Ukraine will begin to implement an energy saving program next year, about UAH 300 billion is currently needed for implementation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“This program [on energy saving] has been developed in absolute detail […] We see that this program can be implemented, and we will definitely implement it with the support of specialists and financial assistance from the European Union. In any case, we will start doing this next year. We cannot wait when our neighbor [Russia] threatens us with a shutdown or reduction in gas volumes,” Zelensky said during a briefing following the 23rd Ukraine-EU summit with President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
He said that Ukraine should be truly energetically independent.
According to Zelensky, Ukraine currently needs about UAH 300 billion to implement this program.
The “Safety Seal” for hotels with fully vaccinated personnel will be introduced by the end of 2021, head of the State Agency for Tourism Development Maryana Oleskiv told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to her, the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine has developed a draft act of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the approval of the procedure for the implementation of the pilot project “Safety Certificate of Accommodation Facilities”.
This Procedure establishes the regulation for monitoring and evaluating accommodation facilities (hotels) in accordance with the Temporary Recommendations for the organization of anti-epidemiological measures in hotels during the quarantine period due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), approved by the Resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine dated May 12, 2020 No. 22.
“Now the draft act is being approved by the structural divisions of State Agency for Tourism Development. It is tentatively assumed that the implementation of the pilot project will begin by the end of 2021,” Oleskiv said.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to visit Ukraine next week, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said at a briefing on Tuesday.
“Secretary [Austin] and his team will be preparing for a trip to Europe next week. Stops will include Georgia, Ukraine and Romania and it will conclude this important visit with allies and partners in Brussels for the NATO defense ministerial,” he said.
The meeting of the heads of defense departments of NATO countries in Brussels is scheduled for October 21-22.
In September, the mobile operator lifecell connected 377 more settlements to 4G, where a total of 134,000 people live.
According to the company’s press service on Monday, out of the indicated number of settlements in 376 settlements up to 5,000 people live and in one – up to 25,000 people.
The operator also notes that as of the end of September, the operator’s 4G coverage is available in 12,889 settlements, where more than 28 million Ukrainians live.
With the network roll-out, the consumption of mobile Internet has also increased: last month lifecell subscribers used 56% more 4G traffic on an annual basis.
In September, lifecell users spent 11% more time on social networks, 31% more watched videos on YouTube and 42% more often communicated in instant messengers, compared to the same period in 2020.
At the same time, Ukrainians did not cut their calls to each other: the amount of voice traffic in lifecell network grew by 6% on an annual basis.
In Ukraine, lifecell is the third largest mobile operator.
Ukraine should remain a gas transit country, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference in Kyiv.
“It is clear and constant for the European Commission Ukraine is and must remain reliable gas transit country,” the European Commission’s president said.
A diagnostic and treatment center with an ambulance substation was opened in Kyiv by the Adonis medical group.
According to a press release from Adonis, the new clinic will receive both adult patients and children around the clock, in the 24/7 mode. It will also have a center for children and adults, a diagnostic department (CT, MRI, X-ray, dental computer-aided tomography, ultrasound), a laboratory, a women’s consultation, a surgical department for adults and children, dentistry for children and adults, a department of oncology with oncosurgery, and a department of orthopedics and traumatology.
As reported, the Adonis medical group launched its own ambulance service in 2021.
Adonis is a network of private full-cycle medical centers for adults and children.
The private clinic Adonis was established over 20 years ago. Its network includes ten branches in Kyiv and the region, including two of its own maternity hospitals and a stem cell laboratory. In the branches of the clinic, doctors conduct appointments in 60 medical directions.
