The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has amended Order No. 440 “On Approval of the Instruction on Accounting of Military Property in the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, according to which from now on military units will be able to keep accounting registers and auxiliary documents only in electronic form, the press service of the department reports.
“On average, a company commander now spends 50-80% of his working time on bureaucracy. Property accounting is one of the most voluminous bureaucratic processes. The order creates opportunities for automation,” the press service quotes Deputy Defense Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization Ekaterina Chernogorenko as saying.
The Ministry notes that in order to maintain accounting registers and auxiliary documents (property logs) only in electronic form, military units must use software that is accepted by the Ministry of Defense and admitted to pilot operation.
“For the transition to such programs, commanders or chiefs of military units that maintain their own military economy need to issue an order on their use,” the report said.
In the case of transition remains only electronic accounting, keep paper logs and duplicate information is prohibited.
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has obliged institutions of education, health care and other state contractors carrying out public procurement for budget funds to buy a number of products from the electronic catalog if their cost exceeds UAH 100 thousand.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Relevant amendments to the decree № 1178 on the peculiarities of public procurement for the period of martial law, the government adopted at a meeting on Friday.
“The Ministry of Economy has analyzed what set of products is most often purchased by educational institutions, medical institutions, and proposed amendments to the current regulations designed to simplify the procurement of such products for customers and suppliers. The electronic catalog procurement mechanism is the most understandable and accessible, so we suggest that customers and suppliers use the electronic catalog when making purchases. The decision will also contribute to the prevention of possible abuses and reduce corruption risks in procurement,” explained Deputy Minister of Economy Nadezhda Bigun.
The list of goods to be purchased through the catalog includes, in particular, meat – chicken, pork, beef, frozen fish, eggs, milk and dairy products including sour cream and kefir, cheese products, beet sugar, pasta, flour and various cereals, vegetables and fruits – cabbage, beets, carrots, apples, potatoes, etc.
The electronic catalog Prozorro Market is part of the reforms in the field of public procurement and allows customers to conduct competitive procurement of typical goods in just nine days, collecting competition twice as high as during the classic tender procedure. The administrator of the catalog in terms of consumer goods, including food products, has been determined by the centralized procurement organization GU “Professional Procurement”.
“Prozorro Market is not only a fast, convenient, safe, with minimal expenditure of resources of the customer procurement method, but also one where the savings are three times higher than in open tenders. The amount of food purchases in the electronic catalog already exceeds 2 billion UAH, and during 2023 every third purchase in the system was made using our tool”, – said the director of the State Institution “Professional Procurement” Eugene Yakubovsky.
It is assumed that if the purchase by electronic catalog by request for proposals did not take place, the customer can conduct a purchase at open tenders, without increasing the expected value of the purchase. Or procurement by request for proposals, taking into account the peculiarities of public procurement during martial law.
By the same decision, the government prohibited the purchase of goods, works and services from individuals and legal entities from the Russian Federation, Belarus and Iran, from companies whose ultimate beneficiaries or owners of more than 10% of shares are citizens of these countries. Exceptions are citizens legally residing in Ukraine; assets of citizens from these countries in the companies-suppliers are transferred to ARMA; goods from the Russian Federation and Belarus are necessary for repair and maintenance of goods purchased before October 19, 2022.
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On February 7-8, the capital of Ukraine hosted the first Kyiv International Cybersecurity Forum 2024: “Resilience in Cyber Warfare”.
This time, the topic of cybersecurity brought together government and business representatives, the cyber community, technology companies, and leading industry experts.
The Forum was opened by Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. In his speech, he noted that the digitalized world requires serious cyber defense and emphasized that the implementation of Ukraine’s digital policy is essential for Ukraine’s national resilience, especially during the war with the Russian Federation, when the country’s high degree of digitalization helps to overcome the challenges posed by aggression. Oleksiy Myacheslavovych also announced the further development of cyber diplomacy: “In our country, I think, there will be a position of a cyber diplomat in the near future, because this is a very, very important area of the struggle for light in this world.”
Guests of the event were greeted during the official opening: Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Anton Demokhin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, Kateryna Chernogorenko, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, Michael Dignam, CEO of CRDF Global.
“Despite the ongoing war in cyberspace and in the real world, we have to promote two ideas. The first is resilience, the theme of the forum that has brought us together. Resilience reflects the strength and flexibility of a society in the face of adversity. Ukraine has shown the world what it means to be resilient in response to cyberattacks and during connection failures, and we are happy to learn from you. The second is digital solidarity. Threats and challenges in cyberspace provide us with unique opportunities and a sense of urgency to stand shoulder to shoulder with partners and allies, to build and strengthen ties, to act together, to be united with Ukraine,” said Nathaniel Fick, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace, U.S. Department of State.
Representatives of the international cyber community also spoke at the Kyiv International Cybersecurity Forum, including: Johannek Belfort, Director for Security and Defense Policy at the European External Action Service, Johan Lepasar, Director of the EU Cyber Security Agency (ENISA), Mart Noorma, Head of NATO’s Joint Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE), Jen Easterly, Director of the US Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA).
