Since the beginning, Datagroup-Volia has invested UAH 500 million in the purchase and installation of new equipment, the opening of a new data processing center (DPC) and other areas of the company’s development, its CEO Mikhail Shelemba said at a press conference on Wednesday .
“We launched a new data center on 300 sq. m. We launched it both for our customers and for the needs of the company’s modernization. There is a lot of new equipment that was placed in this center,” Shelemba said.
According to him, the center has a total area of 300 square meters, 103 telecommunication cabinets, 4,326 RU (resource units), two power inputs of 1 MW each and three standby diesel power plants of 800 kW, as well as a system of modular uninterruptible power supplies.
In addition to the new data center, Datagroup-Volia invested in the installation of more than 200 units of new equipment, laying 34 thousand km of fiber-optic network, and also opened its own international crossings to Poland, Germany and Slovakia, increasing the network throughput up to 4 Tbps and the capacity of backup links by 10 times.
Separately, Shelemba noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the company has joined initiatives to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the population, in particular, connected 60 schools and humanitarian centers to free Internet, 440 bomb shelters in 18 regions of the country, and also committed to provide for 50 orphans war before they come of age.
In June 2021, Datagroup, a provider of fiber-optic infrastructure and digital services, completed the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of the Ukrainian provider of pay TV and cable high-speed Internet access services of the Volia group of companies, and now they are developing as a consolidated asset.
The phase of the psychological mobilization of Ukrainians caused by the war continues, the subjective assessment of the psychological state is quite high, according to the results of a study organized by the Mindi Charitable Foundation.
This conclusion was made by the authors of the study “The psychological state of the population of Ukraine in conditions of a full-scale war”, conducted by Kantar Ukraine, said Svetlana Chunikhina, deputy director of the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the NAPS of Ukraine, at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
At the same time, it is specified that the research methodology was developed by the Institute of Social and Political Psychology, and UAF Coin provided financial support.
“Despite the circumstances of the war, the subjective assessment of the psychological well-being of Ukrainians is quite high – 6.7 points out of 9 possible. This is typical for all demographic groups and regions, but the subjective assessment of psychological well-being among internally displaced persons who continue to be evacuated is lower than among those who have not been displaced or have already returned home,” the deputy director said.
At the same time, according to Chunikhina, “resources for further support of psychological mobilization in society may not be enough.”
She noted that, according to the study, 40% of the respondents were threatened with their own lives and / or were direct witnesses of such threats in connection with their stay in the war zone and / or under shelling. More than 41% of citizens have relatives or loved ones who were or are in the combat zone, including 16% who have lost someone close to them.
“6% of respondents were under occupation, were subjected to a direct threat of violence or witnessed such threats. Every twentieth respondent (5%) was subjected to hypercumulative traumatization – that is, he experienced or witnessed all of the indicated types of traumatic events: shelling, threats to the lives of loved ones, occupation or captivity “, said the expert.
In addition, the study showed that more than 90% of respondents had manifestations of at least one of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and 57% of citizens are at risk of developing PTSD.
Chunikhina noted that “despite the subjective optimistic assessment of her own condition, objective indicators cause concern.”
Thus, during the last month, only 3% of respondents received psychological assistance, and another 23% would like to see a psychologist, but have not yet realized this desire.
At the same time, according to Chunikhina, barriers to obtaining psychological support for Ukrainians are, in particular, the habit of not seeking psychological help, as well as financial barriers.
“The financial barrier is not a surprise. A third of respondents believe that psychological assistance is expensive. About 30% of respondents are ready to receive it only on a gratuitous basis,” she said.
In turn, Oleksandra Mashkevich, Director General of the Medical Services Directorate of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, said that, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Health, in the post-war period, more than 15.7 million Ukrainians will face psychological problems, and 3.5 million people will need therapy and support from medical specialists. – psychiatrists, and about 800 thousand Ukrainians will need medical support.
She also indicated that the Ministry of Health will use the data obtained during the study to design and develop a psychological support program.
“We are conducting an in-depth audit of the system at the Ministry of Health – how many specialists in psychological care we have, these are both psychiatrists and psychologists. We conduct an audit on the methods by which psychologists work in Ukraine in order to further standardize these methods,” she said. .
In addition, according to Mashkevich, the Ministry of Health is studying mechanisms for including psychological assistance in primary care services under the Medical Guarantee Program (PMG).
The incidence of coronavirus COVID-19 in the world over the week fell by 28%, mortality – by 22%, according to the weekly epidemiological bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Between September 5 and 11, the incidence of coronavirus fell in all regions of the world. The largest declines in infections were seen in the Western Pacific (down 36%), Africa (down 33%), and the Americas (down 27%). In just a week, more than 3.1 million new cases of COVID-19 were detected worldwide.
The number of deaths from coronavirus has decreased in all regions except Africa, where it increased by 10%. Most of all, mortality decreased in Europe (by 31%), in Southeast Asia (by 25%), and also in America (by 22%).
In general, less than 11,000 deaths related to COVID-19 were recorded worldwide in a week.
Over the entire period of the pandemic, more than 609.6 million cases of coronavirus infection and more than 6.5 million deaths from the consequences of the disease were detected in the world.
