All settlements in Kharkiv Region have been de-energized due to shelling by the Russian occupants, with six hits on critical infrastructure facilities recorded, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Sinehubov, said.
“We had two arrivals in Kharkiv, four objects in the Chuguev district. All of these are objects of critical energy infrastructure…. There is no light neither in Kharkiv, nor in the region, nor in any of the settlements”, – said Sinegubov on air ICTV.
According to him, the damage is now being studied, after which it will be possible to talk about the terms of their elimination.
Sinegubov predicted that most likely, there will be no electricity until morning, but noted that these terms are very approximate, because experts are still analyzing the nature of the damage. In addition, the situation is complicated by the newly declared airborne alarm, which does not allow to start the restoration work in full.
The Kiev subway has resumed normal traffic after the missile attack on Kiev and a prolonged air alert, the city’s mayor Vitaly Klitschko said.
“At some underground stations, where a lot of people have gathered, passenger disembarkation is resumed gradually,” Klitschko wrote in his Telegram Channel on Tuesday.
According to him, due to the accumulation of people at subway stations that worked as a shelter, the “red line” subway trains ran from the station “Akademgorodok” to the station “Arsenalnaya”, but the disembarkation of passengers beyond the station “Polytechnic Institute” was not made.
In turn, the “green line” of subway plied from “Syrets” station to “Druzhby Narodiv” station, as well as from “Osokorki” to “Krasniy Khutor. The “blue line” of the subway was running in normal mode.
“Now the subway is gradually resuming traffic in the normal mode,” summed up the mayor.
Imports of titanium ores and concentrates fell to 196 tonnes and $115,000 in the ten months of 2022, from 912 tonnes and $889,000 a year previously. Exports grew 38.9% to 273,409 tonnes and 10.5% to $111.27 million.
Bauxite imports fell 77.4% to 945,311 tonnes and 74.8% to $48.119 million.
Imports of nickel ores and concentrates fell 66.5% to 341,268 tonnes and 68.6% to $15.234 million, and manganese ores 60% to 135,069 tonnes and 57.5% to $17.976 million.
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite or export nickel and manganese ores in the ten months of 2022.
Imports of aluminum and its products fell 29.2% to $279.276 million, nickel and nickel products 43% to $55.795 million, zinc and its products 59.9% to $30.490 million, lead and its products 63.8% to $2.65 million and tin and its products 25% to $2.894 million.
Exports of aluminum and its products fell 39.1% to $83.556 million, nickel fell 72.5% to $1.086 million and lead 69.5% to $9.769 million, however zinc exports rose to $1.321 million from $254,000 and tin to $421,000 from $154,000.
Ukrainian imports of copper and copper products plummeted 62% year-on-year in January-October to $54.424 million, Ukrainian media reported, quoting State Customs Service data.
Copper exports fell 56.1% to $76.95 million.
A climate office will be created in Ukraine as part of the international technical assistance project of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK)/EU “Development of Capacity for Climate Action,” said Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets.
“The establishment of the Ukrainian Climate Office is an excellent example of support for Ukraine from our long-standing and reliable partners – BMWK and the EU, which will be implemented by GIZ. I invite all countries seeking to contribute to the overcoming of global warming, to cooperate in the framework of this initiative,” – said the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources at the UN climate conference COP27, the words of which are given in the message of the Ministry in the telegram channel.
They clarified that the official launch of the office took place on Tuesday in the framework of the COP27.
As noted, the project will be co-financed by the EU and the International Climate Initiative (IKI) BMWK, and its goal is to provide real assistance to Ukraine in the implementation of climate goals towards decarbonization.
According to Strilz, the climate office will support the Ukrainian government, cities and regions, as well as enterprises and businesses to implement elements of climate policy.
In addition, it will, in particular, help with the decarbonization of sectors of the economy, with the expansion of opportunities for youth and regions on the way to the EU Green Deal and the implementation of the Paris Agreement provisions.
One of the priorities of its activities will be the development and support of special approaches to climate finance for Ukraine.
At the same time, the report notes that according to the latest estimates of the Ministry of Environment and international experts, additional greenhouse gas emissions caused by military action in Ukraine has already amounted to about 33 million tons of CO2, the largest share of which accounts for more than 23 million tons of CO2.
At the same time, according to preliminary estimates, the recovery will account for approximately 49 million tons of emissions.
At the same time, Strilets stressed that Ukraine has not abandoned for one day its obligations to the world community, including those related to climate policy, and has not abandoned its intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% by 2030.
