Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outspeaks against the freezing of the conflict with Russia.
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit Tuesday night, he said, referring to a possible cease-fire, that “it doesn’t mean Russian troops will stand where they are now. It’s a frozen conflict. We’re not going to agree to a frozen conflict.”
He called the Minsk agreements the kind that led to the frozen conflict. “I am against it, there will be no such document. We did not withdraw from Minsk, Russia withdrew from it on February 24. They did, and Ukraine will definitely not go into such a swamp again.”
At the same time, according to Zelensky, he does not see the desire of the Russian Federation to achieve a ceasefire. “If we have a meeting with President Putin, then maybe we can agree with him personally. He should commit to a ceasefire, preferably public, then we can believe in it,” the president said.
He also said that “we must first take the appropriate steps to stop the war, and then diplomacy will come into play.” “It is desirable to do the first stage and we have done that – to stop Russia in its advance. The second stage is to do as much as possible so that Russia withdraws from our territory. Now we are in the second stage. The third stage is to restore as much territorial integrity as possible,” he said.
In his opinion, “where it is possible to restore territorial integrity, to find some compromises through dialogue in words, not through dialogue of weapons, Ukraine will do it, but showing its position as an equal partner in any dialogue”.
Zelensky noted that “our groups are communicating at the level of negotiators,” but “I do not really believe in such agreements.” “It’s important to talk, but until the president of the Russian Federation personally says it officially, and I don’t see the weight in such agreements,” Zelensky said.
Gross insurance premiums of PJSC “Insurance company “Kraina” (Kyiv) in 2021 amounted to UAH 642.139 million, which is 16.7% more compared to 2020, Expert-Rating reports in the information on updating the company’s rating at the level of “uaAA+” on the national scale at the end of 2021.
According to the agency, the share of the company’s insurance premiums owned by reinsurers increased by 24.75%, and their share in the structure of the company’s gross premiums increased by 0.17 percentage points. up to 2.52%.
In 2021, JSC IC “Kraina” made UAH 354.31 million of insurance payments and indemnities, which exceeded the amount of payments for 2020 by 30.62%. In turn, the level of payments of the insurer increased to 55.18%, which exceeds the average indicator for the insurance market of Ukraine.
At the end of 2021, the company received a net profit in the amount of UAH 0.81 million, which is 93.29% less than in 2020. At the same time, the insurer received a loss from operating activities in the amount of UAH 8.62 million, while at the end of 2020, an operating profit was received in the amount of UAH 33.71 million.
In 2021, the equity capital of IC Krajina increased by 1.80% to UAH 152.296 million, and its gross liabilities increased by 13.64% to UAH 184.61 million. The high growth rates of gross liabilities led to a decrease in the level of coverage of the insurer’s liabilities by equity capital by 9.59 percentage points. up to 82.50%.
The volume of cash and cash equivalents during the analyzed period increased by 5.63% and amounted to UAH 90.71 million, while the indicator of coverage of the insurer’s obligations by cash decreased by 3.73 percentage points. up to 49.14%.
At the same time, the Agency notes that as of December 31, 2021, the insurer invested UAH 17.710 million in government bonds, which had a positive effect on the provision with liquid assets, which together covered 58.73% of the insurer’s liabilities.
The agency notes that, according to the reports provided by IC Krajina, as of the end of .2021, the insurer adhered to the criteria and standards established by law for solvency and capital adequacy, liquidity, profitability, asset quality and riskiness of the insurer’s operations.
IC “Kraina” has been operating in the insurance market of Ukraine since 1994. It has licenses for 23 types of insurance.
Structure of import of services in 2021 (graphically)
SSC of Ukraine
The European Commission (EC), within the framework of the sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which is being prepared, considers it necessary to ban the import of all Russian oil to the EU, the head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Wednesday.
