The Kyiv authorities have increased funding for the Kyiv Defender program by UAH 1.26 billion, which will be used to support the capital’s security and defense forces, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
“At an extraordinary meeting, the Kyiv City Council has once again increased assistance to our defenders. In particular, the deputies voted to increase funding for the city’s targeted program “Kyiv Defender” by UAH 1 billion 260 million. These funds will be used to provide logistical support for the security and defense forces,” Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.
He clarified that the funds will be used “to purchase vehicles, UAVs, optical sights, night vision devices, repair and restore equipment, and other necessary things. This is a subvention, we transfer money to military units.”
Klitschko also said that the Department of Transport Infrastructure has been allocated more than UAH 1.2 billion to regulate fares for urban passenger transport, “because the price of a trip of UAH 8 has not corresponded to the cost of travel for a long time.”
“Since we are not raising the price, and transport companies need to work, we must provide them with this opportunity,” Klitschko said.
The British International School, Ukraine (BISU) and DIM Group have signed an agreement to create a modern educational space in the VITA neighborhood of Park Lake City, with construction scheduled to begin next year.
As Park Lake City co-founder Andriy Mishchenko clarified during a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine, negotiations with the British International School began before the full-scale invasion.
“The war has postponed our plans, but not stopped them. The first step of our cooperation – the construction of a kindergarten and an elementary school called Early Years Academy – will start next year,” he said.
He clarified that the VITA quarter’s infrastructure will include its own kindergarten, primary, middle and high schools, and campuses for teachers and children.
“While the war continues, preceded by a two-year global pandemic, we believe it is extremely important to provide children with a world-class education provided by certified international BISU teachers. Some of them stayed with us in Ukraine. School and learning have become a kind of symbol of resistance to Russian aggression. Our students are the younger generation that will restore the country, rebuild the nation and guide it to prosperity,” said Olena Tovkun, member of the Supervisory Board and Head of the BISU Admissions Committee.
She added that for 26 years, BISU has been constantly supporting British academic traditions and high standards of teaching.
The first stage of the BISU educational cluster, Early Years Academy, will be a two-story building with a total area of 2.9 thousand square meters. The academy is designed for 185 students.
DIM plans to start construction in 2024 and put it into operation in 2025. A 3-hectare plot has been reserved for the construction of a middle and high school in the next stages.
Construction of the Park Lake City business-class suburban residential complex began in 2019. The advantages of the residential complex include a picturesque area with its own pond, stylish architecture and a park area with rare plants. After the start of the full-scale invasion, the first phase, which includes four houses of the VITA quarter, was put into operation. The second phase of the complex, consisting of 12 buildings, is currently under construction.
DIM Group was founded in 2014 and consists of six companies covering all stages of construction. To date, it has commissioned 12 buildings in six residential complexes with a total residential area of over 218 thousand square meters. Six residential complexes of “comfort+” and “business class” categories are under construction: “New Autograph, Metropolis, Park Lake City, Lucky Land, etc.
The British International School was founded in 1997 and was the first institution to initiate the British approach to education in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion, BISU has not stopped its activities to ensure a continuous educational process. It is the only international school that has physically continued to operate in the country, in Kyiv’s Pechersk district and Dnipro, since September 1, 2022, offering bilingual education from kindergarten to graduate school. The academic course is based on a combination of British, international and Ukrainian curriculum and creative development activities. Graduates receive the Cambridge IGCSE, international IBDP or A-levels, and a Ukrainian certificate of basic and complete secondary education of the state standard.
On Sunday, September 24, there will be no precipitation in Ukraine, only in the western regions there will be short-term rain, sometimes thunderstorms, the Ukrainian Weather Center reports.
At night and in the morning in Odesa region there will be fog in some places.
Southeast wind, north in the western regions, 5-10 m/s.
The temperature at night will be 11-16°, on the coast in some places up to 20°. During the day 25-30°, in the western regions 19-24°.
In Kyiv, no precipitation, southeast wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night is 14-16°, during the day 26-28°.
