Thank you for downloading this report! You can view it at the link below:View PDFIf you can not access the report, please contact ariana.lynn@thefastmode.com Get updates and alertsdelivered to your inbox (State Property Fund of Ukraine)Editor’s Note: This is issue 152 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission Updated IMF Memorandum. On Oct. 18, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published an updated Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) after its fifth review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ukraine Ukraine’s key commitments related to state-owned enterprises and banks are as follows: As we wrote in Issue 116 foreign investors were interested in buying Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank As we wrote in Issue 146 Ukrenergo’s supervisory board dismissed the company’s CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi by a majority vote The board appointed executive board member Oleksii Brekht as an acting CEO and decided to hold a competitive selection for a new CEO On the same day, Daniel Dobbeni (independent member and supervisory board chair) and Peder Andreasen (independent member) announced that they had filed their resignation notices. See Issue 146 for more detail Currently, Roman Pionkowski is the only remaining independent member of Ukrenergo’s supervisory board. He was appointed together with other independent members in December 2021 meaning that his term of office is expected to expire in December 2024 As we wrote in Issue 148 in its capacity as Ukrenergo’s general shareholders meeting decided to hold a competitive selection for three independent members of the company’s supervisory board The fourth independent member will be elected in parallel under a previously launched procedure, the ministry added back then Three weeks later, the Economy Ministry said that the SOE Nomination Committee approved the candidate requirements and announced the competitive selection for three board members (see Issue 151) The selection of all board members — four independent and three state representatives — is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 9. See Issues 129 and 151 for more detail UDI gets a new CEO. On Oct. 21, Ukrainian Defenze Industry (UDI) announced that its supervisory board had appointed Oleg Gulyak as the company’s new CEO following a competitive selection process involving more than 20 applicants UDI’s CEO Herman Smetanin resigned on Sept 4 to become the new minister for strategic industries UDI’s supervisory board then appointed Oleg Gulyak as acting CEO and announced that it would launch a competitive selection for the new CEO as soon as possible As we reported in Issue 148 UDI’s supervisory board launched a competitive selection for the CEO position Naftogaz Group paid Hr 67 billion ($1.6 billion) in taxes in January-September 2024, the company’s press office said on Oct This includes Hr 61 billion ($1.5 billion) paid to the state budget and Hr 5 billion ($121 million) in contributions to local government budgets In September alone, Naftogaz Group paid Hr 5.8 billion ($140 million) in state taxes including Hr 600 million ($14.5 million) in local ones Naftogaz Group paid the following taxes to state and local budgets in the course of 2024: Issue 119 Issue 123 Issue 128 Issue 132 Issue 137 Issue 140 Issue 143 * Converted at the National Bank of Ukraine's average exchange rate for the respective period As we reported in Issue 115 Naftogaz Group paid Hr 83.4 billion ($2 billion) in taxes to the state budget and another Hr 6.8 billion ($164 million) to local government budgets in 2023 The Group said that it made Hr 23.1 billion ($559 million) in consolidated net profit in 2023, a significant rebound from its Hr 79.1 billion ($1.9 billion) loss in 2022. See Issue 131 for more detail As we wrote in Issue 149 Naftogaz Group made Hr 24.4 billion (€578 million at the average exchange rate over that period) in consolidated net profit in the first six months of 2024 Ukrhydroenergo cancelled a tender to procure lawyers to seek compensation for the destroyed Kakhovka HPP, the company’s press office announced on Oct The company said that this decision was made to ensure that the company’s actions are in line with Ukraine’s broader national strategy This strategy aims to hold Russia accountable for the damage caused to critical infrastructure and ensure compensation for the destruction In this context, additional consultations with the Cabinet of Ministers and other key stakeholders will be held to determine the most appropriate course of action in line with the national approach coordinated with Ukraine’s international allies, Ukrhydroenergo explained On June 6, 2023 Ukrhydroenergo reported that the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) was destroyed beyond restoration after the Russians set off a massive explosion in the engine room. See our Issue 91 for more detail As we reported in Issue 135 Ukrhydroenergo announced that it initiated an investment arbitration procedure with Russia to compensate for the damage caused by the destruction of the HPP The preliminary estimate was about $2.5 billion As we reported in August 2024 (Issue 143) Ukrhydroenergo announced a tender to procure lawyers Its expected value was Hr 365 million ($8.8 million) Twelfth attempt to sell Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port to be made. According to Prozorro.Sale the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) scheduled an auction for the sale of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi trade seaport for Oct The starting price is Hr 178 million ($4.3 million) As we reported in Issue 148 the starting price was Hr 89 million ($2.1 million) It is unclear whether the asset whose starting price doubled will be able to attract bidders this time This will be the twelfth attempt to sell the port The first privatization auction for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in March 2023 failed as no one registered At the second auction, the seaport was sold for Hr 220 million (around €5.6 million at the time) to Ukrdoninvest LLC, a company owned by Ukrainian businessman Vitaliy Kropachov. However, Ukrdoninvest decided not to make the payment. As we reported in April 2023 (Issue 85) the company said that it backed out while hashing out the terms of the purchase agreement with SPFU’s regional office in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts In June 2023, SPFU announced that it would put Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi up for privatization for a third time, another attempt that failed (see Issue 93). In Issues 99 and 100 we reported about the following failed attempts to sell the port However, the ninth attempt to sell Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi also failed (see Issue 147), as did the tenth and eleventh (see Issue 148) As we also wrote in Issue 147 there are no bidders because the port has debts of Hr 151.3 million ($3.6 million) The winner would also have to pay VAT of 20% of the purchase price the winning bidder would have to pay at least Hr 258 million ($6.2 million) in total this would mean that the total amount to be paid for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi would amount to Hr 365 million ($8.8 million at the current exchange rate) SPFU puts seized AEROC up for privatization. On Oct. 15, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the terms of privatization for construction materials producer AEROC with a starting price of Hr 965 million ($23 million) The next day, the SPFU set the date of the privatization auction. 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All rights reserved and its cities have witnessed many epochs and events Some of them have been impressive with their architectural heritage Read about the oldest cities in Ukraine that still impress with their beauty today This city in the Odesa region is considered the oldest city in Ukraine It was founded back in the 4th century BC and is one of the few that has survived to this day The Scythian ploughmen originally called the city Tira the city has had many names from different nations but in 1944 the city was renamed Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi This city has an important historical monument - the Akkerman Fortress which played an important role in many wars in these territories This city in the Zhytomyr region was first mentioned in 945 it was the capital of the Drevlian tribal union The city was also tragically affected by the Chornobyl disaster as it is only 80 kilometers from the nuclear power plant Almost all children in Ukraine know the legend of Kyi the date ranges from the 4th to the 7th century The oldest building in Kyiv is St Sophia's Cathedral which was built in 1037 by order of Yaroslav the Wise The city is also world-famous for the tallest building in Europe - Mother Ukraine The city is rich in history and has played and continues to play an important historical Bridge over the Dnipro River in Kyiv (photo: Getty Images) The official year of the foundation of Ukraine's smallest regional center is 872 the settlement was called Ungvar in honor of the Ung River and the city received its modern name later One of the probable founders of the city is considered to be a tribe of white Croats The most famous building in Uzhhorod is the Uzhhorod Castle which now serves as a local history museum The city got its name in honor of Zhytomyr a Rus vigilante of Kyivan princes Askold and Dir and settled on a high cliff at the confluence of the Kamianka and Teteriv rivers Khotyn is located in the Chernivtsi region and its foundation dates back to 1002 life was bustling here on the banks of the Dniester and history was being made which is one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine is known not only in Ukraine but also in Europe the city has repeatedly fallen under the rule of various rulers The first historical mention of the city was in 907 it was here that a battle between the Rus' and Pechenegs took place where the leather-clad Jan defeated the enemy in a one-on-one duel which means "the one who took over the glory" The most famous building is the Pereiaslav National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve which is one of the largest reserves in Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Square (photo: Wikipedia) but the first historical mention dates back to 1174 the city was called the Spiritual Centre of Ukraine due to the activities of numerous prominent figures of the clergy as well as significant church and historical monuments Poltava was the most important center for the development of Ukrainian culture and education at that time The most famous architectural structure is the monument to Ivan Kotliarevskyi which was the first monument to a Ukrainian writer in history Monument to Ivan Kotliarevskyi (photo: Wikipedia) The press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported this on its website, according to Ukrinform. "Pre-trial investigations have been launched into violations of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement said. According to investigators, on May 9, Russia's armed forces, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law, launched massive missile strikes on civilian and tourist infrastructure in the Suvorovsky district of Odesa, and the Odeskyi and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi districts of the region. According to the report, one person was killed and two injured after a hostile missile hit a warehouse in the Suvorovsky district of the city. The shelling and fire caused significant damage to warehouses and administrative buildings. In the Odeskyi district, a missile damaged the building of the Riviera shopping mall, injuring three civilians. The blast also damaged the facades and windows of nearby residential buildings. The tourist infrastructure in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district came under enemy attacks. Five recreation centers and small private business buildings in the district were destroyed and damaged, three civilians were injured and no one was killed. There are no military facilities in these areas. No military equipment was stored in the buildings that came under attack, and they were not used for military purposes. Russian troops fired seven old Soviet missiles at Odesa on May 9, destroying a number of civilian buildings not related to military infrastructure. