Zelenyi Park LLC (Iziaslav, Khmelnytskyi region), which produces corrugated paper (fluting) and containerboard, increased its production by 19.4% in January-November this year compared to the same period in 2023, to UAH 514.6 million.
According to statistics provided by UkrPapir Association toInterfax-Ukraine, the company’s growth rate slowed down a bit over the first 11 months of the year, with a 24% increase in the first ten months and a 26.6% increase in the first nine months.
In January-November, production in physical terms increased by 3.8% to almost 29 thousand tons. At the same time, in November, the company reduced the production of fluting and test liners by 36.4% by November 2023 and by 39% by October this year, to 1.9 thousand tons.
Zelenyi Park LLC was registered in 2011 and manufactures products from waste paper, processing up to 72 thousand tons of waste paper annually.
The factory is equipped with Finnish Valmet equipment, which allows it to produce fluting and testliner with a density of 70 to 200 g/sq. m and a roll width of up to 2.8 m.
According to the Clarity Project, the owner of 100% of Zelenyi Park LLC is Cyprus-registered Carton Mill Limited, and the ultimate beneficiaries are ATB Corporation co-owner Gennadiy Butkevych and Volodymyr Shandra (full name is the same as the full name of the former Minister of Industrial Policy (2005-2006) and the former Minister of Emergency Situations (2007-2010) – IF-U).
The company ended 2023 with a loss of UAH 78.2 million (56% more than a year earlier) on a 6.8% drop in revenue to UAH 498.6 million.
Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, has invested more than UAH 410 million in modernizing its livestock enterprises since the start of the full-scale invasion, its press service reported on Facebook.
“During the war, livestock farming has become a pillar of food security and economic stability for businesses. In particular, we managed to compensate for the decline in exports due to the Russian blockade of seaports at the beginning of the full-scale invasion by using milk processed and sold in Ukraine,” Yaroslav Kushnir, director of Astarta’s livestock department, explained in a statement.
It was specified that the agricultural holding will continue to consolidate and reconstruct existing facilities, build new ones, and work with breeding and genetics, which will help to increase the economic efficiency of the segment, herd productivity and optimize livestock management.
Kushnir noted that Astarta is the largest producer of industrial milk in Ukraine with an annual production of 115 thousand tons. The company’s cattle herd totals more than 28 thousand heads.
“Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding company operating in eight regions of Ukraine. It includes six sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 220 thousand hectares, an oil extraction plant in Globyno (Poltava region), seven elevators and a biogas complex.
In 2023, the agricultural holding reduced its net profit by 5.0% to EUR 61.9 mln, and its EBITDA decreased by 6.1% to EUR 145.77 mln, while revenue increased by 21.3% to EUR 618.93 mln.
In January-September 2024, the total area of residential buildings for which construction permits were issued (new construction) decreased by 6.6% compared to the same period in 2023, to 2 million 962.3 thousand square meters, according to the State Statistics Service (Ukrstat).
According to the statistics agency, in January-September 2024, the total area of new construction of apartment buildings decreased by 8.3% year-on-year to 2.8 million square meters. The number of apartments declared at the start of construction in apartment buildings decreased by 12.2% to 30.9 thousand.
According to the State Statistics Service, the largest number of new housing starts in the first nine months of the year was reported in Lviv region: the total area of new housing construction amounted to 499 thousand square meters (7 thousand apartments).
Significant volumes of new housing were also declared in Kyiv region – 494.8 thousand square meters (11.9 thousand apartments), as well as in Ivano-Frankivsk region – 317.8 thousand square meters (5.3 thousand apartments), Zakarpattia region – 292 thousand square meters (5.3 thousand apartments), Transcarpathian region – 292 thousand square meters (5.3 thousand apartments), and in the city of Kyiv – 292 thousand square meters (5.3 thousand apartments). sq. m. (5.3 thousand apartments). apartments), Transcarpathian – 292.3 thousand sq. m. (3.8 thousand apartments), Vinnytsia – 236.3 thousand sq. m. (4.1 thousand apartments), Khmelnytsky – 141.6 thousand sq. m. (2.3 thousand apartments) and Volyn – 140.7 thousand sq. m. (3 thousand apartments).
