On Friday, June 30, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with US businessman and philanthropist, founder and CEO of real estate investment company Wasatch Group Dell Loy Hansen, the press service of the President said.
As it was noted during the meeting, Wasatch Group in partnership with the charity organization To Ukraine With Love plans to build 600 fully furnished modular houses for people whose homes were destroyed in the war in Ukraine, in the Kyiv region in 2023-2024.
Hansen also presented to Zelensky the Hansen Township apartment complex project, the main idea of which is to create a large community for elderly people, war veterans, widows, orphans and people with disabilities. The project will include medical and emotional care centers, as well as physical therapy, art therapy and other needed services.
“This campus will be able to replace several family-type orphanages that were destroyed during the war. We know that more than 100 of these institutions were destroyed, and the issue of their restoration is taken up by the First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya,” Hansen said.
He also told the President about the initiative to build homes for elderly people left homeless in several regions of Ukraine. A dental clinic, hairdressing and manicure services, a hot meal center and a movie theater will be provided for the needs of their residents on a free-of-charge basis.
Zelensky thanked Hansen for this idea and such important concern for the elderly. The parties also discussed the possibility of Wasatch Group’s participation in the construction of new, modern rehabilitation centers for war veterans, which the state will support in every way possible.
“I know that you are implementing very important projects to support our people. We really appreciate that you are investing in life, in helping people,” Zelensky emphasized.
For his part, Hansen said he admired the leadership of the Ukrainian president and the entire Ukrainian people in defending the values of freedom and democracy, and expressed his conviction that Ukraine’s support in this struggle must remain unwavering.
Since June 26, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) has not issued a single permit to join the Black Sea Grain Initiative to any new bulk carrier, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday.
“We note with concern that not a single new bulk carrier has been authorized to join the Black Sea Grain Initiative since June 26, despite 29 applications to the JCC,” Haq said at a briefing.
He emphasized that if new ships are not allowed to participate in the initiative, “millions of tons of food will be stuck in ports” until July 17, when the agreement expires.
According to Hack, only 13 ships are currently operating under the grain deal, either in Ukrainian ports or heading to or from Istanbul.
“The parties to the agreement should ensure that more bulk carriers pass through the maritime humanitarian corridor, which is a lifeline for global food security,” the Secretary-General’s representative said.
He also said that representatives of the UN and Russia may meet in the coming days to discuss the continuation of the Black Sea grain initiative.
On June 15, the JCC reported that more than 31.9 million tons of agricultural products had been exported from Ukraine under the grain initiative. This volume includes 625,169 tons of grain exported on dry cargo ships chartered by the UN World Food Program (WFP).
According to the JCC, the number of ship inspections has dropped significantly since May 25. From June 1 to 4, the JCC did not conduct any inspections due to another blockade by the Russian side.
Medical network “Dobrobut” intends to continue its work on certification of the network according to JCI standards after the war, said Sergei Orel, chief operating officer of the capital’s multi-profile hospital “Dobrobut” on Bazhana Avenue.
“We are going in that direction. We cannot certify only one clinic on Bazhana Avenue, the entire network should be certified. This requires a lot of work, primarily with the staff. We have begun this process, and I think we will return to this after the war,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, Sergei Orel clarified that the nurse already complies with all the standards required by the JCI.
“For example, every time a surgeon enters the operating room, he must introduce himself to the staff, give the patient’s name and surname, voice the type of surgery to be performed now, what risks – such a standard minimizes the number of errors that may occur,” he said.
State joint-stock company “Ukrposhta” from July, 1 will increase tariffs for sending parcels, but claims that they will remain lower than the prices of competitors by 20-30 %.
“The company was able to adjust to the new strict conditions. Even after the cost review, Ukrposhta’s rates will remain 20-30 percent lower than competitors,” the company said in a press release Friday.
According to it, the cost of delivery of items “Ukrposhta Express” will be increased on average by 10 UAH for items sent within one region and by 8 UAH – for items sent within the whole country. At the moment the cost of delivery “Ukrposhta Express” is within the city from 40 UAH for delivery up to 1 kg.
The company points out that since July 1, will also operate new tariffs for services “Ukrposhta Standard”, where the average increase is UAH 7 USD for delivery within Ukraine and UAH 10 – within a single region. In particular if now the delivery cost of parcel with the weight to 1 kg within Ukraine is 35 UAH, then after review it will increase to 42 UAH and the delivery of parcel from 5 to 10 kg will cost 70 UAH instead of 60 UAH.
In “Ukrposhta” noted that the cost of the service “Ukrposhta Documents” and the cost of courier pickup or delivery will increase by 5 UAH. The cost of the service for delivery of documents now is 45 UAH per 1 kg, including 30 UAH for the address fee.
At the same time, the company indicated that a flexible discount system will continue to operate for corporate clients of “Ukrposhta”.
According to the national postal operator, since July, 1 will also increase the cost of delivery of “small recommended packages” on all zones and parcels to seven countries of the Middle East (Algeria, Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia).
“These changes will be 10% of the current rates. This is the first price revision for international shipping due to external factors,” the company said.
Foreseeing possible changes, “Ukrposhta” prepared a service of priority delivery “small packages Prime” in 70 key countries of the world, the release said. According to it, its use will allow the customer to get a tariff that is lower than the current one by up to 18%.
Nova Post Group has launched its first Nova Post branch in the German capital, Berlin, a press release said Friday.
“We further plan to enter new markets and develop the network in those countries where we are already present, because we seek to logistically connect Ukraine to the world, and in time to connect all countries to each other,” said Nova Post co-owner Vladimir Popershnyuk, co-owner of Novaya Posta.
The company plans to open branches in Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Cologne by the end of the year.
According to the message of “Novaya Pochta” the delivery to Germany will be done in five days and the cost of the parcel will be defined according to the scheme: the parcel up to 1 kg – 250 UAH, up to 2 kg – 400 UAH, up to 10 kg – 600 UAH, and the parcel up to 30 kg – 1,2 thousand UAH.
In the first branch in Berlin private clients and business can receive and send parcels up to 100 kg, it is open from Monday to Saturday.
As it was reported, “Nova Posta” already works in Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Moldova and Romania.
Founded in 2001, Nova Posta now has more than 6 thousand branches in Ukraine. It provides a full range of logistics and related services.
The GC includes Ukrainian and foreign companies, such as Nova Posta, NP Logistic, NovaPay payment system and Nova Posta Global.
Depositing cash through terminals (PTC) to credit the account will require the payer to enter a cell phone number on the terminal screen, receive a one-time password on it and enter it on the terminal screen, confirming consent to perform the payment operation, the National Bank of Ukraine said.
“From August 1, 2023 requisites are added to receipts, which are formed when carrying out cash transactions with the use of payment devices, in particular, through PTCs. Thus, receipts for cash deposit transactions via PTKS for its crediting into accounts shall additionally contain the cell phone number of the payer,” reads a statement on its website on Friday.
At the same time, the NBU points out that this requirement doesn’t apply to such popular terminal payments as utility bills, payments for train tickets, urban and suburban transport fares, top-up travel and transport cards, payments for taxes, fines, administrative fees, charges and other payments to the budget.
Such rules are stipulated by the regulations of the National Bank № 90 of June 30, 2023, the release said.