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed and five were injured. Russian military aggression against the Ukrainian people has been going on in Ukraine since February 24. Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421. © 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. One rocket hit a nine-storey residential building and another struck a recreation centre I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice At least 21 people, including two children, have been killed after Russian missiles struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday morning Ukrainian officials told The Independent that at least 18 people perished in the strike on a nine-storey apartment block in the village of Serhiivka and another three died in a hit on the resort A member of Odesa’s military administration said that two children at the resort were in critical condition and the hunt for those who were still missing continued a spokesperson for Odesa’s regional police force A further 41 people have been rescued by the efforts to bring out trapped people from the residential building, where around 152 people live Residents were woken by the sound of three explosions and air raid alarms at around 1am local time A video of the explosions yesterday morning showed charred remains of the building and smoke filling the sky above residential areas in Serhiivka which is about 50km southwest of the famed port city A member of Odesa’s military administration who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for security reasons told The Independent that Russia launched five Kh-22s – long-range anti-ship missiles – at Odesa in total He said two landed in the sea and one in a field The remaining two hit the building and the holiday camp in the Belgorod-Dniester region “They knew for sure that there would be civilian casualties” because of the combined target range of the missiles “I think we will see more of this in the near future All recent missile attacks show that Russia is raising the stakes because they are isolated by the world,” the official added Neighbours in the resort village of Serhiivka helped rescuers comb through the rubble of the block of flats 14-storey apartment block had also been damaged by the blast wave assessed the situation together with emergency workers and locals We helped to carry them away,” Oleksandr Abramov The string of pre-dawn bombardments was followed by Russian forces pulling out from nearby Snake Island on Thursday, a move portrayed by the Kremlin as a “goodwill gesture” Ukraine said its barrage of artillery and missiles had forced the Russians to flee in speedboats The pullout was expected to ease the threat to Odesa after Moscow took control of the island during the initial days of the war in a bid to use it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa The Odesa military administration official told The Independent that Friday’s attacks might be the result of Russia trying to “show its presence the region” after pulling out of Snake Island Ukraine said that Russia fired missiles at a crowded shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, leaving at least 19 people killed. Russia has denied targeting civilians since it invaded the country in February. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies A firefighter putting out the fire in a residents building hit by a missile strike in the Ukrainian district of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi outside Odesa govt and politics/armed forces","score":0.808923},{"label":"/law govt and politics/politics","score":0.618756},{"label":"/law Russia launched 43 drones and 12 missiles at Ukraine according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the Russians attacked a bridge across the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi estuary in Zatoka the Russian terrorists launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Russian Rostov region at Kramatorsk From the directions of Russian Kursk and Orel 43 Shahed drones and unidentified drones were launched Ukrainian air defense was deployed in Odesa 3 more Russian drones have left the controlled airspace in the direction of Russia and the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine The information is being clarified and updated,” the Air Force adds Since the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine the daily shelling of Ukrainian cities and villages has become a constant threat to civilians The Russian army uses a variety of weapons: from missiles and guided aerial bombs to kamikaze drones the number of nighttime attacks using drones has increased significantly Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Lytvynenko notes that Russia may again launch large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure soon. Odesa is such a bright city that it overshadows all other settlements of the region with its charisma Reni and other cities were often perceived exclusively as functional appendages of the Black Sea pearl The concept with the main focus on tourism as the flagship branch of Odesa development was automatically extended to the entire region and it is no longer the "resorts of Greater Odessa" but the "ports of Greater Odessa" that are becoming the hallmark of the region document.querySelectorAll("p:empty,br").forEach((x)=>{x.remove()}); cracks from explosions on the facade of the Vorontsov Palace and southern Bessarabia almost cut off from "Greater Ukraine" - a new reality of wartime that cannot be ignored unique due to its geographical and socio-cultural features is going through a difficult historical period and Odesa is currently in a storm: on the one hand feverish activity on the urban and cultural fronts dismantling of Soviet-era monuments and the prospect of demolition