The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) in 2020 intends to start designing a new bypass road around Kyiv, and in 2021 its construction.
This is stated in the presentation of Ukravtodor, published on the agency’s Telegram channel.
According to the published data, the project provides for the construction of a “half-ring” with a total length of about 150 km, which will connect five international routes. It is planned that the road will consist of six sections and will connect the following roads: M-07 Kyiv-Kovel, M-06 Kyiv-Chop, M-05 Kyiv-Odesa, H-01 Kyiv-Znamyanka, H-08 Boryspil-Mariupol, M- 03 Kyiv-Kharkiv and M-01 Kyiv-Chernihiv.
According to preliminary calculations, peak traffic on certain sections of the road will be more than 70,000 cars per day, and the total traffic will exceed 300,000. In addition, within the framework of the project, it is planned to build a 5.9 km bridge with approaches across the Dnipro River.
The estimated cost of the project is UAH 85 billion.
Currently, a tender has already been announced for the design work of the first section of 35.2 km between M-06 Kyiv-Chop and M-05 Kyiv-Odesa with an estimated cost of UAH 12 billion.
According to Ukravtodor, it is planned to complete the construction of the Kyiv bypass road in five to six years, subject to stable funding.
Five political parties could enter Kyiv City Council if the local elections were held in the near future, according to the results of a survey of electoral sentiments in Kyiv conducted by Active Group in August, which were presented at a press conference hosted by Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
A total of 16.5% respondents said they were ready to support the Udar Party, 15.3% – Servant of the People, 14.7% – European Solidarity, 7.2% – Opposition Platform – For Life, 5.8% – Palchevsky’s Peremoha (Victory) Party, 4.8% – Batkivschyna Party, 4.3% – Party of Shariy. The rest of political forces would not pass the 4% threshold, including Svoboda with 3.4%, Holos with 2.6% and the Radical Party of Oleh Liashko with 1%.
At the same time, among the citizens, who will go to polling stations and have decided for whom to cast their ballots, 20.1% support Udar, 18.7% – Servant of the People, 17.9% – European Solidarity, 8.8% – Opposition Platform – For Life, 7.1% – Palchevsky’s Peremoha (Victory) Party, 5.8% – Batkivschyna, 5.3% – Party of Shariy, 4.1% – Svoboda, 3.2% – Holos, 2.5% – Yednist (Unity).
The parties Strength and Honor, Ridna Krayina (Native Country) and Liashko’s Radical Party would get 1.9%, 1.6% and 1.2% of votes, respectively.
Some 15.7% respondents have not decided whom to support, and 2.3% said they would not go to polling stations.
The Opposition Platform – For Life party has the highest anti-rating in Kyiv: to the question “Which of the political forces you would never vote for at the election to the city council?” 15.9% respondents named Opposition Platform – For Life. A total of 12.7% would never vote for Servant of the People, 12.3% – for European Solidarity, 11.5% – Udar, 9.1% – for Radical Party, 8.5% – for Party of Shariy, 7.8% – for Batkivschyna.
Some 6.4% of respondents said they would never support Holos, 5.6% – Svoboda, 2.8% – for each Yednist (Unity) and Palchevsky’s Peremoha (Victory) Party.
Strength and Honor would never get votes of 1.6% of respondents, Ridna Krayina (Native Country) – of 1.3%, Democratic Alliance – of 1%, Civil Position and Power of People – of 0.7% each, other parties – of 3%. Some 32.1% said they could not answer the question. A total of 3.8% respondents said they would not go to polling stations.
The poll, which was conducted in Kyiv on August 1-2, 2020, covered 1,204 respondents using the method of individual interviewing. The poll’s margin of error does not exceed 2.8%.
On August, 15 and 16 the «Kyivan Rus Park» invites to dive into the exciting world of the epoch of Kievan Rus, and take part in medieval adventures and ancient Slavic funs. 35 km far from Kiev, guests can relax in an ecologically clean place and get a huge positive charge from the architecture of Ancient Kiev, horse shows, ancient Slavic amusements, horseback riding, extreme attractions, museums and exhibitions… And all these in a real medieval town!
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program starts at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 200 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 80 UAH, for preschool children – free.
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Citizens of Ukraine can visit 42 world countries amid coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic without any conditions or if certain requirements are met, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
“There were 38 such countries last week. During this time, their number has increased by four counties,” Kuleba said at an online briefing on Thursday.
In particular, according to the minister, Armenia has joined this list, where it is possible to arrive subject to 14 days of self-isolation. The list also includes three other less popular countries among Ukrainians: Burkina Faso, Togo (Republique Togolaise) and Chad.
As reported, earlier Kuleba named 38 countries where Ukrainians can enter: Turkey, Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Belarus, Great Britain, USA, Mexico, Egypt, Tunisia, Republic of Korea, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Seychelles, Bahamas and Lebanon, Bulgaria, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Maldives, Antigua and Barbuda, Ecuador, Jamaica, Cambodia, Comoros, Pakistan, Puerto Rico and Saint Lucia.
UNIQA and UNIQA Life insurers (Kyiv), members of the non-bank financial group UNIQA Ukraine, paid UAH 82.1 million of insurance claim fees in July 2020, which is 25% more than the amount of payments for June this year, according to a press release from UNIQA.
It is noted that under auto insurance contracts, the total amount of insurance payments in July amounted to UAH 37.4 million (46% of the total payments), of which payments for KASKO amounted to UAH 29.5 million, on OSAGO and DSAGO some UAH 7.9 million.
The total amount of payments under voluntary medical insurance contracts in July was UAH 32.7 million. The amount of payments for life insurance totaled UAH 2.8 million.
The largest sum for July was paid for the KASKO risk in the amount of UAH 1.1 million.
In July 2020, the UNIQA medical assistance processed 85,533 requests from insured clients. In July, technical assistance was contacted by 17,544 clients insured under KASKO, OSAGO, and property risks.
UNIQA Group (Austria) entered the Ukrainian market in 2006. Today its companies, namely UNIQA and UNIQA Life, headquartered in Kyiv, offer most types of risk and life insurance through a nationwide network.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine intends to establish the production of vaccines in the country, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“Ukraine needs its own production of vaccines. This is one of the tasks for me from the president regarding the security of our country, especially with COVID-19,” he said.
“Last week, I met with major Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers – Farmak, Lekhim, Biolik. Scientists from the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Microbiology were also present. We have a clear understanding of what will become a strategy for starting vaccine production in Ukraine,” he added.
