An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the area of the Vrancea mountains in Romania on Sunday, the Main Center of Special Control reported.
“On June 17, 2023 at 13:13:06 (Kiev time), the Main Special Control Center registered an earthquake from the territory of Romania, in the area of the Vrancea Mountains, with a magnitude of 4.1 (on the Richter scale),” the SCSC said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
This earthquake is reportedly classified as barely perceptible according to the earthquake classification. The vibrations are only felt by individuals who are calm indoors, especially on the upper floors. This earthquake does not pose a threat to the population of Ukraine.
The last powerful earthquakes from the Vrancea area were registered on December 16 and 17, 2022 with magnitudes of 4.1 and 4.4, (on the Richter scale), respectively.
On June 15, Kirovogradoblenergo announced its intention to enter into a contract with VUSO Insurance Company for compulsory motor third party liability insurance (MTPL).
As reported in the Prozorro e-procurement system, the price bid of the company was UAH 296.8 thousand with an expected purchase price of UAH 660 thousand.
IC “Krajina” also took part in the tender with the offer of UAH 525,9 ths.
IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. The company owns 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory types of insurance, it is present in all the regions of Ukraine. It is a member of MTSBU and FSA, a member of the Agreement on direct settlement of losses and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
Five people in Ukraine have been notified on suspicion of creating a criminal organization, participating in it and stealing property for embezzling money from foreign accounts, the Office of the Prosecutor General said Sunday.
“They ‘withdrew’ almost one million hryvnias using links to phishing sites whose interface was very similar to popular online shopping sites,” the report said.
The suspects were looking for sellers of goods and sent them links allegedly for delivery and payment for goods. Data of bank cards – card number, CVV-code and expiration date, which were entered by victims of phishing sites, automatically became known to the suspects.
“The organizer passed these data to the perpetrators, and they “tied” them to the payment systems. Subsequently, using NFC technology, they bought different gadgets in stores in Kiev, paying for purchases from the accounts of the victims,” – reported in the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to preliminary calculations, the foreign nationals suffered about one million hryvnias of damage.
Law enforcers conducted searches in Kiev and Chernihiv region at the places of residence of the suspects and in their cars. Cell phones, laptops, bank cards, as well as goods obtained illegally were seized.
On Sunday, June 18, rains in the western part of Ukraine, significant rains and thunderstorms in the Carpathians in places, according to Ukrhydrometecenter.
The wind is mainly northwest, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 10-15°, while during the day it is 16-21°.
The rest of the territory without precipitation, only in the south in the afternoon in some places, intermittent rain, thunderstorms.
Wind is eastern, north-eastern, 7-12 m/s.
The temperature at night is 15-20°, at seaside up to 23°, during the day – 25-30°.
Sunday in Kiev, without precipitation, wind east, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 17-19°, and during the day – 28-30°.
As reported by the Central Geophysical Observatory. The highest daytime temperature of June 18 in Kiev was recorded in 1918 and amounted to 33.8°C, the lowest night-time temperature was 5.9°C in 1911.
Monday, June 19, it may be raining and thunderstorms in spots on the Right Bank and in the Crimea.
Winds varying directions, 3-8 m/s.
The temperature at night is 14-19°, and up to 21° on the coast of the sea. The temperature in the eastern and western regions is 11 to 16°. Daytime temperatures range from 25-30°, while in the western regions it is 21-26°.
Monday in Kiev, no precipitation, wind in alternating directions, 3-8 m/s. The temperature at night is 17-19°, daytime is 27-29°.
In the Odessa region categorically prohibited bathing in the sea, as well as catching fish and seafood in open reservoirs, reports Odessa city council.
“According to the results of laboratory research (virological, microbiological, parasitic) samples of water from environmental objects, the laboratories of the State Institution “Odessa OTCPH MH” for the last week were isolated infectious disease pathogens, in particular Salmonella enteritidis and Typhimurium, rota astroviruses, cholera-like NAH vibrios, cholera-like vibrios alginoliticus, parahaemoliticus, eggs and larvae of helminths both humans and animals (pinworms, hairworms, canine ascariids, cryptosporidium oocysts),” the Facebook message states.
In addition, the LCP (lactopositive E. coli) index significantly exceeds the regulatory requirements.
“The presence of all the listed biological pathogens in the water of open water bodies of the Odessa region, in particular, the Black Sea, the Belgorod-Dnistrovsky estuary and the river. Danube, poses a real threat to the life and health of the population. Therefore it is strictly prohibited to swim in the sea, catch fish and seafood in the open waters (river and sea places of recreation). It is also necessary to refrain from eating fish and seafood of unknown origin”, – stressed in the City Council.
ABH Holdings SA. (ABHH, Luxembourg) will seek protection under a bilateral Belgium-Luxembourg-Ukraine investment protection agreement if Ukraine nationalizes the Sense Bank (Sense Bank, formerly Alfa Bank, Kiev) it owns, which implies filing suit in an international court if the country refuses voluntary compensation for lost investments.
“If Sense Bank JSC is nationalized, the losses for ABHH will be significant, so ABHH will take appropriate measures in terms of both national and international law and available treaties to compensate them,” the holding company said in a statement Saturday.
ABHH points out that Law No. 9107-1 on the procedure for withdrawal from the market (nationalization) of banks owned by subsanctioned persons has already been signed by the president of Ukraine, so the holding company is seriously concerned that the National Bank of Ukraine will carry out its intention to nationalize Sens Bank without compensating ABHH beyond the nominal amount.
“The new law is aimed at the withdrawal of banks owned by sanctioned individuals. However, the nationalization of Sense Bank JSC will result in losses for non-sanctioned persons, including bondholders and non-sanctioned shareholders of ABHH,” the statement said.
According to the holding’s capital structure, these are The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and Italian Unicredit s.p.a., which own 3.8736% and 9.9%, respectively.
The main shareholders of ABHH are Mikhail Fridman – 32.8632%, Petr Aven – 12.4018% and Andrei Kosogov – 40.9614%, on whose shares the National Bank last April appointed Simeon Dyankov, the former Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, as a trustee.
Earlier this week, ABHH said it had reached an agreement to sell Sense Bank’s 75.6% stake to an international investor for $1. ABHH recalled that in the autumn of 2022, the National Bank of Ukraine had sent a shareholder letter stating its willingness to transfer the bank into state ownership free of charge and voluntarily in case of such a decision by the regulators, but since no response to this letter was received, ABHH continued to look for an experienced and reliable investor.
According to the agency, the investor is one of Poland’s richest men, Zygmunt Solozh, co-owner of Grupa Polsat Plus. The Economic Pravda newspaper reported this week that documents were submitted to the National Bank by the Cypriot Karswell Ltd, the nominal owner of 43.75% of the shares of the Polish bank Plus Bank SA.
As of the beginning of May this year, Sense Bank, with assets of 97.19 billion hryvnias, was the 10th bank among 65 operating in Ukraine. The authorized capital of the bank amounted to 28.726 billion UAH, and equity capital – 7.49 billion UAH.
At the end of May this year, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law that envisages the nationalization of Sense Bank as a systemic bank on the basis of the presence of sub-sanctioned persons among its major shareholders.
The NBU, in its communications to date, has not allowed the possibility of agreeing a deal to sell the bank.
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