In Kyiv in January-September 2024, the total area of new housing construction amounted to 330.3 thousand square meters (2.9 thousand apartments).
The State Statistics Service reminds that the figures exclude the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territories where hostilities are ongoing (or have been ongoing).
As reported, the total area of new housing construction in 2023 decreased by 37% to 4.2 million square meters, while in 2022 it amounted to 6.67 million square meters, and in 2021 – 12.7 million square meters.
DIM Company announces the beginning of strategic partnership with TASkombank, within the framework of which special privileges are provided for the purchase of real estate in DIM residential complexes, the press service of the developer reported.
“We at Private banking know: home is more than walls, it is a place where dreams and living inspiration are born. We have joined forces with DIM, TAScombank has prepared unique opportunities for its Private banking clients: a 3% discount for the purchase of housing in the eco-complex business class Park Lake City”, – said Oleg Polyak, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of TAScombank.
Eco-complex business class Park Lake City became the first project from the portfolio of projects of the company DIM, where there are exclusive terms of purchase and payment for real estate. In the near future other projects of the company will be announced, where special conditions for potential investors of the company and unique offers for TASkombank Private banking clients will be introduced.
“The partnership between TAScombank and DIM is a confirmation of our reliability and stability in the realization of our projects. In the future, the partnership between banks and developers will become even more necessary and important, as developers will be able to provide stable financing for their projects, avoid delays in construction, increase the confidence of buyers, and special programs with favorable lending terms will make the purchase of housing more affordable for the general public,” said Arseniy Nasikovsky, junior partner of DIM.
DIM Group was founded in 2014 and specializes in the full cycle of development, including design, construction and property management. During this time, the company has commissioned 15 houses in eight LCDs, a total of 3,640 apartments, built more than 332.7 thousand square meters of residential and commercial space. In 2024 DIM commissioned 1191 apartments in three complexes – New Autograph, Lucky Land and Park Lake City. Six residential complexes of “comfort+” and “business class” category are under construction: Metropolis, Park Lake City, Lucky Land, A136 Highlight Tower, Olegiv Podil, The One.
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A roundtable held at Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday discussed the results of a pilot project developed in close cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs with the active participation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The experiment aims to provide all war veterans with the opportunity to acquire a new profession, improve their skills, undergo rehabilitation and participate in sports events at Ukrainian higher education institutions.
“Due to the military operations, Ukraine is likely to become the country with the largest number of female and male veterans. According to official figures, as of January this year, the Ukrainian army numbered about 880,000 soldiers. And according to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, the total number of war veterans, family members of the victims, and people with disabilities as a result of the war in Ukraine is more than 1.3 million, and further Russian aggression may lead to an increase in the veteran community,” said Artem Honcharenko, moderator of the conference and head of the Institute for Reintegration, Rehabilitation and Professional Development of Veterans ‘Architecture of Resilience’ at KNUBA.
New challenges have led to new tasks for domestic higher education institutions (HEIs): there is a need to create an effective model for integrating war veterans into civilian life through specialized educational, sports and rehabilitation programs.
The participants of the government pilot project jointly carried out a number of activities. In particular, KNUBA, as the country’s leading specialized higher education institution, played a key role in the reintegration of veterans. The university’s specialists have been involved in the development of innovative architectural projects, the creation of rehabilitation centers, and accessible spaces for living, education, work, and leisure. The university can become a key partner in shaping global spatial policy that will ensure comfort, inclusiveness, and sustainable development for veterans, their families, and communities. This is an important contribution to rebuilding Ukraine and creating decent working conditions for those who defend our future.
