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MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANY DURING WAR CAN ONLY BE REMOTE

The general meeting of shareholders of a joint-stock company (JSC) during the war can only be held remotely, such changes to the decision on the functioning of the management bodies of the JSC for the period of martial law were made by the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine (NKTSBFR).
“Their organization must comply with the rules of the Interim Procedure for Convening and Remote Holding of a General Meeting of Shareholders and a General Meeting of Participants of a Corporate Investment Fund,” the regulator said in a statement.
The corresponding decision of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission No. 250 of April 4 is published on its website and has already entered into force.
As previously reported, the Commission extended the powers of the management bodies of the JSC, which expire during the period of martial law, if it is impossible to hold a general meeting of shareholders.
“The general meeting of shareholders of the joint-stock company must be held within 90 days after the end of martial law,” the decision of the regulator No. 177 of March 16 specified.
By another decision, No. 176 of March 16, the NSMSC approved the procedure for holding a general meeting for the period of martial law. The key changes compared to the usual procedure was the possibility of placing a voting ballot in free access for shareholders no later than nine days, and candidates for JSC bodies no later than three days before the date of the meeting.
In addition, various protocols of the voting meeting can be signed with a qualified electronic signature.
Another condition for holding the meeting is the inclusion in the list of shareholders and notification of the owners of at least 95% of the company’s shares (excluding shares in the accounts of custodians who left the market and excluding shares bought out by JSCs).

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UN: WAR IN UKRAINE KILLS AT LEAST 1,480 CIVILIANS

Losses among civilians from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, until 24:00 on April 4 amounted to 3675 civilians (in the report the day before – 3527), including 1480 dead (1430), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of intense fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the document says.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region), Popasnaya (Luhansk region), Borodyanka (Kyiv region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of ​​effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 331 men, 211 women, 40 boys and 22 girls died, while the sex of 61 children and 815 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 2,195 injured, 43 are girls and 40 boys, as well as 100 children, whose sex has not yet been determined.
Compared to the previous day, two children were killed and five injured, according to the UN.
OHCHR indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight April 5, there were 407 (405) dead and 808 (793) injured in government-controlled territory, and 67 (67) dead and 257 (253) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Kiev, Sumy, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 1006 (958) dead and 1130 (1051) injured .
The report also states that, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, as of 08:00 on April 5, 165 (161) children were killed and 266 (264) were injured.
The increase in indicators in this report compared to the figures in the previous report should not be attributed only to new cases that occurred on April 4, since during the day OHCHR also verified a number of cases that occurred in previous days, the document specifies.

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UN: WAR IN UKRAINE HAS KILLED AT LEAST 1,430 CIVILIANS

Losses among civilians from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, until 24:00 on April 3, 2022, amounted to 3527 civilians (3455 in the report a day earlier), including 1430 dead (1417), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner for human rights on Monday.
“OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of intense fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the document says.
According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region), Popasna (Luhansk region), Irpin (Kyiv region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics.
“The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of ​​effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says.
According to confirmed UN data, 297 men, 202 women, 40 boys and 22 girls died, while the sex of 59 children and 810 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 2,097 injured, 42 are girls and 38 boys, as well as 98 children whose gender has not yet been determined.
Compared to the previous day, seven children were injured, according to the UN.
OHCHR indicates that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on April 4, there were 405 (401) dead and 793 (784) injured in government-controlled territory, and 67 (67) dead and 253 (252) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”.
In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Kiev, Sumy, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 958 (949) dead and 1051 (1002) injured .
The report also states that, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, as of 08:00 on April 4, 161 (158) children were killed and 264 (258) were injured.
The increase in indicators in this report compared to the figures in the previous report should not be attributed only to new cases that occurred on April 3, since OHCHR also verified a number of cases that occurred in previous days during the day, the document specifies.

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79% OF REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE WANT TO RETURN HOME AFTER WAR

The vast majority (79.2%) of refugees from Ukraine intend to return to their homeland after the end of the war, and only 10.9% do not plan to return, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Service of the Razumkov Center at checkpoints in the Transcarpathian region from March 15 to April 1.
During the survey, 101 respondents over 16 years old were interviewed, who were traveling from Ukraine on foot or by road. 89.1% are sure that Ukraine will win this war, only 1% are sure that it will lose, the rest found it difficult to answer.
83.2% of refugees are women. 63.4% travel with their children and only 12.9% on their own.
36.6% – leaving the country at the age of 30-39, 25.7% – 40-49 years old, 18.8% – 16-29 years old, 10.9% – over 60 years old and 7.9% at the age of 50 -59 years old.
The relative majority of refugees are from Kyiv and Kharkov regions (18.8% each), slightly less from Kiev (11.9%), Donetsk (7.9%), Zaporozhye (6.9%), Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kherson ( by 5%) regions. No one left Volyn, Lvov, Khmelnytsky, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Ternopil regions. 55.4% stated that they left the settlement where the hostilities took place, 12.9% – that the hostilities took place nearby, 9.9% – that there were no hostilities, but their locality was bombarded or shelled, 13.9 % – that this happened in a neighboring settlement, and only 7.9 noted that there were no hostilities and shooting either in their settlement or nearby.
26.7% reported that they received assistance from government agencies, 53.5% – from volunteers, 8.9% – from religious organizations, 6.9% – from enterprises (including at the place of work), 40, 6% – from relatives and friends, 44.6% – from unfamiliar fellow citizens, only 20.8% received no help at all. 63.4% of refugees said that the language of communication at home is Russian (only 30.7% – Ukrainian), but only 21.8% called Russian their native language (Ukrainian 65.3%, 4% named another language).

