Short-term rains and thunderstorms are expected on the night of August 31 in the western, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Odesa regions, during the day – on the Right Bank, in some areas during the day hail and squalls of 15-20 m/s, in the rest of the territory – no precipitation.
According to the Ukrainian Weather Center, the wind will be southeast (in the afternoon in the western regions it will change to west) 5-10 m/s.
The temperature at night will be 16-21, up to 23 on the coast, 12-17 in the eastern and northeastern regions; during the day 26-31°, up to 35° in the southeast, 20-25° in the western regions; in the Carpathians at night 10-15°, 13-18° during the day.
In Kyiv, on August 31, no precipitation at night, short-term rain and thunderstorm in the afternoon. Southeast wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night will be 18-20°, during the day 28-30°.
According to the data of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory. For the entire period of meteorological observations on August 31, the highest daytime temperature was recorded at +35.6° in 1890, and the lowest at +5.4° in 1966.
On Friday, September 1, there will be short-term rains throughout Ukraine, sometimes thunderstorms, only at night in the eastern, southeastern, and most of the western, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, and Kyiv regions without precipitation.
West, northwest wind, 5-10 m/s. Temperature at night will be 15-20°, up to 23° on the coast, 11-16° in the western regions; during the day 21-26°, 25-30° in the eastern regions, 18-23° in the western regions.
In Kyiv, on September 1, there will be short-term rain at night. West, northwest wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night will be 18-20°, during the day – 24-26°.
Kyiv’s catering establishments will extend their working hours by one hour to 23:00, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. According to him, the decision was made by the Kyiv Defense Council. It will come into force on September 1.
“Representatives of the National Restaurant Association of Ukraine addressed the city authorities with this request. The decision to restrict the operation of establishments until 22:00 was made when the curfew in the capital began at 23:00. Now it starts at 00:00. During a meeting with the city authorities, where they justified the feasibility of such a decision, entrepreneurs emphasized that extending the opening hours of establishments would help improve the economic situation in the capital, create additional jobs, and increase revenues from taxes, fees, and payments to budgets of all levels,” Klitschko wrote.
The Museum of Ukrainian Gramophone Recording has opened in Kyiv at the Singing Field (41 Lavrska Street), the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration reported on Sunday.
“The museum’s exposition tells the story of the history of gramophone recording. The collection consists of more than 400 items of the main fund of Ukrainian music on various sound carriers… The museum plans to expand, conduct cultural research, and organize expeditions dedicated to various aspects of the musical culture of Ukraine and the world,” the statement said.
The museum is open on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 18:00, admission is free.
Short-term rain and thunderstorms are expected in some places on the night of August 28 in the northern part of the country, during the day throughout Ukraine, except for the southwestern part, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, reports the Ukrainian Weather Center.
Wind of variable directions, 3-8 m/s. Temperature at night 17-22, during the day 31-36, in the eastern and Sumy regions 25-30.
In Kyiv on Monday, in some places there will be short-term rain. Wind of variable directions, 3-8 m / s. Temperature at night 20-22°, during the day 33-35°.
According to the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, since the beginning of meteorological observations on August 28, the highest temperature in Kyiv was +35.1° in 1943, and the lowest was +6.0° in 1970.
On the night of August 29, no precipitation, and during the day only in the western, central and southern regions there will be short-term rain and thunderstorms.
East, southeast wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature in the eastern and northeastern regions will be 12-17° at night, 24-29° during the day; in the rest of the country at night 16-21°, during the day 30-35°.
No precipitation in Kyiv on August 29. The wind is mostly southeast, 5-10 m/s. Temperature at night 19-21°, during the day 32-34°.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who arrived in Kyiv, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Our Minister Hakan Fidan was received in Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.
The Tender Committee of the Kyiv Metro has awarded Kryukiv Carriage Works (KVSZ, Poltava region) a victory in the tender to supply Kyiv with 10 units of five-car subway trains financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with a bid of almost EUR79.196 million (including VAT), the KVSZ press service reported on Friday.
“Today the much desired for KVSZ and partner enterprises message about the award of victory in the tender for the supply of metro trains has appeared. The proposal of domestic carriage builders was accepted by the tender committee and agreed with the EBRD,” the report says.
The press-service of KVSZ emphasizes that the offer of the Ukrainian plant was 37% lower than that of the second participant – Czech Skoda.
KVSZ offered a subway train with asynchronous traction drive with three motor and two trailing non-motor cars, with bogies of domestic production with central pneumatic suspension and disk brakes.
Train length – 97 m, design speed – 90 km/h, designated service life – 50 years, its total capacity (including standing passengers) – 1650 people.
There are two inclusive seats for wheel chair passengers. Movement of passengers from car to car is free – through hermetic passages (train “pipe”), which KVSZ has been using for more than 10 years in the manufacture of passenger rail rolling stock.
As reported, the tender for the delivery of 50 subway cars (including spare parts and consumables, equipment and tools for maintenance, repair and related services) to Kiev for EBRD funds was announced back in December 2020, the proposals of the participants of the second stage were considered in March this year.
KVSZ recalls that it is ready to offer similar metro cars for Kharkiv Metro, which on May 5, 2023 announced a tender for the purchase of five-section metro trains (with free passage between cars) for EUR45 mln with the funds of the European Investment Bank (EIB), but due to discriminatory, in its assessment, requirements will not be able to participate in it.
The tender committee, in particular, demanded confirmation of experience in supplying at least 30 subway cars over the last five years, while KVBZ “put on the rails” 170 cars, but not over the last five years.
In addition, the conditions prescribe requirements only for European standards.
As reported, Kharkiv has again postponed the deadline for consideration of participants’ proposals in this tender – to October 10, 2023.
KVSZ, Ukraine’s largest railcar building enterprise, produces passenger and freight cars, regional diesel trains, high-speed interregional locomotive traction trains, spare parts and bogies for freight cars.
The company’s net income in 2022 increased by 38.4% to UAH 3 bln 545 mln, net profit amounted to UAH 37.25 mln against a loss of UAH 230 mln a year earlier.