“Today we will propose a ban on all Russian oil in Europe. This will be a complete ban on the import of oil from the Russian Federation, delivered by sea and through pipelines, crude and refined oil,” she said.
At the same time, she acknowledged that it would not be easy to take this step due to the serious dependence of a number of EU members on Russian oil, but the EU “simply must go for it.”
According to her, the embargo on Russian oil should be introduced “neatly” in order to give the EU time to find alternative oil suppliers and minimize the impact of sanctions on oil markets. She noted that the refusal of oil and refined petroleum products from the Russian Federation should take six months and be completed by the end of 2022.
The day before, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, expressed confidence that the EU countries would agree to the imposition of new sanctions against Russia in the coming days.
In turn, Politico reported, citing unnamed EU diplomats, that the European Commission will propose transitional measures or an exception to oil sanctions for Slovakia and Hungary, given the degree of their dependence on Russian oil and the difficulty in finding alternative suppliers.
Ukraine needs to unite the position of the Europeans today, because this will achieve greater success and victory in the battle with Russia, believes boxer, brother of the mayor of Kyiv Vladimir Klitschko.
“The leader of Germany’s largest opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz, was in Kyiv today. He met with the top leadership of Ukraine, met with the mayor of the capital. He expressed support and assured of further assistance to our state. And we are grateful for this. I am convinced that Ukraine today critically needs reliable and powerful partners, with whom it is necessary to talk, develop cooperation, be grateful for something, convince of something,” Klitschko wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
He noted that Germany was concerned that Ukraine refused to accept German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
“The non-diplomatic statements of the Ukrainian ambassador to the German chancellor are also adding fuel to the fire. Now is not the time for emotions and excessive eloquence! I am sure that President Zelensky must nevertheless take a politically balanced step and invite the President of Germany, Ukraine’s strategic partner state, to Kyiv. We we need to unite the position of the Europeans today – this is how we will achieve greater success for our country and victory in the battle with the Russian aggressor,” Klitschko summed up.
In April, the German publication Bild, citing its own sources, reported that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier planned to come to Kyiv along with government delegations from other EU countries, but Zelensky allegedly did not want to meet him because of the close ties of the German leader with Russia.
Later, Steinmeier himself said that Kyiv considered his possible visit to Ukraine undesirable, adding that Polish President Andrzej Duda had proposed a joint trip to Ukraine in recent days in order to “give a strong signal of European solidarity with Ukraine.”
Against this background, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to the German edition Der Tagesspiegel, criticized Ukraine’s refusal to receive the German president on a visit, calling it “somewhat confusing” and urged not to underestimate the fact that Germany supplies Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles and many other goods military purpose.
On April 13, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Office of the President of Ukraine had not received a request from the Office of the President of Germany regarding the visit of German leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Ukraine.
At the same time, he stressed that in the conditions of war and the daily death of people in Ukraine, she has the right to afford “to receive and be in the circle of those leaders of countries who really support her.”
Metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in January-April this year reduced steel production by 45.9% compared to the same period last year – to 3.858 million tonnes. According to the recent information of the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet), in April, only one steel plant produced steel.
“Insignificant volumes of steel production were shown by some foundry enterprises,” the information of UAVtormet says.
In addition, it is reported that ferrous scrap enterprises for the four months of 2022 reduced procurement of scrap metal by 50.4% compared to the same period in 2021, to 620,100 tonnes.
The export of scrap metal for the specified period amounted to 7,100 tonnes, which is 12.3 times less compared to the four months of 2021 (87,000 tonnes). At the same time, scrap imports amounted to 100 tonnes, while in January-April 2021 – 7,800 tonnes.
The supply of scrap to the country’s steel enterprises in January-April 2022 decreased by 47.1% compared to January-April 2021, to 583,500 tonnes. The total volume of scrap metal supplies in April amounted to 52,500 tonnes.
The level of scrap metal stocks at steel enterprises as of May 1, 2022 is estimated at 60,000 tonnes.
