European market.
In turn, the group will invest in the modernization of the plant (metal work, welding, painting) and staff training.
As reported, in early 2023, TAS Group became a strategic investor in TransAnt GmbH, a wagon-building JV of Austrian voestalpine and ÖBB Rail Cargo, with a 40% stake, and in spring 2024 became a majority shareholder of TransAnt, increasing its stake to 61%.
In October 2023, as part of an innovative project with Austrian partners, Dneprovagonmash, a member of the TAS group, shipped the first lightweight modular freight cars (MultiBOX) for operation on EU railroads, and by the end of the year it already had a full line of platform freight cars for the EU market.
According to information in TAS Dneprovagonmash’s financial statement for 2023, this year it plans to invest UAH 100.2 million in the development of the European direction, in particular for the purchase of equipment.
The company in 2023 produced 378 freight cars (including for the EU market), which is 34.8% less than in 2022, sales decreased by 40.6% to 370 units.
Net income from sales of railcars and other products decreased by 2.8% to UAH 1 bln 77 mln, net profit increased insignificantly to UAH 49.2 mln.
TAS Group was founded in 1998 by businessman Tigipko. Its business interests cover the financial sector (banking and insurance segments) and pharmacy sector, as well as industry, real estate, and venture projects.
Carriage-building enterprise Dneprovagonmash JSC (DVM) plans to sell up to 100 railcars for export to Europe, businessman Serhiy Tihipko said.
“Today we produce 80 railcars per month for the domestic market, but we have already started to make and for export… The European market is 8-9 thousand railcars per year, we have set a goal of 100 railcars per month to sell there. In money, the average car is about EUR100 thousand,” he said during the forum ‘Money for Victory’ organized by Forbes Ukraine.
According to him, Austrian metallurgical company voestalpine provides lighter and stronger metal for construction of railcars, which is a competitive advantage in the European market.
In turn, the group will invest in the modernization of the plant (metal work, welding, painting) and staff training.
As reported, in early 2023, TAS Group became a strategic investor in TransAnt GmbH, a wagon-building JV of Austrian voestalpine and ÖBB Rail Cargo, with a 40% stake, and in spring 2024 became a majority shareholder of TransAnt, increasing its stake to 61%.
In October 2023, as part of an innovative project with Austrian partners, Dneprovagonmash, a member of the TAS group, shipped the first lightweight modular freight cars (MultiBOX) for operation on EU railroads, and by the end of the year it already had a full line of platform freight cars for the EU market.
According to information in TAS Dneprovagonmash’s financial statement for 2023, this year it plans to invest UAH 100.2 million in the development of the European direction, in particular for the purchase of equipment.
The company in 2023 produced 378 freight cars (including for the EU market), which is 34.8% less than in 2022, sales decreased by 40.6% to 370 units.
Net income from sales of railcars and other products decreased by 2.8% to UAH 1 bln 77 mln, net profit increased insignificantly to UAH 49.2 mln.
TAS Group was founded in 1998 by businessman Tigipko. Its business interests cover the financial sector (banking and insurance segments) and pharmacy sector, as well as industry, real estate, and venture projects.
The meat casing plant PentoPak PJSC (Boryspil) after the first fruitless auction, scheduled on “Prozorro.Sales” on May 31, is put up for a second auction at a halved price – for UAH 101.87 million.
According to information on the site “Prosorro.Sales”, a new auction is scheduled for June 10.
As reported, on May 6, the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine approved the starting price of PentoPak PJSC, recovered from Russian sub-sanctioned oligarch Ivan Savvidi, in the amount of 203.7 million UAH.
As noted in the FGI, the plant provides a full cycle of production of packaging for meat processing products. “PentoPak” produces multi-layer synthetic shrink casing, applying advanced technologies. Among the clients of the enterprise are well-known Ukrainian brands such as “Rud”, “Globino”, “Meat Guild”, as well as customers from more than 30 countries of the world.
The enterprise has preserved 193 jobs, has no debts on wages and to the budget. The company plans to modernize production and enter new markets of packaging materials for the dairy industry, fish processing and animal feed packaging.
Earlier, in February 2024, the SACS decided to confiscate Savvidi’s property and transfer 100% of PentoPak shares to the State Property Fund, as the oligarch has close ties with the Russian leadership and supports the occupation authorities in the temporarily seized territories of Ukraine.
