President of the United States Joe Biden has said he had informed President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, the White House reported on Wednesday.
“I informed President Zelensky that the United States is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine,” Biden said in the statement posted on the website of the White House.
Biden also said that the assistance includes “additional artillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems.”
The U.S. remains committed to supporting the Ukrainian people whose lives have been ripped apart by this war, Biden said.
“Today, I am also announcing an additional $225 million in humanitarian assistance to help people inside Ukraine, including by supplying safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and health care, food, shelter, and cash for families to purchase essential items,” the U.S. president said.
The Ukrainian Energy Association (UEA), together with specialists from the Institute of Oil Transportation, proposed President Zelensky, the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Energy a package of promising directions for the development of the oil refining and transportation of oil and petroleum products, which include the construction of a new modern oil refinery.
“These proposals have both a short-term and a long-term implementation period and should be included in the action plan for the post-war reconstruction and development of Ukraine,” the UEA said on its website.
In addition to the construction of the refinery, the UEA materials also present two more such key areas as the modernization and branching of the network of fuel product pipelines and the completion of oil pipeline routes to open new markets.
“All the proposed cases contain technical and financial and economic calculations, the implementation of which can begin now,” the association says.
At the same time, the UEA has not yet made public more detailed information regarding its proposals submitted to the president and government.
“Experts from the UEA and the Institute of Oil Transportation are convinced that taking into account these proposals will increase the level of Ukraine’s energy independence and send a signal to global energy companies and international financial organizations to invest in restoring Ukraine’s energy sector,” the association said.
JYSK, a chain of furniture and home goods stores, plans to open a new store in Lviv on June 16, in Chervonohrad and Rivne in July, the company’s press service has reported.
“Under any circumstances, we aim to restore the operation of all stores that worked before the outbreak of hostilities. I will say more, at the beginning of the war, a process to open seven new JYSK stores in different parts of Ukraine was launched. Despite the uncertainty of martial law, the company is already considering the possibilities on the implementation of plans to open some of them,” Yevhen Ivanitsa, Country Manager of JYSK in Ukraine, is quoted as saying.
New stores will be opened in the Fabrik shopping center in Lviv, the Maidan shopping center in Chervonohrad, and the HAPPY Mall shopping center in Rivne.
In addition, in June the company reopens a store in the Retroville shopping center in Kyiv, and in July it is planned to reopen a store in the Vostorg shopping center in Kharkiv.
Stores have been restored wherever it is safe for customers and employees, JYSK said. At the same time, significantly damaged chain stores and those located in the temporarily occupied territories do not operate.
The damage and losses of the network have not yet been calculated, but it is supposedly about tens of millions of hryvnias, the company said.
“There are completely destroyed stores in Hostomel and Kherson, there are significantly damaged stores in Odesa – in the Riviera shopping center, Kyiv – Retroville shopping center, Kharkiv – Vostorg shopping center, there are looted stores in Bucha and Melitopol, there are shops in the occupied zone – Nova Kakhovka, Melitopol, Kherson,” Ivanitsa said.
331 foreign doctors are currently officially working in Ukraine, Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko said.
On the air of the telethon on the 1+1 channel on Wednesday, he noted that these are the doctors who are officially employed and registered with the Ministry of Health.
The minister clarified that in fact there are more foreign doctors working in Ukraine, but not all of them are registered by the Ministry of Health.
The mayor of Kyiv, ex-world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has been awarded the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Boxing Scene reports.
The award is presented by the American television channel ESPN to a worthy representative of the sports community for his work, which goes beyond sports and has a significant impact on the world.
“Vitaliy’s poise and strength as his city and country face unfathomable trials far exceeded the incredible determination he displayed as one of boxing’s finest heavyweight champions. His dedication to the people of Ukraine has been an inspiration to the world and his courage is a shining example of the bones of the human spirit. We are honored to present him with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage,” said ESPN Content executive editor Rob King.
The publication emphasizes that Vitali Klitschko became a central figure in the defense of his country when Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
In turn, Klitschko noted that he perceives this award as recognition of the courage of every Ukrainian who defends his state.
“It is a great honor for me to receive this award. I am convinced that this is a recognition of the courage and inviolability of the Ukrainian people, who have courageously resisted the Russian aggressor for more than 3 months. This is an award for everyone who defends the independence and freedom of Ukraine,” he said.
The Vitali Klitschko award ceremony will take place on July 20.
The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage is one of the most distinguished, prestigious and well-known awards in sports. Previously, it was awarded to such stars and figures as Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela and others.
Lviv customs is expanding the capacity of two checkpoints on the border with Poland, said at a briefing acting. head of the Lviv customs Daniil Menshikov.
According to him, since this morning, trucks up to 7.5 tons have been allowed to enter the Grushiv checkpoint, and earlier there was a limit of no more than 3.5 tons.
Also, at the Krakovets checkpoint, work is underway on the construction of temporary modules for the passage of cars on the A4 highway
“We plan to open this road next week, and we will use all 8 lanes at the Krakovets checkpoint for passing trucks,” Menshikov said.
In turn, Igor Matviychuk, deputy chief of staff of the Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Service, said that vehicles up to 7.5 tons were also allowed to pass at the Ustilug checkpoint in the Volyn region, which should reduce the load on the Yagodyn checkpoint.
According to him, work is also underway on the border with Romania – the Krasnoilsk checkpoint is 90% ready for commissioning, and the Dyakovtsy checkpoint is 60%.
The possibility of resuming the work of checkpoints on the railway in Transcarpathia is also being considered – we are talking about the checkpoints “Dilov” and “Teresva”.
