PARIS, Dec 6 - French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a “a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday. He also addressed the war in Ukraine, suggesting that ‘realistic discussions on territorial questions’ are needed.
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KYIV, Jan 6 – The destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Plant (HPP) has caused an estimated $14 billion in damage, according to Svitlana Grynchuk, Ukraine's Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.
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KYIV, Jan 6 - Projects for the completion of construction of new power units at Khmelnytsky NPP will require an additional 9,000 employees and recruitment of new personnel, Energoatom reported with reference to head of the company Petro Kotin on Monday.
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KYIV, Jan 6 - In Ukraine in 2024, bee mortality in the controlled territory was 20-25%, this is significantly higher than pre-war figures and is explained by unfavorable weather conditions in the spring and summer, which led to a reduction in the area of honey plants, Volodymyr Postoyenko, director of Prokopovych Institute of Beekeeping, told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
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KYIV, Jan 6 - Ukraine will increase the number of international checkpoints for road and rail traffic on the border with the EU countries and Moldova from the current 57 to 74 by 2030, according to the Strategy for the Development of Border Infrastructure with the EU Countries and the Republic of Moldova until 2030, posted on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers.
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KYIV, Jan 6 - Sukha Balka mine (Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), part of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky's DCH Group, put into operation two new iron ore mining blocks with reserves of 115,000 tons in December.
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KYIV, Jan 6 – The Slovak state-owned operator SEPS will ensure electricity supplies to Ukraine as part of emergency assistance in accordance with the current contract concluded with the company Ukrenergo, the Czech newspaper iRozhlas writes in response to threats by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine.
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KYIV, Jan 6 – The refarming process, during which Ukrainian mobile operators will shut down 3G networks to increase 4G capacity, is expected to conclude in 2025.
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KYIV, Jan 5 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region, The Associated Press reported.
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KYIV, Jan 3 – The share of raw materials in Ukraine's exports to the European Union is decreasing, while the share of processed goods is growing, according to Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative of Ukraine.
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