ZAGREB, Oct 20 – The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has been working in Ukraine for more than 10 years and is actively supporting it in creating a world-class mine action program under national leadership, the center's director Stefano Toscano said.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that the total damage caused by the Russian aggression to the environment in Ukraine currently amounts to EUR 55.6 billion.

KYIV, Oct 20 – The Ministry of Economy plans to present the first draft of the Ukraine Plan in early November, prepare the final document at the end of November, in order to officially present it in the European Union in December as part of the EUR 50 billion financial support allocated by the EU for 2024-2027 within the Ukraine Facility, said First Deputy Minister of Economy Serhiy Sobolev.

KYIV, Oct 19 – The relevant departments have developed a detailed set of reasonable consumption of electricity by the population, enterprises, institutions and organizations under martial law, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says.

KYIV, Oct 19 – The National Defense Hackathon 2022, scheduled in Ukraine for October 20 and 21, has been postponed due to the aggravation of the situation with Russia's missile and drone attacks.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Ukraine and the United States have signed a joint statement of intent to create a U.S.-Ukraine Infrastructure Task Force focused on Ukraine's critical war-time needs, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported on its website.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Power cuts have been introduced in Kyiv city and region in order to avoid accidents, the press service of DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids has reported.

KYIV, Oct 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has upgraded its estimate of a decrease in GDP in 2022 to around 32% from 37.5% in the previous forecast, the press service of the regulator said on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has kept its inflation forecast for 2022 to 30% and expects it to decline to 20.8% in 2023 (against 20.7% in the previous forecast) and to 10% in 2024 (earlier to 9.4%), the press service of the regulator said on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 20 – In connection with the latest Russian terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure facilities, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has included rolling blackouts throughout the country in the upcoming heating season in its macro forecast, but believes that the energy system will generally cope with its passage.