On Monday, the entry of large vehicles to Kyiv will be restricted due to expected snowfall on November 26-27, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
“The entry of large vehicles into the city on Monday, November 27, will be restricted,” Klitschko wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday, recalling the warning of weather forecasters.
The mayor also asked drivers and pedestrians to “take into account the weather conditions and be as careful as possible on the roads. Do not go to the city in a private car unless absolutely necessary. Use public transportation instead. And if you are traveling by car, do not park it along roadsides or on sidewalks. This interferes with the work of snow removal equipment.”
According to Klitschko, this season in Kyiv, “525 units of main and additional special equipment of Kyivavtodor will be fighting ice and removing snow on roads, bridges and sidewalks. In total, 17.3 thousand tons of salt and 54.5 thousand tons of sand have been prepared.”
According to the Ukrhydrometeorological Center, a significant increase in snow cover is expected on the afternoon of November 26 and at night on November 27, with winds of up to 17-22 m/s, blizzards, snow drifts, and ice on the roads.
The European Parliament has agreed to open an office in Kyiv at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
According to the European publication Euractiv, this is stated in a document of the European Parliament’s bureau.
The decision, approved on Monday evening, is intended to facilitate relations with the Ukrainian parliament, in particular, to establish its contacts with the “relevant committees” of the European Parliament, as well as to facilitate administrative work.
The Bureau is the body of the European Parliament responsible for making administrative decisions on the internal functioning of the institution.
Reportedly, the European Parliament has a liaison office for each member state, which helps the parliament to establish links with them, for example, by communicating with stakeholders, organizing events and maintaining links with local media.
Financial assistance in the amount of UAH 100.858 million will be provided to 25 agricultural enterprises in Kyiv region as part of the government’s e-Work program to support small and medium-sized businesses, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Denys Bashlyk said on Facebook.
According to him, the funds will be used to develop horticulture, berry growing, viticulture, and greenhouse farming. Thus, farmers will receive grants worth UAH 80.858 million for the development of horticulture and UAH 20 million for greenhouses. So far, UAH 74.401 million has been paid to them.
In addition, since the beginning of the year, 902 farmers in the Kyiv region have received UAH 10.402 billion in bank loans for farm development, the deputy minister stated.
As reported, since the beginning of the year, 12.3 thousand agricultural enterprises have received UAH 65.2 billion in bank loans for development. Of these, 9.6 thousand agricultural enterprises received UAH 37.5 billion in loans under the state program “Affordable Loans 5-7-9”.
From November 1 to April 1, a single speed limit has been introduced in the capital: the speed limit in the city is 50 km/h, except in areas where the speed limit is lower, the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration reports.
“In the areas where the speed limit was 80 km/h in the previous period, the speed limit signs “80” have already been dismantled,” the press service said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
It is noted that 10 sections of the road with a speed limit of 80 km/h were previously identified for the period from April 1 to October 31.
“We urge drivers to be careful and comply with the speed limit,” the Kyiv City State Administration called.
The second summit of the Grain from Ukraine program will be held in Kyiv on November 25, according to a press release from the Presidential Office.
As noted, on the sidelines of the third meeting of national security and foreign policy advisers in Malta, on behalf of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak held a series of bilateral meetings with advisers to the leaders of Ukraine’s partner countries.
In particular, during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister’s Advisor Emma Aparisi, Yermak “thanked the Spanish side for the significant financial support of the humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine and invited them to take part in the second summit of the program to be held in Kyiv on November 25 this year.”
No precipitation in Ukraine on Monday, October 30. In the eastern regions, there will be fog in some places at night and in the morning, the Ukrainian Weather Center reported.
The wind is mostly southerly, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 19-24 m/s in the Carpathians.
Temperature at night 4-9° C, in the southern and western regions 8-13°, during the day 16-21°, in the Crimea and Odesa region up to 24°; in the east and northeast at night 1-6° C, during the day 13-18°.
No precipitation in Kyiv on Monday. South wind, 7-12 m/s. The temperature will be 7-9° at night, 17-19° during the day.
According to the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory. On October 30, the highest daytime temperature in Kyiv was 18.3 in 2013, and the lowest nighttime temperature was -16.7 in 1920.
On Tuesday, October 31, there will be no precipitation in Ukraine, only in the far west there will be light rain during the day. South wind with a transition to northwest, 7-12 m / s, gusts of 15-20 m / s in the Carpathians. Temperature at night 8-13°, during the day 15-20°, in the southern part up to 24°.
No precipitation in Kyiv on Tuesday. South wind with a shift to northwest, 7-12 m / s. Temperature at night 11-13°, during the day 17-19°.