“Our university influences the market of specialists in the field of construction and architecture, so we actively support projects and initiatives that will help more people strive to create spaces that are accessible and convenient for everyone without exception. Modern approaches to the design and construction of buildings, structures, and spaces, taking into account the principles of inclusiveness, barrier-free accessibility, should become the basis for all educational institutions that train specialists in architecture, construction, and engineering. Combining efforts in this area allows us to make a significant contribution to social development. The University Institute “Architecture of Resilience” is launching the Center for Veteran Development, which will become a platform for adaptation and support of our defenders and a space for training, networking and development,” said Oleksiy Dniprov, Rector of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture.
Representatives of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture and the National University of Physical Education and Sports also participated in several stages of the implementation of the Inclusive Recovery Project for Ukraine, which was conducted by the United Nations Development Program’s Universal Design School with financial support from the Swedish government. As part of the project, 70 participants from all over Ukraine were selected to work on real projects in 13 Ukrainian cities, creating a wide range of public spaces that should be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
At the same time, the university has started working with foreign organizations and institutions to provide war veterans with medical care and organize specialized rehabilitation programs.
“The National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine has demonstrated its capabilities in the field of rehabilitation of veterans through physical education and sports. The sport of war veterans is a new phenomenon both in legislation and in our society in general. It needs scientific and methodological development, and our university is one of the centers for the development of sports for war veterans and their families,” said Oleksandr Pyzhov, acting rector of the National University of Physical Education and Sports.
According to him, the university provides long-term physical education and sports rehabilitation, holds sports events and training for military and war veterans, which improves their reintegration into civilian life. During the year, the company developed guidelines for the provision of physical education and sports rehabilitation, cooperated with leading medical universities and hospitals in Kyiv, set up a multidisciplinary commission, and introduced a systematic provision of rehabilitation services. Meetings with government officials at the state and local levels are held on a regular basis. The University provides a range of social, physical, sports and psychological rehabilitation activities. To facilitate the transition from military service to civilian life for war veterans, the university provides formal and informal vocational education and professional qualifications. The university has created an adaptive educational infrastructure and is introducing specialized educational methods and adapting educational programs.
This fall, 14 sporting events were held as part of the project “Sports and War Veterans (UBD)”, which included such sports as billiards, athletics (running and shot put), chess, sitting volleyball, futsal, wheelchair basketball, and others.
Also this year, the NUFVSU hosted the All-Ukrainian Veterans Games in eSports and CrossFit. The complex of these activities is aimed at the speedy return of war veterans to civilian life, and only by joining forces we will succeed!”
Volodymyr Onyshchenko, acting Rector of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, said that as part of the deepening cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union, on September 11, 2024, his university became a platform for an important dialogue between veterans and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Yevhen Zakharov, Director of Kharkiv Human Rights Group, and a delegation of committee members from the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine (EUDEL), Poltava Regional Military Administration, heads of local communities, and civil society organizations.
“Poltava Polytechnic ensures the adaptation of the university’s material and technical base to the requirements of an inclusive space. Thus, from October to December of this year, 2090 war veterans attended a number of events at our university,” Rector added.
“During 2024, rehabilitation services were provided to 170 people affected by the war (comprehensive rehabilitation after amputations, gunshot wounds, injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, peripheral nervous system. A project for people with visual impairments has been implemented. Specialists have developed a tiflographic album-catalog of icons “Seeing Treasures Together” with acoustic adaptation. “In general, the implementation of the pilot project is in line with the Post-War Recovery Plan of Ukraine and the Ivano-Frankivsk Region Development Strategy for 2021-2027, in particular, the Development of Social Infrastructure and Inclusion, and has a high level of priority, as it will promote social integration and psycho-physical rehabilitation of war veterans,” said Ihor Tsependa, Acting Rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
“Physical fitness and sports activities are one of the key areas of engaging war veterans in active social life and professional activities. Our goal is to create conditions for their social adaptation, physical and mental recovery, and psychological rehabilitation. Since the beginning of 2024, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, together with the All-Ukrainian Center for Physical Health “Sport for All”, has been actively implementing a new social project “Active Parks – Unstoppable”, said Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Serhiy Tymofeev.