According to the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory. The highest temperature during the day on September 24 in Kyiv was recorded in 2015, it was 30.0°, the lowest at night was 2.2° below zero in 18881.
On Monday, September 25, there will be no precipitation in most regions, with only short-term rain in the western regions at night.
At night and in the morning in the western regions there will be fog.
The wind will be mostly northeast, 5-10 m/s.
The temperature at night will be 10-15°, in Transcarpathia and the coast 13-18°. During the day 23-28°, in the far west of the country 19-24°.
In Kyiv, no precipitation, mostly northeast wind, 5-10 m/s. Temperature at night 13-15°, during the day 25-27°.
Starting September 20, restrictions on the entry of trucks into the Ukrainian capital will be in effect during rush hours, the Kyiv City State Administration’s telegram channel reported on Monday.
The restrictions will be in effect in the morning from 7:00 to 10:00 and in the evening from 17:00 to 20:00 and will apply to trucks with a permitted maximum weight of more than 4.5 tons.
“The decision was made by the Kyiv City Defense Council to relieve the capital’s roads during rush hours. The Kyiv Patrol Police Department will monitor compliance with these restrictions,” the statement said.
In Ukraine, on Monday, September 18, there will be no precipitation, at night and in the morning in the western and northeastern regions there will be fog in some places, the Ukrainian Weather Center reports.
The wind is mostly southerly, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night will be 8-13°, on the coast 12-17°; during the day 22-27°, in the highlands of the Carpathians 16-21°.
No precipitation in Kyiv on Monday, September 18. South wind, 5-10 m / s. The temperature at night will be 10-12°, during the day about 25°.
According to the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory. On September 18, the highest daytime temperature in Kyiv was 29.7° in 2015, the lowest nighttime temperature was 1.4° in 1958.
In Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 19, no precipitation, only in the afternoon in the western regions there will be short-term rains and thunderstorms.
The wind is mostly south, 5-10 m / s. The temperature at night will be 8-13°, on the coast and in Transcarpathia 12-17°; during the day in Ukraine 22-27°.
No precipitation in Kyiv on Tuesday. South wind, 5-10 m / s. Temperature at night 11-13°, during the day about 25°.
Ukraine and Lithuania intend to resume passenger rail transportation on the Kyiv-Warsaw-Vilnius route, move veterinary and phytosanitary inspections of transit cargo from Ukrainian-Polish border crossings to the port of Klaipeda, and start Ukrainian airlines flying from the country’s airports, Deputy Minister of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development Oleksandra Azarkhina wrote on Facebook.
According to her, these issues were discussed at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Lithuanian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania Aushrine Armonaitė.
“Regarding cooperation in the transport sector, we discussed the main directions of restoring and expanding transport links between Ukraine and Lithuania. Namely: the possibility of resuming passenger transportation by rail and further development of the Kyiv-Warsaw-Vilnius route; bilateral cooperation with the involvement of EU institutions to include Yahodyn-Dorogousk in the Trans-European Transport Network; transfer of veterinary and phytosanitary inspections of transit cargo from Ukrainian-Polish border crossings to the port of Klaipeda; development of new routes for the transportation of goods through Poland, which will increase cargo turnover and expand the range of railroad services.
It is noted that, according to the Lithuanian side, the facilitation of procedural requirements at the Ukrainian-Polish border will allow transporting up to 500 thousand tons of Ukrainian agricultural products per year to the port of Klaipeda. Lithuania also plans to install bogie change terminals for railroad tracks, which will also help increase cargo turnover between the two countries.
In addition to the development of railway communication, the Lithuanian side suggested that Ukrainian airlines consider starting operations in Lithuania and participating in national tenders for strategic destinations.
“We have agreed to deepen cooperation in the aviation sector and hope to resume air travel between Lithuania and Ukraine in the near future,” Azarkhina wrote.
Earlier, Lithuania confirmed the need for the EU to subsidize the transportation of Ukrainian grain through Klaipeda.
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