In total, the two days of the Forum featured 10 panel discussions and over 35 expert presentations covering a wide range of topics, including: the role of cybersecurity in modern warfare, Ukraine’s experience in cyber warfare, cyber warfare and international law, cyber diplomacy, strengthening the resilience of the national cybersecurity system through education, messenger security, the role of cyber threat intelligence, regional cybersecurity, and others.
As part of KICRF, a two-day cybersecurity competition Capture the Flag was held. Twenty-one teams took part, with a total of 121 specialists from the public and private sectors. According to the competition scenario, each team had to complete 6 challenging tasks that simulated real attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. At the end of the second day, the organizers and judges selected three winners (1st place: #dotxyz team, 2nd place: Pspatron team, 3rd place: Gos team) who received certificates for online training courses and winners’ cups.
The event also included a meeting between representatives of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity (NCCC) and the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP). The consultations resulted in an agreed work plan of cooperation for the next two years. The document contains more than 20 specific steps aimed at supporting Ukraine on its way to EU membership, harmonizing cybersecurity legislation, exchanging experts, etc.
Representatives of the Tallinn Mechanism also gathered in Kyiv as part of the International Cybersecurity Forum. They issued a joint statement by all the member states of the Tallinn Mechanism, which was established on December 20, 2023 and supported by Ukraine, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The mechanism aims to coordinate the efforts of the parties and promote capacity building in the field of cybersecurity. All this is to help Ukraine protect itself from Russian aggression in cyberspace and meet its long-term cyber resilience needs.
“As Russia’s destructive cyber operations and cyber activities are expected to continue for the foreseeable future, the partners of the Tallinn Mechanism are ready to continue their support for as long as necessary,” the statement reads.
The Forum’s organizing team plans to continue working on the project and aims to make this event a powerful annual platform for discussing cyber resilience issues.
The event was launched by the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity (NCCC) under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global). The Forum was supported by the U.S. Department of State.
The Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine joined the organization of the Forum.
Technology partners: Cyber Unit Technologies and the Institute for Cyber Warfare Research (ICWR).
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Ukrainian entrepreneurs have been granted the opportunity to export fish and fish products to Kuwait, the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reports.
“This is the second foreign market for Ukrainian exporters that the Foreign Ministry and the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection are opening this week. The first was the Chinese market for honey producers, and now the Qatari market for fish and fish products. Negotiations with foreign partners to facilitate the entry of Ukrainian goods to foreign markets are ongoing. This is an important part of our work and a broader strategy to create new opportunities in the world for Ukrainian business,” said Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
According to Serhiy Tkachuk, head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the work on opening markets is ongoing, with the priority being Asia and North America.
The agency advised fish and fish products producers to familiarize themselves with the requirements for importing these products to Kuwait.
The health certificate for the export of marine and river aquatic animals (fish, mollusks, crustaceans, needlefish, including those grown on farms) and products from them from Ukraine to the State of Kuwait is published on the official web portal of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the section “International Cooperation”, heading “Certificates for export from Ukraine”.
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection reminded that Ukraine has already agreed on the forms of bilateral certificates for exports of fish and fish products to the European Union, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, Moldova, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Top reasons why people end up in the Register of Debtors
1.4 million debts have been accumulated by Ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale war, according to the ERB. Among the debts in the register, the largest number is currently in favor of the state, administrative offenses and traffic fines.
The Unified Register of Debtors has increased by 1.4 million debts since the start of the full-scale war. For comparison, in 2021 alone, 1.5 million entries were added to the Register. The vast majority of new debts – 1.2 million or 80% – appeared last year.
What did Ukrainians owe during the full-scale war?
The number of debts for fines for administrative offenses and for non-payment of utility bills increased the most – by 38% and 30%, respectively. For comparison, the number of utility debts increased by one and a half times in 2021.
The number of debts in favor of the state remained almost unchanged: 1.95 million debts. In the first year of the great war, their number fell by 300,000, but in 2023 it reached the same level.
Debts for traffic fines increased by a quarter. It is worth noting that the vast majority of these debts, namely ⅔ of them, were added to the register in 2022. However, in the category of “Collection of funds”, debts decreased by 27.5% – in contrast to 2021, when the number of such debts increased by almost one and a half times.
The number of alimony debtors has increased by 4.5% in two years. For comparison, in 2021, their number increased by 4.7%.
It is worth noting that as of February 24, 2022, the category “Document that does not fall into the above categories” was added to the register. It may include debts from other sections.
In total, 8.91 million debts are currently recorded in the Unified Register of Debtors. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the list has increased by 1.4 million new debts.
Context.
Starting in February 2024, Ukrainians may once again have their utilities cut off, their cards blocked, and penalties charged for debts. By Resolution No. 1405, the Government lifted the moratorium on utility disconnections for debts. This decision does not apply to IDPs and people living in the temporarily occupied territories or in the war zone.
