BAE Systems, one of the world’s largest suppliers of technological solutions in the field of defense and a manufacturer of weapons, has opened an office in Kyiv. This was announced by BAE Systems Ukraine CEO Christian Seear at the conference “Global Outlook: A Winning Vision on Wednesday.
He added that the company has set up a joint venture with a local partner, plans to repair military equipment, and later establish its own production base.
“We recently established a legal entity in Ukraine, BAE Systems Ukraine LLC, which is an operating trading company in Ukraine. We have an office in Kyiv. I’m proud to say that we are one of the first companies to do this,” said Christian Sayre.
According to him, BAE Systems is focused on moving its repair capabilities to Ukraine.
“We have a phased process in which we will do repairs on Ukrainian soil, and in the future we will move to local production. We have teamed up with a local partner to achieve this goal,” said the CEO of BAE Systems Ukraine.
He also noted that the company is “committed to creating an industrial base” in Ukraine.
BAE Systems is a global British company with subsidiaries in the United States and Sweden. The weapons supplied by the company are being used to destroy the enemy in Ukraine, including the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle, 155-mm FH77 BW L52 “Archer” multi-purpose self-propelled artillery system, M109 self-propelled howitzer, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, 55-mm Excalibur long-range precision guided rocket and BONUS precision-guided munitions.
“I’m sure many of our friends in this room have seen the enemy destroyed by these weapons,” said Christian Seear.
Earlier it was reported that the British military company Babcock opened an office in Kyiv.
Ukrzaliznytsia JSC is introducing additional flights between Kyiv, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk on February 16-18 in response to increased demand, the company reports.
“Although February is traditionally considered a ‘low’ season of mobility, we have recorded an increase in demand for travel on February 16-18. Therefore, we are already promptly scheduling additional flights between Kyiv, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk, which will consist exclusively of new cars,” Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement on its Telegram channel on Tuesday.
Reportedly, the number of seats on the Kyiv-Lviv-Ivano-Frankivsk route will be increased by train #195/196, which will depart Kyiv on February 16 and 18 at 07:37, Lviv at 14:46-15:06, and arrive in Ivano-Frankivsk at 18:18. The train will depart back from Ivano-Frankivsk on February 16 and 18 at 19:25, Lviv at 21:54 – 23:05, arriving in Kyiv the next day at 06:19.
“On February 16 and 18, train #192/191 Lviv-Kyiv will depart from Lviv to Kyiv, departing from the city of Lviv at 11:55 a.m. and arriving in the capital at 22:09 p.m.,” Ukrzaliznytsia informs.
On Monday, February 5, in Ukraine, sometimes rain and sleet, according to the Ukrainian Weather Center.
West, northwest wind, 7-12 m / s, in Ukraine, except for Transcarpathia, gusts of 17-22 m / s, in the west and south during the day in some places 25 m / s.
Temperatures at night will be from 4° C to 1° C; during the day – 2-7° C, in Transcarpathia and in the south – 6-11° C.
In Kyiv on Monday, sometimes rain and sleet. Northwest wind, 7-12 m / s, gusts of 17-22 m / s. The temperature will be 1-3° Celsius at night and 4-6° Celsius during the day.
According to the data of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory. On February 5, the highest daytime temperature in Kyiv was 10.1° in 2002, and the lowest nighttime temperature was -26.0° in 1893.
On Tuesday, February 6, in the western regions, at night and on the Left Bank, during the day also in the northern and most central regions of Ukraine, there will be wet snow and rain, in the rest of the territory without significant precipitation.
West wind, 7-12 m / s, in the western and southeastern regions gusts of 15-20 m / s in some places.
The temperature at night will be from 3° C to 2° C; during the day 1-6° C, in the southwestern regions 6-11° C, in the eastern and northern regions about 0°.
In Kyiv, on Tuesday, no significant precipitation at night, rains and sleet during the day. West wind, 7-12 m/s. The temperature will be 1-3° Celsius at night and during the day.
The engineering and construction company Rauta is starting to implement a business center project in Podil, Kyiv, which will be the first project in which Rauta will perform customer service functions, the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
“The client service is a new service in Rauta’s offer, but the company already has several projects in its portfolio in which it performs work that allows it to build turnkey buildings,” said Andriy Ozeychuk, the company’s owner.
The functions of the construction customer service include support at the pre-project stage, development of design and estimate documentation, its examination, selection of a general contractor, obtaining a building permit, preparatory work at the construction site, construction of the facility itself, construction and connection of external engineering networks, and commissioning.
Rauta clarified that the business center with an area of about 3 thousand square meters is being built for an international IT company in the historical center of Kyiv, at 10b Kontraktova Square.
Rauta is a leading provider of reliable construction solutions in Ukraine and the European Union.
According to the company’s data, Rauta Group LLC was registered in Ukraine in 2014, with an authorized capital of UAH 388 thousand and revenue of UAH 102 million 396 thousand in 2022.
The construction project management outsourcing is a new service in Rauta offer, but the company already has several projects in its portfolio where it performs turnkey construction works.
The new 7-storey business center has an area of about 3.000 sq.m and modern infrastructure with a comfortable workspace for IT entrepreneurs.
Performance of Rauta construction project management outsourcing includes the following stages:
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announced his arrival in Kyiv.
“I am in Ukraine to deliver a simple message. Our support cannot and will not weaken. To all Ukrainians: Britain is with you – for as long as it takes,” he wrote on the X network on Friday.
Earlier, the British government said that Sunak would arrive in Kyiv on Friday.
Prime Minister Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a “historic agreement” between the UK and Ukraine on security cooperation.
The UK will provide Ukraine with £2.5 billion in military aid in 2024/25. The funding will help to leverage the best of British military expertise and defense manufacturing to ensure Ukraine’s victory on the battlefield, particularly in critical areas such as long-range missiles, air defense, artillery ammunition, and maritime security.
Of the 2.5 billion pounds, at least 200 million will be spent on the urgent purchase and production of thousands of military drones for Ukraine, including reconnaissance, attack and maritime drones. It is also emphasized that this will be the largest delivery of drones to Ukraine from any country.
