Ukraine has successfully tested the new 152mm artillery ammunition produced by the state-owned Kyiv-based Artem, which is a part of the country’s major arms producer UkrOboronProm. Thus, Ukraine has secured own production of large caliber artillery ammunition, according to Pavlo Bukin, CEO at UkrOboronProm (UOP). Commenting on the results of the latest tests, Bukin said…
In January-February the number of passengers carried by Ukrainian airlines rose by 8.8% YoY, and the passenger traffic flow through Ukrainian airports increased by 19.3%, according to the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. “In January-February the volume of passenger-carrying operations of Ukrainian airlines increased by 8.8% and totaled 1,344.4 thousand people. The volume of international…
The united power grid of Ukraine today can accept up to 3 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity of solar power plants and wind farms without an unbalanced response risk and serious changes to its structure, Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk said at a roundtable in the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, this installed capacity of renewable…
The actual inflation in Ukraine in February 2018 from February 2017 was somewhat higher than the Central Bank’s benchmark announced in January. “In general the current dynamics of consumer inflation and its components indicate that inflationary pressure remains significant. At the same time, its amplification in February was curbed by the strengthening of the hryvnia,…
In February Ukrainian plants manufactured 721 motor vehicles, up almost 2-fold YoY, the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, UkrAutoProm reported. The largest share of motor vehicle production was made up by cars, which totaled 606 unit (all manufactured by ZAO Eurocar: up by 134% YoY and by 26.5% MoM). Also, in February 35 trucks were…
Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced 237.60 million kWh of electricity on March 11, the press-service of Ukraine’s State Enterprise “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom” reports. On March 12, 11 out of 15 power units were functioning at the Ukrainian power plants. It was the 52nd day of average planned repairs at power unit…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has expressed gratitude to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for organizing the financing of EUR 25.9 million for construction of solar power plants with a capacity of almost 34 MW in Vinnytsia region. “The EBRD has allocated EUR 25.9 million for construction of three solar power plants in…