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07 June 2023
The construction of a new hydroelectric power plant could cost about $1 billion, as it is not only about installing new hydraulic units, but also about restoring the integrity of a huge dam.
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said he would personally head the mission that will deploy to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant next week after the Russians blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine.
The Russian terrorist act of the Kakhovka HPP dam explosion will not affect the operation of Ukraine's energy system.
Ukraine and France have signed an Agreement on public debt repayment suspension, which will reduce the debt burden on Ukraine’s state budget and direct funds to finance priority needs.
As a result of Russian invaders' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP), the temporarily occupied Crimea may be left without water for 10-15 years. This will have huge negative consequences for agriculture throughout the region and a massive fish kill that could cause outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Ukraine's international reserves, according to preliminary data, reached $37.3 billion as of June 1, 2023.
The State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure and the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of cooperation on the development and implementation of infrastructure projects.
06 June 2023
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 1.5 billion for the construction of two new main water pipelines and UAH 846 million for providing the regions with drinking water following Russia's destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
Agricultural crops in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions are under threat of destruction because these regions have been using water from the Kakhovka Reservoir for irrigation due to annual droughts.
Vegetable and horticultural production in the southern regions of Ukraine may disappear as a result of the Russians' blowing up of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Technologies for growing many crops in the central regions need to be developed.
The explosion of Kakhovka HPP does not directly affect the operation of Zaporizhzhia NPP. An algorithm of measures for the operation of the plant and personnel has been developed in case the water of the Kakhovka reservoir is not enough to recharge the cooling pond.
The European Union will extend until September 15, 2023, the exceptional and extraordinary measures adopted in May on imports of Ukrainian grain to the five EU countries on the border with Ukraine.
There is no immediate threat to nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant due to the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) by Russian invaders.
The explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) by Russian troops could have negative consequences for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), but the situation is under control.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has provided Ukraine with equipment for physical and nuclear safety worth 5 million euros.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $468.95 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week.
05 June 2023
Road builders have fully assembled a metal girder structure on the bridge over the Sula on the H-08 Boryspil-Mariupol motorway.
The European Commission (EC) is still discussing possible trade remedies for agricultural imports from Ukraine to five neighboring EU countries. A final decision on this has not yet been made and may be announced later in the day.
From now on, businesses that sell building materials and provide housing repair services have the opportunity to connect to the eRecovery state aid programme.
Black Box, a joint secret project of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the Come Back Alive Foundation and blogger Ihor Lachenkov, has already caused more than $700 million in losses to the Russian invaders in the last month alone.
03 June 2023
The Russian invasion forces are transporting from the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region to Crimea agricultural machinery belonging to the state-owned enterprises.
In Donetsk region, power supplies were cut off to 34 settlements due to ongoing hostilities, while some household consumers across five more regions remain without electricity due to the previous strikes by Russian invasion forces.
Government borrowings to the state budget’s general fund came to UAH 738.9 billion in January-May 2023.
The Russians are trying to prevent Mykolaiv region from being included in the grain export deal.
02 June 2023
Ukraine is working on exporting digital solutions not only to Europe but also to Latin American and African countries.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with President of Estonia Alar Karis in Kyiv.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal thanked U.S. President Joseph Biden and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo for the decision to extend the suspension of additional import tariffs on steel from Ukraine for another year.
Ukraine's State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure and the European Investment Bank, the bank of the European Union, have signed an EU grant agreement for over EUR 50 million to support critical infrastructure and build temporary bridges in the affected regions.
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko and representatives of the Atlantic Council think tank at a meeting on May 31 discussed the support of international partners and the need for the rapid recovery of Ukraine this year.
For many years, the UN World Food Programme has been using Ukrainian grain to save the population of the most vulnerable countries, including millions of children, from hunger.