The goals of the project are to restore the general physical condition, strengthen mental health, social interaction, and unite war veterans and people with disabilities as a result of war into a cohesive community through physical education and sports.
The Active Parks – Unstoppable project is to become a new stage in the rehabilitation of our veterans. We have already set up 85 adaptive clubs where everyone can find something for themselves – from fitness to rugby. The Ministry of Youth and Sports is working to expand the initiative to cover all regions of Ukraine and provide veterans with access to quality physical and mental recovery programs.
In addition, to promote adaptive sports, twenty-six sports federations in sports recognized in Ukraine have already integrated the adaptive sports component into the rules of sports competitions.
“Involvement of war veterans in physical culture and sports is now an important component not only for their physical and mental recovery, but also for social adaptation, helps to overcome barriers and restore confidence in their abilities. This experiment on the basis of higher education institutions will contribute to the development of a systematic approach to the recovery and socialization of veterans through sports, and will help to build inclusive conditions for Ukrainians with special needs, strengthening their participation in sports and active life in the country. In this context, the development of adaptive sports is of particular importance today, as it is designed to enable each beneficiary to feel supported, find new opportunities and return to active life. We want every veteran to feel supported, find new opportunities and return to active life. Physical culture and sports help not only to restore health but also to find new goals,” emphasized Sergiy Timofeev.
The Educational and Scientific Center for Social and Psychological Support and Resilience of the Western Ukrainian National University conducts psychological trainings and consultations, art therapy workshops, various creative activities to maintain emotional balance and develop resilience in veterans and their families, organizes screenings of documentaries about defenders and meetings with veterans-heroes of films, etc. This was reported by the rector of the university Oksana Desyatniuk.
“Our university has opened the first immersive multifunctional hub in Ukraine. This project is part of the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Space until 2030, initiated by the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska. The hub has launched a project for the psychological rehabilitation of veterans and physical rehabilitation of the upper extremities using Webex Hologram and Magic Leap 2 augmented reality glasses. Particular attention is paid to staff training and advanced training of academic staff working with veterans,” she added.
Andriy Vitrenko, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, emphasized that despite the war, the number of foreign students in Ukrainian higher education institutions continues to be significant. He also emphasized the need to further improve conditions for foreign students in Ukraine.
“The implementation of this pilot project, launched on the instructions of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has demonstrated the enormous potential of universities as leaders and reliable partners in implementing veterans’ policy. Five leading higher education institutions have created unique methods to help war veterans reintegrate into civilian life through education, sports, and rehabilitation programs. This project has developed an effective methodology that needs to be extended to other universities. The social responsibility of higher education institutions is to implement such technologies and methods in their daily activities. Currently, there are about 27 thousand foreign students studying in Ukraine, compared to about 80 thousand before the full-scale invasion, and the highest number of foreign students was about 100 thousand. In terms of price-quality ratio, Ukrainian education is among the top three European countries. I am confident that after the victory, we will reach the largest number of foreign students in our universities and satisfy the demand of domestic students for education. I thank all the participants for their dedication and commitment to change!” he said.
Maksym Urakin, Development Director of Interfax-Ukraine news agency, in turn, emphasized the need to implement the results of the experiment and to establish budget funding for the adaptation of citizens to peaceful life.
War veterans today are faced with this unique phenomenon of “job search” in the Ukrainian labor market. Employers today must and have the opportunity to provide any job to every veteran with proper conditions in accordance with their needs and physical capabilities. Assistance to a special segment of the population – our defenders – should be undeniable and qualified. Any support is important, especially state support.
Therefore, new opportunities for veterans and their families are being actively created at educational institutions. Special courses have been developed in close cooperation with employers, the public and representatives of veteran communities. This is an opportunity to gain new knowledge and skills that will help them return to their chosen profession after returning from the front in civilian life.
Summarizing the results of the conference, the joint pilot project with the participation of the participating universities has high and positive results, which means that we can say that such a project is a success, and next year it is necessary to build systematic and coordinated work on an ongoing basis.
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