On March 7, the key Ukrainian public associations of agrarian orientation, united in the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum public union, received the status of partners in the EU’s largest farming association Copa-Cogeca, which will allow Ukraine and Europe to work together to prevent a global food crisis.
The official entry into the foreign organization was announced on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Agri Council public association on Thursday.
“Obtaining this status means not only integration into the European agrarian community, but also providing an opportunity for joint cooperation in the direction of preventing a global food crisis in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Agri Council said.
The organization recalled that in addition to it, the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum includes the leading Ukrainian agrarian associations – the Agrarian Union of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, the Ukrainian Association of Communities, the Union of Poultry Breeders of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation.
As reported, on March 1, the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum applied for membership in Copa-Cogeca to integrate the Ukrainian agricultural sector into the European agricultural community. The Ukrainians also asked the largest farming association in the EU to support Ukraine in the process of joining the EU under a shortened procedure.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed former Deputy Head of the President’s Office, former member of the Supervisory Board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yulia Kovaliv as Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada.
A photocopy of the relevant decree was posted on Facebook by Deputy Head of the President’s Office Andriy Sybiha.
In addition, Vasyl Miroshnychenko was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, and Mykola Nahorny was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Egypt
About 2 million Kyiv residents have stayed in the Ukrainian capital, every second has left, mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko has said.
“According to the latest data, every second citizen of Kyiv has left the city. Now a little less than 2 million inhabitants are in Kyiv,” Klitschko said on the air of the national marathon of Ukrainian TV channels on Thursday.
According to him, Kyiv has now turned into a fortress.
“Every street, every house… is being fortified, the territorial defense is joining. Even people, who were never going to change their clothes, now are in uniform with machine guns in their hands. These are musicians, and actors, representatives of different professions,” Klitschko said.
He stressed that “the city stood and will stand … And people will not surrender the city, the enemy will not pass!”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the issue of the 24-hour ceasefire, but made no progress on this issue.
“We also discussed the issue of a 24-hour ceasefire to resolve the most urgent humanitarian issues. We have not made any progress on this, because it seems that in Russia, other people make decisions on this issue,” Kuleba said at a press conference following the talks with Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu in Antalya on Thursday.
Content creators who use the YouTube video hosting website will no longer be able to receive income from Russian audiences, the company said in a statement.
YouTube said they would extend the suspension onto all monetization opportunities, including YouTube Premium and Music Premium subscriptions, channel sponsorship, super-chats, super-stickers and merchandise for Russian viewers.
This means YouTube content creators will temporarily be unable to monetize on views in Russia.
YouTube noted that the decision would not apply to earnings from views outside of Russia.
Google and YouTube Ads were shut down in Russia earlier, thus depriving YouTube content creators of the opportunity to make money on ads viewed by Russian users.
Google said earlier that it was suspending payments for Google Play products by Russian users, which prevented them from buying new applications or extending subscriptions to applications in use.
Russian users reported that it is no longer possible to subscribe to YouTube Premium, which allows watching videos without ads.
Meanwhile, the Visa and MasterCard payment systems stopped service for Russian cards on March 10. Cards issued in Russia will continue to work inside the country but will be inactive abroad. Cards issued outside of Russia will not work in the Russian territory.
Kyivstar, a mobile communications operator, has received mobile equipment from foreign partners and will increase its network capacity.
“In addition to restoring the damaged infrastructure, we continue to develop it. We received more mobile equipment from our foreign partners, which will increase the overall network capacity,” the operator said on its Facebook.
Kyivstar network successfully functions and supplies subscribers with communication and Internet services.
“Yesterday, our specialists repaired significant damage along the Kryvy Rih – Kropyvnytsky main line and in Chernihiv region. Thanks to this, a significant part of the base stations were raised, communications in these regions have improved significantly. In total, since the beginning of the military invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, our specialists have eliminated more than 2,000 breaks in fiber-optic communication lines,” Kyivstar said.
The operator also continues to provide communications in cities where there are intense hostilities, in particular in Mariupol.
“Although the city has great difficulties with the supply of electricity, local authorities and residents help our specialists find fuel for refueling diesel generators,” the operator said.
