The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has supported a resolution that will allow employees to be booked through the Diia mobile app, said Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
“Now, to book an employee, you need to submit applications in paper form, collect signatures and wait for weeks for the result. “Diia will change this. The process will be fast, transparent, and without a human factor, and the result will be in an hour,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram on Friday evening.
According to him, “we will tentatively launch the service in early July.” The minister also said that at the first stage, critical enterprises and companies working for the needs of the defense forces will be able to book their employees online.
“If a business or government agency is eligible for booking, the manager will submit lists of employees through the Diia portal and electronically sign the application.
Next, Diia will automatically check the registers to see if the person is officially employed and if there is any data about him or her in Oberiz. If everything is okay, the employee is booked. The whole process will take an hour. The manager will receive a response about the employee’s booking in the Diia portal, and the person’s information will be updated in Reserve+. If they want to receive a paper confirmation, they will also have this option. And both formats are equally valid. If the reservation is denied, the manager will receive a response in his or her account on the Diia portal,” said Fedorov.
On Friday evening, the government’s website published Resolution No. 650 “Some issues of booking conscripts during martial law” of June 5, which instructs the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Justice to ensure electronic information interaction between the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services within a month, the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists, and the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individuals of Public Organizations (EDRPOU) in real time to ensure effective interaction with them in real time.
In addition, the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense must ensure electronic information interaction between the register of insured persons of the State Register of Compulsory State Social Insurance and the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service and Reservists regarding employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations aged 17 to 60 years and their positions applying for reservation in real time to make reservations in electronic form within one month.
The Pension Fund must also ensure that this information is received electronically through its e-services web portal from state agencies, local governments, enterprises, institutions and organizations within a month.
The Netherlands, together with Denmark, will produce CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine, and together with Germany – Patriot.
This was announced on Friday by the Dutch government.
“The Netherlands, together with Denmark, is participating in a €400 million Swedish fund to create CV90 infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine. Most of them will be produced in the Netherlands. In addition, Germany is launching a European assembly line for Patriot missiles, partly due to demand from the Netherlands,” the press release said.
In addition, the Dutch Ministry of Defense is also investing 54 million euros in the Dutch industry to develop drones for its own armed forces. This is included in the action plan to increase the production and supply of military equipment, the Dutch government said.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has imposed a penalty of UAH 33.76 million on state-owned Oschadbank, UAH 11.05 million on Pivdenny Bank and UAH 10.05 million on A-Bank, the regulator’s website reports.
According to it, Oschad was fined for improper organization of primary financial monitoring in terms of the obligation to develop, implement and update internal documents on the Law “On Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of the Proceeds of Crime, Terrorist Financing and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” (AML/CFT) and the lack of procedures in them sufficient to ensure effective risk management.
It is noted that other reasons for the fine imposed on the financial institution include the bank’s failure to properly fulfill its obligation to implement an automation system, apply a risk-based approach, and verify new and existing customers.
Pivdenny Bank was fined for improper implementation of enhanced due diligence measures in relation to clients with high risk business relationships, untimely submission of documents at the NBU’s request to comply with the requirements of VAT/FT legislation, and failure to identify all the criteria for money laundering risk inherent in business relationships with clients.
A-Bank received a fine due to improper due diligence of the RIAs, new and existing customers, as well as improper application of a risk-based approach.
In addition, the central bank fined Diamond Pay LLC (TM DPAY, Dnipro) of Victoria Golubeva with a turnover of UAH 2.6 billion in 2023 for UAH 13.06 million for a number of violations in terms of primary financial monitoring. According to the company’s website, it is a service for organizing payment acceptance and online transfers, and its main services include payments on gambling websites, including Favbet.
France will allocate 200 million euros to companies that will invest in the restoration of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, with 60 million euros of these funds going to the Ukrainian energy sector, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
“We held a meeting at the level of the Reconstruction Fund and decided that new instruments will be created to accompany this reconstruction of Ukraine. An agreement has been signed on a 200 million euro fund that will be earmarked for those companies that will invest in Ukraine’s critical infrastructure to rebuild it,” Macron said during a joint press conference with Ukraine’s president in Paris on Friday evening.
