The Supervisory Board of VUSO Insurance Company has approved the renewed composition of the Management Board, appointing Olga Levchenko and Igor Frolov, internal specialists, as Deputy Chairpersons of the Management Board, according to information from the insurer.
“The renewal of the board’s composition provides a balance of professional expertise and fresh perspectives, which strengthens the team. This allows us to combine proven approaches with new ideas, increases decision-making flexibility, and contributes to the consistent implementation of business goals,” emphasized Mikhail Nazarchuk, chairman of the insurance company’s supervisory board.
According to the information, Olga Levchenko has more than 23 years of experience in the insurance industry. She has many years of experience in management positions in insurance companies, and for the last three years she has been overseeing the development of medical insurance at VUSO. In her new position, she will focus on medical and travel insurance and underwriting.
Igor Frolov has been working in the financial sector since 2007. In 2016, he headed the central branch of VUSO in Kyiv and managed sales in the region. As a member of the Management Board, he is responsible for alternative sales channels, customer and non-operational support, marketing, and partnerships with tour operators.
As noted in the information, the current composition of the Management Board is as follows: Chairman of the Management Board Andriy Artyukhov, Deputy Chairpersons of the Management Board Olga Kabanets, Olga Levchenko, and Igor Frolov.
VUSO Insurance Company was founded in 2001. According to the NBU, the company ranks fourth among non-life insurers in Ukraine in terms of premiums collected for the first nine months of 2025.
On April 23, 2024, the National Bank of Ukraine reissued the company’s licenses to conduct insurance activities (33 for voluntary and 17 for compulsory types of insurance). VUSO Insurance Company has 34 representative offices, 2 branches, and more than 20 agency sales centers throughout the country.
The government has set a goal for all regions to develop cogeneration to the maximum extent possible, primarily to ensure critical infrastructure, as well as to take measures to ensure energy autonomy in island mode, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko.
“Each region needs to have such detailed energy development plans and implement them. Everything that can be restored must be restored. Everything that can be protected must be protected, at least with a second level of protection,” Sviridenko said at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv on Friday.
She stressed that this winter is the harshest in many years and one of the most difficult in four years of full-scale invasion.
According to her, in the context of unprecedented shelling by Russia, Ukraine needs much larger stocks of equipment and air defense systems.
“Our air defense is working at full capacity. Energy companies are also working beyond their capabilities. Without the help of our partners in terms of equipment and air defense missiles, we will not be able to defend ourselves as effectively as in previous years,” the prime minister said.
At the same time, she noted that the efforts of the government and local authorities to decentralize energy supply are already yielding results.
The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center reports difficult weather conditions on Sunday and Monday, February 15-16, – in the west and north of Ukraine, significant snow, wet snow, wet snow sticking, icy roads, in the south and southwest, fog at night and in the morning, in the Carpathians, wind gusts of 15-20 m/s.
It is reported that on February 15, during the day, there will be heavy snow, wet snow, and wet snow sticking in the western and northern regions, with icy roads; in the Cherkasy and Poltava regions, there will be heavy rain and wet snow; in the south and southwest of the country, there will be fog at night and in the morning, and in the Carpathians and in the southern part of the country, there will be wind gusts of 15-20 m/s (level I hazard, yellow).
On the night of February 16, heavy snow in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions, with rain in the Sumy region, and heavy precipitation, mainly in the form of rain, in the Cherkasy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions (hazard level I, yellow).
It is noted that weather conditions may complicate the work of energy, construction, and utility companies and the daily lives of the population, as well as disrupt transportation.
Number of dead and wounded civilians in Ukraine from 24.02.2022 till 30.09.2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said that “the door to dialogue in Ukraine is open, and all parties should strive to reach a comprehensive and lasting peace agreement and eliminate the root causes of the conflict,” and called on Europe to be more active in peace efforts, according to a correspondent for Interfax-Ukraine.
“The doors to dialogue have finally opened on the ‘Ukrainian crisis’ (Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine – IF-U). All interested parties should seize the opportunity to achieve a comprehensive, durable, and binding peace agreement, eliminate the root causes of the conflict, and ensure lasting peace and stability in Europe,” he said.
According to the Chinese foreign minister, Europe should not stand by and watch.
“Since the conflict broke out here in Europe, Europe has every right to participate in the negotiations at the appropriate time. Europe should not be on the menu, but at the negotiating table,” he said.
“Now we see that Europe has found the courage to negotiate with Russia. This is good, and we support it,” Wang Yi emphasized.
At the same time, in his opinion, dialogue should not be conducted for the sake of dialogue itself, and Europe should offer new ideas and new plans to resolve this issue.
” And in this process, we need to promote the creation of a more balanced, effective, and sustainable security architecture for Europe. Consequently, by doing so, we are addressing the root causes of the crisis and can prevent its recurrence. And to achieve sustainable and lasting peace, China, for its part, will fully support the peace process,” the foreign minister concluded.
He also clarified that China is not a party directly involved in the conflict, has no right to make a final decision, and is only facilitating peace talks.
Regarding relations between China and the EU, Wang Yi expressed his conviction that they should be partners, not systemic rivals or strategic competitors.
“But there are differences and disagreements between our two sides, for example, our social systems, our values, and our development models, but that is because we have different histories and cultures, and based on that, our peoples have different choices regarding the path of development. But that does not mean that we should become rivals or competitors,” the minister said.
He declared that it is more important for China and the EU to practice multilateralism, defend the authority of the UN, say “no” to unilateral practices, uphold free trade, and oppose bloc confrontation.
