Head of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk, in addition to Starlink satellite Internet stations, donated Tesla Powerwall solar panels to Ukraine.
“Today, two outpatient clinics in Borodianka and Irpin have received Tesla Powerwall solar panels and energy saving systems,” Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said on Telegram.
According to him, these solar panels and generators have become very popular in America.
“The Powerwall energy system has high autonomy and provides backup power in case of power outages. This ultra-modern equipment will help Ukrainians in the areas most affected by the Russian occupation,” Fedorov stressed.
Creditors of insolvent Ukrainian banks received UAH 932.9 million in repayments in March 2022.
According to the website of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, UAH 1.3 million was directed to repay the claims of third-priority creditors, including payments in the range of UAH 200,000.
Some UAH 18.3 million was allocated to repay the claims of the fourth stage of individuals for a more guaranteed amount, to repay the fifth stage, the NBU claims as a result of a decrease in the value of collateral provided to secure refinancing loans – UAH 900 million, to repay the claims of the seventh stage, to individuals not related to bank – UAH 13.3 million.
Some UAH 63.7 million was allocated for extraordinary repayment of NBU claims over three months.
In total, in January-March 2022, the amount of repayments of creditors’ claims was UAH 1.03 billion, of which UAH 63.7 million were extraordinary payments to secured creditors, in particular NBU – UAH 63.2 billion.
In general, as of April 1, 2022, the claims of creditors of insolvent banks were repaid in the total amount of UAH 56.915 billion, including UAH 17.03 billion for repayment of secured creditors’ claims, UAH 15.746 billion for satisfying the NBU’s claims.
As of April 1, the fund filed 72 statements of claim against 45 banks. Defendants associated with these banks are 821 people. The total amount of these claims is UAH 100.81 billion.
In addition, the fund filed 28 civil lawsuits in criminal proceedings against 20 banks, the consideration of which is ongoing. The defendants are 60 people. The total amount of claims is UAH 16.264 billion.
The fund also initiated five legal proceedings for damages caused by criminal offenses against five banks. The total number of defendants is 5 people. The amount of claims filed is UAH 2.66 billion.
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Minister of Economy and Finance Daniele Franco confirmed an intention of the Italian government to provide Ukraine with a loan of EUR 200 million, Finance Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said in an interview with Italian Corriere della sera following the recent talks in Washington at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
“We are negotiating to receive funds on concessional terms: at 1% per annum, with a maturity of 15 years. In my opinion, other countries can also offer us loans on such concessional terms. Such financing would certainly help us,” Marchenko said.
He also thanked Italy, which was the first of all countries to provide Ukraine with EUR 110 million on grant terms at the very beginning of the war unleashed by Russia.
The Ukrainian Finance Minister said that the preparation of an agreement on the next EUR 150 million loan from Germany, which will help support Ukraine’s macro-financial stability, has also recently begun.
According to him, only last week Germany provided a EUR 150 million loan to support small and medium-sized businesses, an agreement on which was reached back in March 2020.
“Minister Christian Lindner also noted that they are considering providing us with military support in the amount of EUR 1 billion, but we expected from Germany no less financial support than that provided to us by the UK, Canada or the United States,” Marchenko said.
According to him, Kyiv has high hopes for funding from the IMF managed account. “We encourage partner countries to consider reallocating 10% of their Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) that they received from the IMF in August 2021 and have not yet used. We are mainly targeting EU countries. However, specific rules should be agreed with the European Union and European Central Bank (ECB),” the Minister of Finance explained.
According to him, the EU countries will consider this issue, as there may be some restrictions on the use of SDRs by the ECB.
“But I think that countries will try to find a legal solution with the ECB to make SDRs available to Ukraine. The IMF is also working with other countries to find out how the allocated SDR quotas can be used to support Ukraine,” the minister said.
As reported, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in his speech at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, indicated that the country needs support of up to $7 billion monthly, and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal noted that up to $5 billion is needed monthly to cover the budget deficit.
NPC Ukrenergo put into operation one of the 330 kV high-voltage transmission lines in the south of Ukraine, which made it possible to improve the output of generation power, including nuclear and thermal.
“Today, one of the 330 kV high-voltage lines in the south of Ukraine was put into operation. This made it possible to improve the power output of a number of power plants, including thermal and nuclear ones. Thus, now all nuclear power plants are working stably in the network, as well as plants of other types – thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants and renewable energy sources,” Ukrenergo noted on its Telegram channel on Thursday evening.
The company emphasized that the frequency in the network is stable – 50 Hz.
Ukrenergo also indicated that work on the restoration of main power grids is ongoing: a substation and a 750 kV line are being restored, as well as two 330 kV lines in Kyiv region, two more 330 kV lines that run through Kyiv and Chernihiv regions have been repaired and getting ready to operate.
According to the company, distribution system operators resumed power supply to more than 19,800 consumers over the past day.
“Consumption is stable and shows a growth trend,” Ukrenergo assured.
As reported, on Thursday morning, Energoatom reported that due to damage to the high-voltage transmission line 330 kV, the Zaporizhia NPP switched to work to provide only their own needs.
The leading Ukrainian manufacturer of sprinkler equipment Variant Irrigation (Kharkiv) signed a contract with a large agricultural holding in Bulgaria for the supply of six sprinkler machines with a length of 350 to 600 meters, the company’s website reported on Thursday.
The project, the cost of which was not disclosed, in addition to the supply of irrigation equipment, provides for the creation of infrastructure – the laying of main pipelines for the customer.
“Despite the difficult situation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s military aggression, domestic producers continue to work, look for new markets, and reformat their processes. The management of Variant Irrigation decided to save production equipment as much as possible, retain personnel, stay in Ukraine, and gradually establish production processes in safe regions,” the report says.
As reported, from June, new relocated production of Variant Irrigation in the west of Ukraine will start operating in the regular mode.
Variant Irrigation is the Ukrainian irrigation market leader in terms of the number of supplied wide-sprinkler sprinklers.
