Germany will provide Ukraine with €56 million in financial aid and 350 generators to restore its energy infrastructure, the German government’s press service said after a conversation between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“President Zelensky briefed on the consequences of Russian airstrikes on civilian infrastructure, water and electricity supplies. The Chancellor condemned the ongoing shelling and assured Ukraine of further short-term support. So far, the federal government has provided short-term financial assistance to repair energy infrastructure of about 56 million euros, and Germany is providing more than 350 generators,” the chancellor said in a statement posted on his website Tuesday evening.
In addition, Scholz “confirmed Germany’s continued support for Ukraine, including air defense and long-term reconstruction.”
Wednesday, November 30, no precipitation in Ukraine, only in most northern regions light snow at night. In the western and northern regions, there are icy patches on the roads in places, Ukrhydrometcenter reports.
East wind, 7-12 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s in places in the south-east and east of the country.
The temperature at night is 0-5° below zero, in the Carpathian region and in the east of the country 6-11° below zero. During the day from 2° frost to 3° warm, in the southern part during the day from 4° warm to 1° frost, in the Crimea during the day 5-10° warm.
For Kyiv, light snow at night, no precipitation in the daytime. The roads are icy in places. East wind, 7-12 m/s. Night temperature 2-4°C, daytime 0-2°C.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory. Boris Sreznevsky, the highest temperature during the day on November 30 in Kyiv was recorded in 2012 and amounted to 14 °, the lowest at night – 16.3 ° below zero in 1931.
Thursday, December 1, no precipitation in Ukraine. Fog in some places in the Carpathians at night and in the morning. In the western and northern regions, there are icy patches on the roads in places.
East wind, 5-10 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s in places in the east of the country.
The temperature at night and in the daytime is 1-6 degrees of frost, at night in most of the eastern, northern and Rivne regions 4-9 degrees of frost. In Transcarpathia and the south of the country at night and in the daytime from 2° frost to 3° warm. In Crimea, 1-6° heat at night, 4-9° during the day.
In Kyiv, no precipitation, icy roads in places. East wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night and in the daytime is 2-4 degrees of frost, at night on December 1, 6-8 degrees of frost.
The Pechersk district court of Kiev decided on a measure of restraint in the form of detention with an alternative to bail of 9 million 880 thousand UAH to the president of the Ukrainian Football Association (UFA) Andrey Pavelko, bail has already been paid for him, reports the newspaper “Ukrainian Truth”.
“Today there was a meeting of the Pechersky court. Unfortunately, the court did not listen to our arguments and decided to arrest with the possibility of bail. Bail has already been paid. It was paid by the UAF. Now the legal procedures are being finalized to confirm the payment. And we hope that Pavelko will soon appear in the UAF office and will continue to perform his duties,” the newspaper quotes UAF lawyer Denis Bugai as saying.
According to him, the term of arrest is two months. Bail is 9 mln 880 thousand UAH.
According to Ukrayinska Pravda, Pavelko is being held at the Main Investigative Police Department. The UAF expects that “in a few hours” the bail issue will be resolved and he will be released.
“The investigation states that there is a seizure (Pavelko – IF) of UAF funds. This is not true. The funds in question are payments for services provided to the UAF by the famous soccer referee Pierluigi Collina. They had all this evidence, but this evidence was not submitted to the court, but hidden”, – said Bugai.
According to the newspaper, the criminal proceedings were investigated for over three years by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), then it was transferred to the police. It is about possible corruption of the FFU in the construction of soccer fields, which the NABU investigated in 2018.
According to the UAF lawyer, Pavelko and UAF general secretary Yuriy Zapisotskiy have been notified of suspicion under the article on embezzlement of funds as part of the investigation.
Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) (Kiev) will change its legal name to Sense Bank JSC starting from December 1 due to abandonment of Alfa brand by the financial institution’s board because of the start of full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the bank’s press service said.
As noted, customers do not need to re-sign documents, renew contracts, order new certificates of contract status from Alfa Bank and change cards with the logo “Alfa”. All of the above will continue to be valid.
In addition, the details of the contract will remain unchanged.
As noted earlier in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, former Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov, who in mid-April by agreement with the National Bank was given the right to vote on the majority stake in Alfa-Bank (Ukraine), the board of financial institutions has decided to abandon the brand “Alfa” and continue to work under a new brand. A meeting of shareholders approved the renaming on August 12.
“When the board was deciding on the new brand, the decision became obvious. For the last two years our priority is the development of digital bank Sense SuperApp”, – explained the choice of the new brand the head of the bank Alla Komisarenko.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) approved the renaming on September 24, 2022.
The net loss of the bank in January-July 2022 amounted to UAH 3.52 billion. The financial results were affected by the UAH 8.357 bln allocations to reserves.
According to the NBU, by July 1, 2022, Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) took 7th place by its total assets (112.67 bln hryvnia) among 68 operating banks in the country.
The IAEA will increase the number of its staff at Ukrainian nuclear power plants, the international organization’s director general Raphael Grossi said Tuesday.
“I have also confirmed that the IAEA will increase its presence at all nuclear power plants in Ukraine to ensure the protection of the energy infrastructure,” Grossi wrote on Twitter.
In addition, he said he met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
“We will continue to work together to urgently create a nuclear safety zone around the Zaporizhzhya NPP,” Grossi added, posting a photo with Kuleba.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking via video link at the 17th General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau, proposed to hold the International Exhibition in 2030 in Odessa.
“I am honored to represent the Ukrainian candidacy for the World Expo in 2030. To represent Odessa – and therefore the entire Black Sea region. Why Odessa, Ukraine and the Black Sea? This year Ukraine has become a global example of courage. And billions of people for all continents have seen what Ukrainian invincibility means and why Russian terror will not achieve its goal. And they will see how Ukraine will become a model of restoration,” Zelensky said.
