National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 18/07/22
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Damage to Irpin’s infrastructure from Russian military aggression against Ukraine is estimated at UAH 25.3 billion or $922 million, follows from a study by the KSE Institute as part of the RebuildUA project.
According to it, the destruction of the housing stock in the city constitutes the largest part of the total damage – UAH 17.7 billion, of which UAH 11.6 billion is the destruction of apartment buildings. In general, 48% of the entire housing stock of Irpin was destroyed – 9,690 residential buildings, household buildings and structures with a total area of 4.1 million square meters.
During the occupation of Irpin by Russians from the end of February until the liberation on March 28, some 10,500 buildings in the city were damaged, of which 2,501 were significantly damaged or completely destroyed.
As a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation, 53% of all social facilities of the city were also destroyed, the damage is estimated at UAH 3.7 billion. According to the KSE, 54 educational institutions (damage in the amount of UAH 1.3 billion), 26 medical institutions (UAH 236 million), 16 cultural and religious facilities were destroyed due to hostilities.
In addition, damage was caused to a number of industrial infrastructure facilities. According to estimates, 323 industrial buildings worth UAH 2.9 billion were damaged or destroyed.
Due to the destruction of government, administrative buildings, police and post offices, the city suffered damage in the amount of UAH 262.5 million.
As reported, according to KSE estimates, the total amount of direct damage to the Ukrainian economy from damage or destruction of residential, non-residential buildings and infrastructure due to Russian aggression is $95.5 billion, or UAH 2.6 trillion.
Ukraine is accurately servicing its public debt, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects that this situation will continue, but they call for supporting the country with grant financing.
“At the moment, Ukraine is servicing its debt in an orderly way. And we would expect that to continue,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said at a traditional briefing on Thursday.
Asked about the lack of recommendation to Ukraine to request freezing of payments or something like that, Rice noted that he had no other position than the one stated above.
“We’ve been supporting them with a program loan of $1.4 billion. We’ve supported them from the SDR, the SDR allocation. We’ve established the administered account for donors to support Ukraine. Canada, Germany, the Netherlands have all stepped in so far. We are expecting more in the coming days,” he said.
“What we see as the priority in terms of financing for Ukraine right now is grant financing. In in the short term that’s the best form of assistance that can be provided by the international community in light of the war situation and the nature of the shock. And that would allow the Ukrainian government to remain operational without incurring further debt,” he added.
Specialists of the State Environmental Inspectorate (SEI) in January-June 2022, based on the results of inspections carried out during this period of inspections, estimated environmental damage in the amount of UAH 742.7 million, including in June of this year the amount of damage was estimated at 15, 5 million UAH
As reported on the Facebook page of the agency, in the first half of the year, 5.35 thousand environmental control measures were carried out, as a result of which the SEI sent 304 materials to law enforcement agencies on signs of a crime against the environment. As a result, 152 criminal proceedings were opened on these offenses.
At the same time, it is clarified that the offenders have already paid the damage to the state budget voluntarily and involuntarily for a total of UAH 32.6 million, of which UAH 5.3 million was paid in June.
According to the SEI, the greatest damage (62% of the total damage) was caused to the subsoil of Ukraine – UAH 463 million. The most common violation was the illegal extraction of natural resources and the use of subsoil in the absence of permits provided by law.
The majority shareholder of PrJSC Insurance Company VUSO (Kyiv) Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund Altituda JSC (Kyiv), whose beneficiaries are ex-member of the National Securities and Stock Market Market Mikhail Nazarchuk and Alexey Shuba, plans to acquire 99.592891% PJSC “Ukrainian Joint-Stock Insurance Company “ASKA” (Zaporozhye).
As stated in the message in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of PrJSC Asset Management Company Altera Asset Management, which manages the Altituda fund, at present this fund does not own ASKA shares and has no affiliates.
In general, it is about the purchase of 18 million 662.091 thousand common shares and 20.03 thousand preferred shares of ASKA.
As reported, even before the war, at the end of November 2021, the investment company SCM Renata Akhmetov announced that preliminary agreements had been reached on the sale of UASK “ASKA” to the shareholders of IC “VUSO”. On December 22, the National Bank approved Altitude’s purchase of 99.593% of the shares of ASKA, as well as 62.2156% of the shares of PJSC Insurance Company ASKO-Donbas Severny (Druzhkovka, Donetsk region), in which 62.4699% belonged to ASKA.
Altitude, in which Nazarchuk owned 31.693695% at the beginning of the year, Shuba – 21.129130%, 7.8249% was controlled by Viktor Aleshchenko, and another 39.352274% was not placed, owned 66.007486% of the shares of VUSO .
In addition, Nazarchuk directly owned 3.689926% of VUSO, and his wife Yana – 6.031608%, while Shuba – 6.924676%.
The wives of Nazarchuk and Shuba, Yana and Karina, were also co-owners of the AMC “Altera Asset Management” at the beginning of the year with stakes of 26.86% and 9.9%, respectively.
UASK “ASKA” – the first private insurance company that appeared in independent Ukraine, has been operating for more than 30 years. Included in the portfolio of the international investment company SCM. On December 22, 2021, the NBU decided to cancel 34 of its insurance licenses based on the application submitted by the company, except for the license for compulsory civil liability insurance of land vehicle owners (OSAGO).
According to the reporting submitted by UJSIC “ASKA” for the nine months of 2021, the volume of insurance premiums amounted to UAH 853.75 million, the value of assets – UAH 501.1 million, the market share in insurance reserves – 2.55%.
IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. Currently owns 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory types of insurance, represented in all regions of Ukraine. The Company is a member of MTIBU and UFS, a member of the Direct Loss Settlement Agreement and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
VUSO collected UAH 344.4 million in net premiums in January-March 2022, which is 1.1% more than in the same period a year earlier. The volume of payments to the IC decreased by 6.5% – to UAH 123.32 million.
Net profit increased compared to the first quarter of 2021 by 51.5% – up to UAH 51.66 million, the company’s assets reached UAH 969.23 million, shareholders’ equity – UAH 533.09 million, and cash and cash equivalents amounted to UAH 349. UAH 49 million.
Citizens of Ukraine who were forced to move to Poland, fleeing Russian military aggression, received access to medical care on an equal basis with Polish citizens, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports.
“To do this, you need to have a passport of a citizen of Ukraine, which has a mark on crossing the border after February 24, 2022. If you crossed the border without a passport – a document confirming the date of crossing the Polish border by Polish services. The provision of medical care for Ukrainians is free of charge,” the statement reads. message.
In addition, Ukrainians must have refugee status or temporary protection status, as well as an analogue of the Ukrainian identification number – PESEL, which will provide access to healthcare services.
To date, Poland has provided Ukrainians with free access to medical care at all levels: basic medical care – visits to family doctors, calling an ambulance; specialized outpatient care; diagnostic studies (as directed by a doctor); hospital treatment; psychiatric treatment; rehabilitation (except resorts); dental services.
Also, citizens of Ukraine, children and youth under 19 years of age have the right to receive free preventive vaccinations, according to the Polish Preventive Immunization Program. To do this, you should contact your family doctor and get the appropriate referral. In addition, every adult Ukrainian, as well as a child from 5 years old who are in Poland, can also be vaccinated against COVID-19.
