11 units of fire and rescue equipment, five resuscitation vehicles, as well as equipment and machinery from Austria have arrived in Ukraine, the State Emergency Service reports.
“11 units of fire and rescue equipment and five reanimobiles arrived in Ukraine today. They were provided by the emergency services of Vienna. In addition to equipment, a lot of other equipment and equipment arrived, which is so necessary for our victory over the Russian occupiers,” reads a message published in telegram channel.
It is emphasized that “all this valuable technical assistance will be able to strengthen the combat capability of the units of the State Emergency Service of those regions that are working to eliminate fires and emergencies caused by the war.”
Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN will gather in Istanbul in the coming days to discuss a plan of action on the situation around problems with grain exports, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports, citing its own data.
“The details of the road map will be discussed in the coming days during the meeting, which will be attended by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and UN representatives,” the statement said.
According to Anadolu, the meeting will consider issues related to “insurance and security of ships, as well as demining the region.”
The agency indicates that it is planned to create a coordination center in Istanbul, which “should allow sending about 20 million tons of grain and sunflower seeds from Russia and Ukraine to world markets.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects good news from partner countries regarding arms supplies.
“The United States has confirmed at various levels that modern HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems are being sent to our state. These weapons will really help save the lives of our people and protect our land,” Zelensky said in a video message on Friday night.
He thanked US President Joseph Biden and the American people for such support.
“We also expect good news about the supply of weapons from other partners. For example, today there is a new defense assistance package from Sweden,” the president said, adding that Ukraine is working to bring the volume of deliveries, primarily of modern combat systems, to higher level.
Most oil extraction plants in Ukraine stopped working due to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, but in April-May, the plants in the western, central and southern regions of the country began to resume operations due to an increase in sunflower processing margins up to $200/tonne.
“Currently, processors are actively buying sunflower against the backdrop of disappointing production forecasts for the next season… Some plants provide processing services at a price of $80-150/tonne, while others buy sunflower at UAH 15,000-16,500/tonne, receiving a processing margin of up to $200/tonne,” according to the website of the electronic grain exchange GrainTrade.
According to its data, the resumption of the work of Ukrainian oil extraction plants in the western, central and even southern regions of the country is caused by a sharp reduction in the price of sunflower due to difficulties with its export from Ukraine due to the blockade of the country’s seaports by Russian ships.
GrainTrade notes that the price of sunflower will continue to grow, as it is under pressure from its significant stocks from producers and processors, as well as difficulties with the export of oil products – sunflower meal and cake.
“Now it is difficult for processors to sell meal and cake to European consumers due to the increase in logistics costs and falling prices in the EU amid an increase in the supply of Ukrainian products. At the same time, producers are in no hurry to sell sunflower seeds at low prices, expecting an increase in production costs in the new season,” the grain exchange said.
The American company Palantir, a developer of data analysis software for organizations, is ready to become a partner of Ukraine in the defense, security and digital technologies sector, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said.
“Today, together with Volodymyr Zelensky, we’ve met with Palantir CEO Alex Karp. Palantir is the world leader in the development of data analysis software. The company’s products are used by the US Department of Defense, large investment banks and hedge funds. I would like to thank Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who responded to the invitation of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and was the first of the general directors of large Western corporations to personally come to Ukraine,” the minister said on Telegram.
According to him, the company is ready to open an office in Ukraine and start joint developments with Ukrainian specialists.
“Further cooperation with Palantir will help strengthen our army and defeat the enemy as soon as possible, because technology plays a big role in modern warfare,” Fedorov stressed.
Palantir is an American company that develops data analysis software for organizations, the main customers are intelligence agencies, investment banks, and hedge funds. It was founded in 2003 by a group of investors who came from PayPal.
The U.S. will fully resume the work of its embassy in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said.
“We will fully resume the work of the U.S. Embassy and fully resume the work of its staff,” Brink said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
