Dynamics of import of goods in Jan-Feb 2024 by the most important items in relation to the same period of 2023, %
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the delivery of the first series of Mirage 2000 aircraft to Ukraine, the start of training for pilots and mechanics of these aircraft, as well as a full training course for the personnel of one military brigade.
“We are announcing the delivery of the first series of Mirage 2000 aircraft and the start of training for attack pilots and mechanics to maintain these aircraft. We have decided that France will fully equip and train the personnel of a full brigade as part of the efforts to regenerate the Ukrainian forces,” Macron said during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Friday evening.
In addition, he noted that “all the equipment that was transferred (to Ukraine – IF-U), in particular, Scalp missiles, A2SM surface-to-air bombs, is what helped to change the situation in Ukraine on the battlefield.”
Macron also announced a project to organize the production of ammunition in Ukraine with the participation of a French company.
Later, at a press conference, answering media questions about the number of Mirage 2000 aircraft that France would be providing to Ukraine, Macron said: “I will not give you a number, nor partners, nor a figure, just to be effective.”
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has supported a resolution that will allow employees to be booked through the Diia mobile app, said Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
“Now, to book an employee, you need to submit applications in paper form, collect signatures and wait for weeks for the result. “Diia will change this. The process will be fast, transparent, and without a human factor, and the result will be in an hour,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram on Friday evening.
According to him, “we will tentatively launch the service in early July.” The minister also said that at the first stage, critical enterprises and companies working for the needs of the defense forces will be able to book their employees online.
“If a business or government agency is eligible for booking, the manager will submit lists of employees through the Diia portal and electronically sign the application.
Next, Diia will automatically check the registers to see if the person is officially employed and if there is any data about him or her in Oberiz. If everything is okay, the employee is booked. The whole process will take an hour. The manager will receive a response about the employee’s booking in the Diia portal, and the person’s information will be updated in Reserve+. If they want to receive a paper confirmation, they will also have this option. And both formats are equally valid. If the reservation is denied, the manager will receive a response in his or her account on the Diia portal,” said Fedorov.
On Friday evening, the government’s website published Resolution No. 650 “Some issues of booking conscripts during martial law” of June 5, which instructs the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Justice to ensure electronic information interaction between the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services within a month, the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists, and the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individuals of Public Organizations (EDRPOU) in real time to ensure effective interaction with them in real time.
In addition, the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense must ensure electronic information interaction between the register of insured persons of the State Register of Compulsory State Social Insurance and the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists regarding employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations aged 17 to 60 years and their positions applying for reservation in real time to make reservations in electronic form within one month.
The Pension Fund must also ensure that this information is received electronically through its e-services web portal from state agencies, local governments, enterprises, institutions and organizations within a month.
The Netherlands, together with Denmark, will produce CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine, and together with Germany – Patriot.
This was announced on Friday by the Dutch government.
“The Netherlands, together with Denmark, is participating in a €400 million Swedish fund to create CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine. Most of them will be produced in the Netherlands. In addition, Germany is launching a European assembly line for Patriot missiles, partly due to demand from the Netherlands,” the press release said.
In addition, the Dutch Ministry of Defense is also investing 54 million euros in the Dutch industry to develop drones for its own armed forces. This is included in the action plan to increase the production and supply of military equipment, the Dutch government said.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has imposed a penalty of UAH 33.76 million on state-owned Oschadbank, UAH 11.05 million on Pivdenny Bank and UAH 10.05 million on A-Bank, the regulator’s website reports.
According to it, Oschad was fined for improper organization of primary financial monitoring in terms of the obligation to develop, implement and update internal documents on the Law “On Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of the Proceeds of Crime, Terrorist Financing and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” (AML/CFT) and the lack of procedures in them sufficient to ensure effective risk management.
It is noted that other reasons for the fine imposed on the financial institution include the bank’s failure to properly fulfill its obligation to implement an automation system, apply a risk-based approach, and verify new and existing customers.
Pivdenny Bank was fined for improper implementation of enhanced due diligence measures in relation to clients with high risk business relationships, untimely submission of documents at the NBU’s request to comply with the requirements of VAT/FT legislation, and failure to identify all the criteria for money laundering risk inherent in business relationships with clients.
A-Bank received a fine due to improper due diligence of the RIAs, new and existing customers, as well as improper application of a risk-based approach.
In addition, the central bank fined Diamond Pay LLC (TM DPAY, Dnipro) of Victoria Golubeva with a turnover of UAH 2.6 billion in 2023 for UAH 13.06 million for a number of violations in terms of primary financial monitoring. According to the company’s website, it is a service for organizing payment acceptance and online transfers, and its main services include payments on gambling websites, including Favbet.
France will allocate 200 million euros to companies that will invest in the restoration of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, with 60 million euros of these funds going to the Ukrainian energy sector, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
“We held a meeting at the level of the Reconstruction Fund and decided that new instruments will be created to accompany this reconstruction of Ukraine. An agreement has been signed on a 200 million euro fund that will be earmarked for those companies that will invest in Ukraine’s critical infrastructure to rebuild it,” Macron said during a joint press conference with Ukraine’s president in Paris on Friday evening.
At the same time, he said, 60 million euros from this fund will be directed to Ukraine’s energy sector and its priorities.
The French President also announced the decision to expand the mandate of the French Development Agency to support projects in Ukraine at the local level.
In particular, it was decided to second 20 French technical experts to various key ministries of Ukraine to witness the work on standardization.
