Milk production in Ukraine in January-May 2020 decreased by 3.6% compared to the same period in 2019, to 3.64 million tonnes.
According to the State Statistics Service, over the five months of this year, 1.41 million tonnes of meat (in live weight) were produced, which is 1% more than in January-May of the previous year.
Egg production over the five months of this year fell by 0.4%, to 6.99 billion eggs.
According to the State Statistics Service, milk production in Ukraine in 2019 decreased by 3.6% compared to 2018, to 9.7 million tonnes. Egg production in 2019 increased by 3.4%, to 16.68 billion eggs, meat (in live weight) by 5.3%, to 3.49 million tonnes.
Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport has canceled all regular international passenger flights until 03:00 on June 17, 2020 due to the extension of the COVID-19 quarantine in the capital, the airport’s website reports.
The reason for the cancellation of flights at the airport is cabinet resolution No. 392 of May 20, 2020.
Passengers are advised to closely monitor the flight schedule and clarify information with the airline representatives.
As reported, on June 12 the Cabinet of Ministers lifted the temporary ban on entry to Ukraine for foreigners and resumed operation of 15 checkpoints for air traffic at international airports.
The Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) has been certified by the State Aviation Service as for the serviceability of the new automated air traffic control (ATC) system installed in the Lviv regional division made by Indra Sistemas S.A.
According to an UkSATSE posting on its Facebook page on Friday, the certificate issued on June 12, 2020 will be valid for five years.
“Acceptance tests of the new system took place in accordance with the schedules, despite the quarantine period,” Head of UkSATSE Andriy Yarmak said.
The new system has a wide range of functions necessary for high-quality air traffic services, which will allow, in particular, to introduce Free Routes Airspace between adjacent air traffic control centers of neighboring countries. In addition, the new equipment will create comfortable working conditions for air traffic controllers and will contribute to improving flight safety in the western part of the country’s airspace.
According to the company, in the near future the Indra system will be put into operational use, while it will become the main system, and the Roksolana, which Lviv specialists worked with earlier, will be used as a backup system.
Currently, experts are developing a plan for the transition to the new system.
In addition, the State Aviation Administration also certified the UkSATSE’s Anastasia II automated ATC system, which operates in the Odesa regional division.
The certificate was issued on June 12, 2020 and will be valid for five years.
Zaporizhia and Lviv international airports, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE), Azur Air Ukraine and SkyUp Airlines have sent a joint letter to the president, the prime minister and the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine with a request for state support for the aviation industry amid pandemic.
“Already today, judging by the losses incurred by the entire aviation market, it is possible to predict not only a complicated recovery process, but also the non-return of many participants to work in principle. The industry itself may be in danger of extinction,” the report says.
The companies note a serious lack of resources for fulfilling financial obligations to pay wages, service loans, make lease payments, under agreements with foreign partners, etc.
The airlines have compiled a list of measures adapted to Ukrainian realities that, in their opinion, must be taken to preserve the aviation industry. In particular, they ask to provide the industry with irrevocable financial assistance for the payment of wage arrears and tax holidays for taxes paid in connection with its payment. In addition, they ask for targeted, non-repayable assistance to pay off debts that have formed since the quarantine began in the country for services provided to aviation businesses by state enterprises and organizations.
Ukraine has launched the Accelerating Private Investment in Agriculture program according to the agreement signed last year, according to the website of the Ministry of Finance. “On May 20 this year, after Ukraine had conducted domestic procedures, the loan agreement entered into force,” the ministry said.
The loan amount is $200 million, the Finance Ministry noted.
The program should facilitate the creation of the State Agrarian Register and make it publicly available, conduct an inventory of state property lands and include these statements in the state land cadaster, develop a methodology for drawing up land use plans, conduct satellite mapping of the territory of Ukraine, and create an automated notification system for changes in the state land cadaster.
The agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) was concluded on August 27, 2019.
The IBRD is the main lending institution of the World Bank.
Ukraine has opened all border checkpoints at airports, Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv region) has accepted its first flight on the route Minsk (Belarus)-Kyiv.
According to Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy, Lufthansa flights are planned this week on the route Frankfurt-Kyiv-Frankfurt, KLM on the route Amsterdam-Kyiv-Amsterdam, SWISS International Airlines on the Zurich-Kyiv-Zurich route, Belavia on the route Minsk-Kyiv-Minsk.
In addition, according to the minister, Wizz Air Hungary plans from June 16 to fly from Ukraine to Austria, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Lithuania, Slovakia, Estonia and the United Kingdom, it has already received the relevant permits. And from June 21, the Irish company Ryanair plans to fly from Kyiv to Barcelona, Madrid and Krakow (permits for flights are expected).
Ukrainian companies will begin to carry out international flights from June 22, the minister said.
