Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko thanked his Polish colleague Mariusz Kaminski for his assistance in eliminating the consequences of the occupants blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, discussed humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.
The ministry’s message in its Telegram channel on Monday stated that Klimenko met in Rzeszow, Poland, with Polish Interior and Administration Minister Mariusz Kaminski.
“The main issue of the meeting of the ministers with the participation of the heads of border services, police and rescue services of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland was the issue of assistance to Ukraine – humanitarian and military,” the report says.
“Klimenko thanked his Polish colleague for assistance in eliminating the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP. From the first hours of elimination of the consequences of the tragedy Ukrainian rescuers used boats, generators, tankers and pumps, immediately after the explosion of the HPP provided Poland,” – informs the Ministry of internal Affairs.
“Help was needed exactly in those days. Our Polish colleagues responded quickly and provided it in time. So once again we want to thank all the Polish people for the help they have given us since the first day of the war, and in any problems accompanying the war,” the words of the Minister are quoted in the message.
As previously reported with reference to the Minister of Interior and Administration of Poland, Poland will send the Ukrainian security forces, which are subordinate to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine – the National Guard, police and State Border Service – thousands of machine guns and millions of cartridges.
“The most important thing at the moment is weapons. Soon we will begin supplying weapons for the National Guard of Ukraine, for the assault brigades of the Ukrainian police and the Border Guard Service. These will be thousands of assault rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition that will allow Ukrainian defenders, defenders of Europe, to fight effectively,” Kaminsky said during a joint media briefing with Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko in Rzeszow on Monday.
Kaminsky also announced additional measures to support military medicine in Ukraine. According to him, wounded Ukrainian servicemen can count on medical care in hospitals subordinate to the Polish Defense Ministry. “We will also build and equip field hospitals for officers of the National Guard, Ukrainian police officers and border guards who were wounded during combat operations,” the minister said.
Internal and external debt of Ukraine in 2009-2023
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There are no outbreaks and cases of cholera in the flood-affected areas of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, the Ministry of Health reported.
“There is a mass fake spread in the network regarding cholera outbreaks in the regions affected by the flooding. This information does not correspond to reality and is part of the hostile IPSO” – says the department in his Telegram-channel.
The Ministry of Health emphasizes that to date, no confirmed cases of cholera have been registered in Ukraine in these territories.
Limit the interest rate on consumer loans by 1% per day – this is the bill #9422 initiated by the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Daniel Getmantsev with 12 colleagues, while recently the National Bank has proposed a tougher ceiling – 0.8% per day.
“Today, ultra-high prices are fixed in the microcredit market: the nominal rate can reach 5% per day, and the average nominal annual interest rate – more than 1000% per annum. That’s why we initiated with colleagues a bill to improve state regulation of financial services markets,” Getmantsev wrote in his Telegram channel on Monday.
The rate of 1% per day according to the formula of compound interest brings to an annual rate of about 3880%, 0.08% – 1930%.
According to the head of the committee, it is also proposed to prohibit the lender to require payment of any fees not specified in the contract on consumer credit, as well as unilaterally extend the term of the loan – prolongation should be carried out solely by signing a supplementary agreement by agreement of the parties.
Getmantsev said that the bill requires the transfer of credit information about all consumer loans, regardless of amount to the credit bureau.
The text of the bill is not yet available on the parliament’s website.
National Bank in its report of May 1 on the proposed changes to the law “On consumer credit” proposed to give the regulator the right to establish minimum requirements for the process of checking the creditworthiness of the borrower. “Since some financial companies do not currently have such requirements, there is virtually no assessment of the borrower’s creditworthiness. At the same time, the lender itself deliberately chooses a business model, in which a bona fide borrower pays exorbitant interest not only for itself, but also for those who do not fulfill their obligations,” explained the NBU.
In addition, the National Bank initiated additional penalties for violations of the established requirements, as the rules without liability for their violation are usually ineffective.
The volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in January-March 2023 increased by 8.4% compared to the same period in 2022 – up to 22.1 billion UAH, according to the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
According to the State Statistics Service, in March 2023 the index of construction works was 233.1% compared to March 2022. At the same time, the index increased by 37.9% in March against February this year.
According to the State Statistics Committee, in the first quarter of 2023 to January-March 2022 the decrease in construction was observed in the residential construction – by 13.65%, to 3.88 billion UAH (70.4%) and non-residential – by 0.16%, to 5.74 billion UAH (80.7%), whereas in the segment of engineering structures increased by 23.11%, to 12.48 billion UAH (99.6%).
The share of new construction to the total volume of construction works was 46.5%, repair – 31.3%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 22.2%.
The State Statistics Service notes that the publication of data was delayed due to the martial law. The statistical data excludes the temporarily occupied territory and the part of the territory where military operations are (were) taking place.
Prometey” group of companies has signed an agreement with the First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB, Kiev) for $2 mln, according to the press service of the agricultural holding.
According to the message, the credit agreement provides for trade financing under export contracts.
According to Prometheus, the funds raised will activate business activity and support the finances of the agricultural holding, which is important in preparation for the receipt and export of the 2023 harvest.
“Step by step FUIB continues to build up cooperation with our company. We are grateful to the bank for the timely agreements and are glad to act as a reliable partner,” Irina Ivchenko, Head of Prometey’s Corporate Finance Department, commented on the deal.
Prometey Group provides services in storing, processing and logistics of crops. Before the Russian aggression the holding owned 34 elevators in the regions of Mykolaiv, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Odessa, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk.
By the end of 2021, the group planned to receive $45 million EBITDA, while in 2020 this figure reached $32.6 million and in 2019 – $30.5 million.
“Prometey” plans to increase the land bank from 20 thousand hectares to 50 thousand hectares in 2023, and in the future to increase it to 100 thousand hectares.
