The situation in Ukraine “has devastated food supplies, disrupted the energy and financial systems of developing countries,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said.
“In fact, there is no real solution to the problem of global food security, unless the agricultural producer Ukraine, as well as food and fertilizer producers Russia and Belarus, are returned to the world market,” Western media quote the words of the UN Secretary General during his trip to Nigeria.
Guterres added that he was determined to promote dialogue on this issue.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is working on the organization of centers for the national multi-subject test in the countries of the European Union and the UK.
“Now we are working on organizing the work of national multi-subject test centers abroad. Minister Serhiy Shkarlet made a relevant request to his colleagues in European countries,” the ministry’s press service said in a statement.
It is noted there is already a preliminary agreement on two centers in Germany, two in Italy and six in Poland, since most Ukrainian children are in this country.
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The UK is handing over another batch of mobile power generators to Ukraine, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko and British Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on their Twitter pages on Wednesday.
“Thanks to mobile generators we will ensure a stable power supply to important facilities, despite yet more damages caused by Russian shellings,” Haluschenko wrote.
“More mobile generators heading to Ukraine. The UK is donating 570 generators to ensure hospitals, phone masts, shelters and water pumping stations can continue to operate in the face of continued Russian attack,” Kwasi Kwarteng said on Twitter.
The UK handed over the first part of the 570 generators – almost 200 – to Ukraine in April. They already serve as backup power sources for reliable power supply to various social and infrastructure facilities in case of damage to electrical equipment and networks
Analysts at Alfa-Bank Ukraine expect a reduction in the grain harvest in 2022 to 56 million tons, which will be the lowest figure in the last 10 years and will mean a decrease of 34% to a record figure for 2021.
“Even this historically small harvest will provide a significant resource of grain for export. Now available transport channels do not make it possible to ship such volumes of marketable products abroad,” commented the head of the analytical department Alexei Blinov in the bank’s report.
It is indicated that the assessment of the future harvest is based on calculations of the sown area in the zone of occupation or active hostilities, as well as the current dynamics of the sown area in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Analysts at Alfa-Bank Ukraine also expect some reduction in yields due to lack of fertilizers and plant protection products.
“The key to Ukraine’s agricultural exports, and this is the food security of the world, should be the lifting of the blockade of Ukrainian seaports,” Blinov stressed.
President of the European Council Charles Michel advocates the confiscation of the assets of Russians who are under sanctions, with the aim of further use to repair the damage caused by Russia in the war it is waging against Ukraine.
This position was first voiced by the president in an exclusive interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
“Personally, I am absolutely convinced that it is extremely important not only to freeze assets, but also to make it possible to confiscate them, to make them available for the reconstruction of the country. This is my personal conviction,” said Michel.
At the same time, he stated, referring to the professional experience of working as a lawyer, that “the legal level of this issue is not so simple.” “There are 27 legal systems in the EU and in many EU member states this will require a court decision. It is a difficult and long process,” said the President of the European Council.
In this regard, Michel said that he had already instructed the legal service of the Council to prepare “some possible ideas to find a legal solution in accordance with the principles of the rule of law, which would facilitate and make it possible to confiscate the assets of people who are under sanctions by the EU or other countries of the world.”
“In my opinion, it is a matter of fairness, not only to freeze assets, but also to confiscate them in order to make this money available to the Ukrainian authorities…, especially for the reconstruction of the country. It’s a matter of fairness,” he said.
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet says that about 24,000 Ukrainian teachers have moved abroad because of the war.
“As of today, approximately 24,000 teachers who left the territory of Ukraine have become registered,” Shkarlet said on national telethon Wednesday afternoon.
The minister also reported statistics he received from Poland’s education minister.
In particular, 40,000 Ukrainian children have already been enrolled in kindergartens in Poland, 140,000 in elementary school, 20,000 in high school and 500 students.
“But 40% of all children are taught in Ukrainian-speaking classes, particularly in Poland,” said the Minister.