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UN: WAR IN UKRAINE KILLS AT LEAST 1,417 CIVILIANS, OVER 2,000 INJURED

Losses among civilians from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, until 24:00 on April 2, 2022, amounted to 3455 civilians (3342 in the report a day earlier), including 1417 dead (1325), reports the Office of the UN High Commissioner for human rights on resurrection. “OHCHR believes that the actual figures are much higher as information is delayed from some areas of intense fighting and many reports are still awaiting confirmation,” the document says. According to him, this applies, for example, to Mariupol and Volnovakha (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region), Popasna (Luhansk region), Irpin (Kyiv region), where there are reports of numerous civilian casualties. They are subject to further verification and are not included in the above statistics. “The majority of civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive devices with a wide area of ​​effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the report says. According to confirmed UN data, 293 men, 201 women, 40 boys and 22 girls died, while the sex of 59 children and 802 adults has not yet been determined. Among the 2,038 injured, 41 are girls and 38 boys, as well as 92 children whose gender has not yet been determined. Compared to the previous day, according to the UN, a child died and three more were injured. OHCHR points out that in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as of midnight on April 3, there were 401 (381) dead and 784 (793) injured in government-controlled territory, and 67 (67) dead and 252 (246) injured in territory controlled by self-proclaimed “republics”. In other regions of Ukraine under government control (in Kyiv, as well as in Zhytomyr, Zaporozhye, Kiev, Sumy, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions), the UN recorded 949 (877) dead and 1002 (978) injured . The report also states that, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, as of 08:00 on April 3, 158 (158) children were killed and 258 (254) were injured. The increase in indicators in this report compared to the figures in the previous report should not be attributed only to new cases that occurred on April 2, since during the day OHCHR also verified a number of cases that occurred in previous days, the document specifies.

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MINISTRY OF ECONOMY NOTES HUGE DECLINE IN EXPORTS OF UKRAINIAN GOODS AND IMPORTS IN MARCH DUE TO WAR

Ukraine in March 2022 exported 5.97 million tons of goods worth $2.7 billion, which is 2.2 times less than in February in terms of quantity and half in value, while imports of goods to Ukraine in March amounted to 5 million tons $5.9 billion, which is more than three times less than in February. “Ukraine’s export volume in March amounted to 5.97 million tons worth $2.7 billion. While in February, the state exported 13.1 million tons of goods worth $5.3 billion. The main export items are ores, corn, ferroalloys and oil “, the Ministry of Economy said in a release on Sunday. The export of metals and agricultural products was particularly affected, however, the volume of exports of a number of goods with deep processing remained practically unchanged compared to the pre-war period, the Ministry of Economy added. The Ministry notes a significant reduction in metal exports. In particular, the export of flat products fell by almost 10 times – from 437 thousand tons in February to 47 thousand tons in March. “For some metallurgy positions, exports were not made at all. This is primarily due to the physical destruction of metallurgical facilities and the stoppage of production,” the ministry commented. In March, Ukraine exported 1.1 million tons of corn, 309 thousand tons of wheat, 118 thousand tons of sunflower oil, 40 thousand tons of soybeans. This is four times less than in February, according to the data of the Ministry of Economy. “At the same time, for many items of goods with deep processing, the volume of exports remained at the level of the previous month and even increased. These are, for example, cable products, the export of which amounted to $111 million ($130 million in February) or wood facing sheets – $32 million against $26 million in February,” the Economy Ministry said. Due to the Russian invasion, Ukrainian imports suffered significant losses: if in February the state imported 5 million tons of goods worth $5.9 billion, then in March – 1.6 million tons worth $1.8 billion, the report says. Currently, the most important imports to Ukraine are gas, oil, oil products and coal. “The enemy is deliberately undermining the economy of our state by blocking domestic exports. The traditional route for the export of export goods was the Black Sea ports, blocked today by Russia. In addition, the occupiers are attacking metallurgical enterprises and agricultural infrastructure in order to prevent the restoration of our capabilities in the future. All this threatens not only Ukraine, but also the whole world, because our state was the guarantor of food security in a number of countries in Africa and the Middle East,” the press service of the Ministry of the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko quotes. To counter this, Ukraine is increasing the capacity of rail, road and river transport on the western border of Ukraine, attracting manufacturers, traders, transport companies, Sviridenko noted. “The remnants of basic agricultural crops in Ukraine are enough to ensure exports. In addition, the start of the sowing campaign inspires restrained optimism for the future harvest,” the head of the ministry said.

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