At the same time, he said, 60 million euros from this fund will be directed to Ukraine’s energy sector and its priorities.
The French President also announced the decision to expand the mandate of the French Development Agency to support projects in Ukraine at the local level.
In particular, it was decided to second 20 French technical experts to various key ministries of Ukraine to witness the work on standardization.
The new tariff of 4.32 UAH/kWh does not cover the market cost of electricity, which today is 7-8 UAH/kWh, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.
“Even this increase did not cover the market cost. The market cost of electricity fluctuates today around 7-8 UAH. We set the tariff at 4.32 based on the cheapest production cost of Energoatom and Ukrhydroenergo. Plus we include the cost of delivery to people from the two components. And this is the lowest cost price of the cheapest electricity, which we have in the state and which is available today”, – said Shmygal on the air of the national telethon on Friday evening.
According to the prime minister, the state pays about 90 billion hryvnias to ensure this non-market price for the population.
Shmygal also emphasized that the tariff of 4.32 UAH/kWh is fixed for one year, it is secured by subsidies.
As reported, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has established from June 1, 2024, the tariff for electricity for the population in the amount of 4.32 UAH/kWh (including VAT), which is 64% higher than the previously effective tariff of 2.64 UAH/kWh (including VAT).
More than 2,000 people from over 60 countries will participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC-2024), which Germany and Ukraine will co-host on June 11 and 12 in Berlin, the German Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Cooperation and Development said in a press release on Friday.
“Together with numerous partners from politics, business, civil society and municipalities, we want to use the Ukraine Recovery Conference to do everything we can to support Ukraine on its path of reform and recovery. Our common message is clear: we stand firmly by Ukraine’s side and support it with all our strength – as long as it needs us,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock was quoted as saying in the release.
She noted that Ukraine is defending the free European way of life with great determination, and Germany and the EU, for their part, continue to provide Ukraine with all-round support: economic, humanitarian and political, as well as supplying much-needed weapons.
“We are doing everything possible so that Ukraine can soon have a seat at the negotiating table in the European Union,” the German foreign minister added.
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze emphasized that even in the current wartime, Ukraine needs to constantly rebuild homes, water pipes, hospitals and power grids.
“Surrendering is not an option. People want to continue living in their country, and for that they need electricity, water and a roof over their heads. The reconstruction conference in Berlin is a strong message of solidarity. Partners from around the world are joining forces to support Ukraine’s reconstruction,” the minister said.
According to her, this task is too big to be solved by governments alone, so companies, civil society and municipalities have been invited to the conference.
It is specified that more than 2,000 conference participants represent approximately equal parts of three groups: governments and international organizations; businesses and civil society; and municipalities and regions. In particular, more than 600 representatives of Ukrainian, German and international companies from such sectors as energy, healthcare, logistics and armament, as well as representatives of municipalities and civil society will present their work in the framework of URC-2024.
“The goal of the conference is to bring together this wide range of activities and target them to address Ukraine’s short- and long-term recovery needs,” Schulze summarized.
The release announces the launch at the upcoming conference of a new initiative for skilled workers, a skills alliance for Ukraine, and an alliance for SMEs, as well as a host of other cooperative agreements.
It is pointed out that for the first time at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, Germany, as co-organizer, is focusing on social and community recovery in areas such as education, health, and municipal and regional recovery.
“To ensure Ukraine’s early accession to the EU, the focus is also on the necessary reforms in Ukraine. In some 30 panels, participants will address this wide range of topics under the motto “United in Defense. United in Recovery. Stronger Together,” the release noted.
According to the currently available program, the conference will be attended, in particular, by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, foreign ministers of Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, Poland and the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine’s recovery, as well as heads of leading international financial organizations.
The Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Berlin is the third reconstruction conference to be held since Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine began in 2022. In July 2022 in Lugano, Switzerland, conference participants agreed on guiding principles for Ukraine’s recovery: the recovery process should be reform-oriented, transparent, democratic and sustainable. The 2023 Ukraine Recovery Conference in London focused on mobilizing the private sector. In 2025, Italy will co-host the recovery conference with Ukraine.
