“Ukrzaliznytsia” introduces a new schedule of trains for the summer season-2023 from June 10, according to the Odessa City Council.
“In the new schedule, railroad workers have provided for a new train #148/147 Kiev – Odessa, which will run through Cherkassy,” the Odessa City Council said in a message in the Telegram channel on Saturday.
In addition, the following Ukrzaliznytsia trains extended the route:
№105/106 Odessa – Kiev – Odessa optionally will follow to and from Sumy station, which will allow Sumy residents to reach the seaside city by a direct flight with a convenient time of arrival in Odessa;
№53/54 Odessa – Dnipro – Odessa will optionally be able to run to and from Zaporizhzhia according to the new schedule.
Ukraine has received about 90,000 tons of in-kind aid, such as equipment and medicines, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism since the start of the Russian invasion, DW reported.
“This is by far the most complex, the most extensive and the longest operation under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in the history of its existence,” said European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič, quoted by the newspaper.
He said assistance was provided with food, medicine, vehicles, generators, transformers and equipment to repair power grids and other critical infrastructure.
“We even delivered items such as sunflower seeds and equipment to protect cultural monuments,” Lenarcic said.
In addition, more than two thousand patients and wounded from Ukraine have been treated in more than 20 EU countries, the commissioner added.
Ukraine officially joined the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on April 20, 2023. Within the framework of this mechanism, the EU states and other countries cooperate in preparedness and response to crises and disasters.
Thanks to the Mechanism, Ukraine has received assistance before, just like any other country in the world following a request. As a member of the Mechanism, Ukraine will have access to expert exchanges, training programs and exercises, and will be able to provide assistance to countries in crisis.
The plenum of the Supreme Court on Friday elected Stanislav Kravchenko, chairman of the Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court, as chairman of the Supreme Court.
Kravchenko received the most votes among the four candidates for head of court: 108 Supreme Court justices out of 148 present at Friday’s plenum voted for him.
Judges Albert Ezerov, Natalia Kovalenko and Ivana Mischenko collected 2, 13 and 14 votes, respectively.
At the same time, according to the press service of the Supreme Court, the agenda of the plenum also included consideration of the issue of electing a deputy chairman of the Supreme Court.
“The issue of electing a deputy chairman of the Supreme Court will be considered after appropriate consultations with the judges of the Supreme Court at the next meeting of the plenum (the date is not specified – IF-U),” the message says.
Kravchenko has been chairman of the criminal court at the Supreme Court since December 2017. He graduated from the Ukrainian Law Academy named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky in 1991. F.E. Dzerzhinsky with a degree in jurisprudence (now the National Law University named after Yaroslav the Wise). In 1991-1992 he worked as a lawyer and notary.
During 1992-1993 he worked as a trainee-judge of the People’s Court of the Republic of Belarus. – In 1992-1993 he worked as a trainee-judge of the People’s Court of Kozeletsky District People’s Court of Chernigov Region. From 1993 to 2002, he was a judge of the Kozeletsk District Court in Chernihiv region. From 2002 to 2011, he served as a judge of the Court of Appeal in Kyiv. – From 2002-2011, she was a judge of the Kiev Court of Appeal.
Kravchenko was elected a judge of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases on May 19, 2011. On April 23, 2014, he was appointed deputy chairman of this court.
By presidential decree of November 10, 2017, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Cassation Criminal Court within the Supreme Court, and on December 8, he headed this court. On November 26, 2021, Kravchenko was re-elected as head of the Court of Criminal Cassation.
He has been a member of the Law Reform Commission since August 7, 2019.
Ukraine’s unfunded needs for financing priority reconstruction this year amount to about $6.5 billion more, with a total estimate of $14.1 billion, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said in panel discussions at a meeting of the IMF and World Bank member countries in Montenegro.
“Timely attraction of these funds is crucial for creating proper living conditions for people, returning migrants and promoting economic growth in Ukraine,” the minister said in a Finance Ministry press release on Friday.
According to him, the state budget-2023 provides $3.3 billion for priority reconstruction, and international partners have provided guarantees of about $4.3 billion.
Marchenko recalled that the needs of the energy sector for priority reconstruction are estimated at $3.3 billion, humanitarian demining at $400 million, reconstruction of destroyed and damaged housing at $1.9 billion, critical and social infrastructure at $5.8 billion, as well as $2.8 billion needed to support the private sector.
It is noted that during the discussions the state of the economy in the countries receiving migrants and refugees was discussed, and the head of the Ministry of Finance thanked the governments of the receiving countries for their assistance and protection.
According to him, the factor of Ukrainian migrants has a positive impact on the economies of receiving countries, as Ukrainians spend money and actively integrate into the European labor market.
At the same time, Marchenko noted the priority of the Ukrainian government to create incentives for citizens to return home, and in this context it is important to rebuild the country.