In January-August this year, Ukrainian enterprises reduced imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 61.7% compared to the same period last year, to $41.745 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products over the specified period decreased by 55.3% to $64.143 million.
In August, copper and copper products were imported in the amount of $7.337 million, exported – in the amount of $4.442 million.
In addition, Ukraine in January-August 2022 reduced imports of nickel and products from it by 42% compared to January-August 2021 – to $44.635 million (in August – $7.438 million), aluminum and products from it – by 29.7 %, to $207.180 million ($35.390 million). At the same time, it reduced the import of lead and products from it by 63.7% – to $2.249 million ($151 thousand). The import of tin and products from it fell by 5% – to $2.468 million ($247 thousand), and the import of zinc and zinc products – by 56.2%, up to $26.135 million ($2.460 million).
Export of aluminum and products from it for eight months of 2022 decreased by 36.4% compared to January-August 2021 – to $66.455 million (in August – $8.798 million), lead and products from it by 64.3% – to $8.686 million ($0.199 million), nickel and products – by 59.3%, to $1.339 million ($0.073 million).
Export of zinc for the reporting period amounted to $1.302 million (no export was carried out in August), while in January-August 2021 it was $70 thousand. Export of tin and products in January-August 2022 amounted to $396 thousand (in August – $5 thousand). ) against $17 thousand for January-August-2021.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 increased copper imports in value terms by 59% compared to 2020 – up to $183.161 million, exports of copper and copper products over the specified period increased by 2.4 times compared to 2020 – up to $206.390 million.
In 2021, Ukraine also increased the import of nickel and products from it by 45.8% compared to 2020 – up to $119.154 million, aluminum and products from it – by 30.2%, to $511.190 million. At the same time, it reduced the import of lead and products of it by 7.8% – up to $8.512 million, increased imports of tin and products from it by 75.2%, up to $4.977 million, and also increased zinc and zinc products – by 62.9%, up to $93.635 million.
Exports of aluminum and products from it in 2021 increased by 53.9% – to $169.094 million, lead and products from it by 52.8% – to $38.229 million, nickel and products – by 55%, to $4.856 million.
Zinc exports last year amounted to $550 thousand, while in 2020 it was $69 thousand (an increase of eight times). Export of tin and products in 2021 amounted to $346,000 against $117,000 in 2020.
In January-August of this year, Ukraine reduced the export of marginal iron in physical terms by 59.6% compared to the same period last year – to 877,631 thousand tons.
According to statistics published by the State Customs Service (SSC), during the specified period, the export of pig iron in money decreased by 57.8% – to $475,533 million.
At the same time, exports were made mainly to the USA (40.42% of deliveries in monetary terms), Poland (33.23%) and Turkey (9.3%).
In January-August 2022, Ukraine imported 15 tons of pig iron from Germany for $25 thousand, while in 8 months of 2021 it imported 149 tons of pig iron for $163 thousand from Germany (64.42%), the Russian Federation (28.22%) and Slovakia (7.36%).
As reported, in 2021, Ukraine increased the export of pig iron in physical terms by 4.2% compared to 2020 – to 3 million 235,772 thousand tons, the export of pig iron in monetary terms increased by 78.1% – to $1 billion 642,596 million At the same time exports were made mainly to the USA (53.61% of deliveries in monetary terms), Italy (22.08%) and Turkey (9.74%).
In 2021, Ukraine imported 185 tons of pig iron worth $226,000 from Germany (74.34%), the Russian Federation (20.35%) and Slovakia (5.31%), while in 2020 it imported 593 tons worth $417,000.
Agroholding MHP in the second quarter of 2022 received $20 million in net profit compared to $232 million in the second quarter of 2021, including excluding exchange rate differences, net profit decreased to $17 million from $201 million.
According to the company’s report on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, its revenue amounted to $595 million, an increase of 10% compared to last year.
According to the document, exports accounted for $333 million in revenue, or 56%, while in the second quarter of 2021, $285 million, or 53%.
Operating profit fell 72% to $67 million and adjusted EBITDA (excluding IFRS 16) to $111 million from $277 million in the second quarter last year.
“Despite the fact that MHP continues to face difficult challenges and disruptions in operations, sales and logistics, the company has now been able to restore poultry production at its Ukrainian facilities to almost 100% capacity. In recent months, new, albeit more complex and expensive logistics routes, and export volumes are growing. We expect to complete the grain harvest on almost all of our lands in the second half of the year,” the report says.
According to him, before the end of the year, MHP plans to take advantage of the opportunities of the Cherenomor Grain Initiative for the export of agricultural products.
“The Group incurred significant war-related expenses following the Russian invasion on February 24. For the period ended June 30, 2022, they amounted to nearly $50 million, including donations to support the community, write-offs of stockpiles and biological assets, and other war-related expenses.” , is specified in the document.
At the same time, the company had no material damage to facilities, infrastructure and products in Ukraine, with the exception of the destruction of the leased storage facility (with a loss of about $6 million in production) in March and the suspension of the production of “Ukrainian Bacon” in the Donetsk region, which has now been moved to other locations. in Ukraine.