The minister also informed that the governments of Ukraine and Great Britain are closely cooperating on the organization of a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, which will be held in late June in London:
“We plan to present reconstruction projects, as well as to discuss mechanisms of insurance against military risks. I am confident that the conference will consolidate international partners and donors and will facilitate their involvement in Ukraine’s reconstruction,” the Finance Minister said.
Dobrobut” medical network subdivision in Pecherskiy district of Kiev will more than double its area.
As reported in the nurse’s press release, the area of new premises will be over 1 thou. sq. m., whereas the old building had an area of 450 sq. m.
Along with the expansion of the area the clinic, designed for 300 visitors a day, plans to expand the list of services. In particular, physicians specialized in therapy and family medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology, allergology, infectious diseases, surgery and proctology, orthopedics and traumatology, gastroenterology, dietetics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, dermatology, endocrinology, rheumatology, pulmonology, hematology, psychology, psychiatry, medical massage and kinesiotherapy will be invited.
The new medical center will be equipped with modern high-precision diagnostic equipment.
The company does not specify the amount of investment in the new medical center’s equipment.
Dobrobut” is one of Ukraine’s largest private medical networks. The network consists of 17 medical centers in Kiev and Kiev region, emergency service, dentistry and pharmacies. Network medical centers provide services to children and adults in more than 75 medical directions. Annually experts of “Dobrobut” carry out more than 7000 operations. The network has over 2800 employees.
The network collaborates with a number of international charitable organizations such as Direct Relief International, Children of War Foundation, International Medical Corps and University of Miami Global Institute. According to the company, thanks to the work of Direct Relief International and the Dobrobut Foundation, wounded war veterans and people stranded by war are able to receive free care at the Dobrobut Treatment and Diagnostic Center.
According to the company, Dobrobut has become the first private medical network in Ukraine to receive funding from the U.S. federal government: with support from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the company will build a modern physical rehabilitation center.
The National anti-corruption bureau of Ukraine (NABU) conducted a search in the apartment of the founder of the holding UFuture Vasily Khmelnitsky, the businessman himself said in the social network “Facebook”.
“Already in the office found out that I have “guests” from the NABU at home. Days of exemplary searches after nights of rocket attacks for Ukrainian businessmen have become a tradition. Unfortunately. This visit of law enforcement agencies to me concerns a case that has been under investigation for more than four years, and all these years I am in Kyiv, I am not hiding from anyone, and investigative experiments and interrogations have already been conducted more than once,” Khmelnitsky wrote.
The businessman specified that the case concerns a plot of land, which he and his partner bought at an open auction for the construction of a new modern school. Paid the full price (18.9 million UAH), received the rights of the owner.
“For us, 100% (it – IF) is a social project, not a business. It is access to quality school education that paves the way for real transformations and reforms in Ukraine in the long term. In the short term – Kiev through private investment gets the necessary infrastructure for the comfortable life of citizens, and the inhabitants of the residential complex – an additional advantage, “- wrote Khmelnitsky.
At the same time, the businessman stressed that the legality of the purchase of the land plot at the auction and the conclusion of the sale agreement is confirmed by the court.
“But the NABU believes that the price is too low”, – added Khmelnitsky.
According to him, in accordance with the urban planning documentation at this address can not be placed commercial or residential real estate – this explains the price of the contract.
As clarified to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine” in the press service of Khmelnitsky, in July 2018 state enterprise “MIA “Inform-Resources” held an open auction for the sale of real estate belonging to him at Kiev, Military passage, 8. The sale price was determined by an independent appraiser engaged by the seller and agreed by the State Property Fund of Ukraine. The plot was purchased by the company from the group – “Persestroy” LLC – for the construction of the second building of the innovative educational project of Novopechersk school.
“The legality of the purchase and the contract of sale was confirmed by the court. Yes, the tax service tried to invalidate the contract of sale, but the Commercial Court of Kyiv dismissed the claim. The decision was upheld by the court of appeal and is still in force. The Supreme Court refused to open proceedings on the tax appeal. NABU participated in the trial as a third party on the side of the plaintiff,” the press service of Khmelnytskyy reported.
It added that to implement the project of expanding the school, in addition to the acquisition of real estate, resources have already been spent on the development of several business models, the creation of a separate project team. Additionally hired teachers and methodologists, conducted an audit of the school, developed pre-project documentation.
“In addition, the management has taken steps to obtain a loan from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank,” the press service noted.
The company added that information became known from open sources that the funds paid by Persevstroy LLC for the real estate had been embezzled, but the bona fide buyer had nothing to do with these actions.
As Khmelnitsky notes, it is necessary to stop the mass practice of “mask show” and intimidation of business in conditions of war. “All remaining entrepreneurs in the country, believe me, are 100% patriotic and ready for a civilized dialogue. In the last few months alone I have heard about dozens of such cases with show off searches of respected businessmen. Both the Ukrainian society and foreign investors are observing this negative trend. There is a sincere hope that the authorities are listening to the voice of business because it is only possible to defeat the external enemy and develop Ukraine’s economy by joining forces,” he believes.
Khmelnitsky assured that he is not going anywhere and is ready to answer all questions.