of historical imperial monuments news about the confiscation of hotels and new buildings belonging to Russians The good thing is that the war accelerated the processes of European integration so the historical center of Odessa is about to be included in the UNESCO world heritage list But it would be naive to believe that this will automatically solve the problem of saving historical heritage in a global aspect the Odesa City Hall expects that after the victory funding from donors will close all the holes and problems when it seemed that the hostilities that dealt such a blow to the local tourism business in 2014 were firmly localized at a distance of at least 500 kilometers from Odesa the fathers of the city were gushing with business ideas Projects for the construction of new and increasingly expensive square meters sprouted like mushrooms after the rain which could have been used for a green recreational belt following the example of the Green Belt around large cities in Great Britain were built up mercilessly and completely incompetently One of the anti-examples is the "Rainbow" housing estate on the territory of the Tairovskaya OTG a super-densified district of identical high-rises built with disregard for any principles of modern urbanism and practically devoid of social infrastructure Since Odesa was becoming frankly cramped for the implementation of all business plans developers actively lobbied for the idea of ​​pushing the boundaries of the city in order to gain access to the territories of coastal communities from South to Zatoka it was called "creating the Greater Odesa agglomeration" Panorama of Odessa beaches from a bird's eye view Another important correction is the reassessment of the importance of ports and the entire port infrastructure. In the last decade, Odesa confidently followed the mainstream of world trends, shifting the focus from the industrial vector of development to the creative one. Previously, PRAGMATIKA.MEDIA devoted an article describing this process "Resort novel” of the city and the port Volodymyr Khalin in his blog on the website of the Association of Architects of Odesa he noted that now the port not only cuts off the historical center from the water but also creates many other problems: "In the Odesa port clay is loaded in the old fashioned way by rusty cranes that make sawdust when scooping This dusty process takes place on the leeward side 500 meters from residential buildings transporting raw materials and fodder grain to the port the port of Odessa should be moved outside the city limits to take the industry beyond the framework and parentheses Combined with the global upgrade of the entire transport and logistics scheme (new bridges this was to turn the entire coastline of the Black Sea and estuaries into a world-class resort and tourist paradise the state openly "did not export" the maintenance of seven ports of the Odesa region and plans for modernization and dredging were postponed from year to year Ports and state stevedoring companies were planned to be transferred to private hands in order to prevent final devaluation: the sale of the Belgorod-Dniester and Ust-Dauna ports was supposed to take place already in the spring of 2022 The war and the Istanbul Agreements have reminded everyone what "infrastructure of strategic importance" means and it is possible that the idea of ​​sale will be abandoned in favor of a concession With the proposal to merge with the satellites into the agglomeration the people of Odessa were several years late Decentralization opens up opportunities even for a small village that simply did not exist before It happens that residents would like to make their city more comfortable but for real changes a trinity is necessary: ​​society government and business must think and act in the same direction Ukrainian legislation on self-government is not perfect Sometimes "active development" takes ugly forms became famous with the memes "The worst vacation on the Black Sea coast" "To rest in Zatoka is to disrespect yourself." The pursuit of quick money turned the Budak spit into a zone of permanent construction wars were walled in concrete at night (so that local activists would not interfere) Another cafe or hotel was immediately built on this symbolic foundation Kosa quickly turned into a pile of ridiculous buildings interspersed with parking lots But the monument of functionalism architecture the complex of children's specialized sanatorium "Zatoka" built according to the project of the Romanian architect Angelo Viecelli (Angelo Viecelli) because the protective dam is half destroyed as well as the lack of sewage and treatment facilities remain in the blind spot of local authorities deputies of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district planned to adopt a series of new decisions on land acquisition giving the last free plots between Sergiyivka and Zatoka for development The Russians shelled the Bay twice with missiles from the sea shopping pavilions and cafes into mountains of garbage The houses of local residents were also damaged the Risoil group of companies announced that it is resuming the construction of a two-sided pier in the Black Sea port which will be equipped with the most modern cargo system and now vessels with a draft of up to 15 meters can be received here So they promise to complete the pier by winter Photo source: Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine while the level of cargo handling in the port was falling (due to a number of objective and subjective reasons) and a little later - hotel complexes were growing in the city like mushrooms Chornomorsk has also "felt" its niche: event tourism (primarily festival and congress tourism) and cultural events were regularly held in the city in "pre-war times" "Koktebel Jazz Fest" and "August Song" are worth noting among dozens of them," he says Undertaker there was a request for a new positioning of the city And since Illichivsk was renamed Chornomorsk in 2016 the relevance of rebranding the city has increased even more a team of city activists created the concept of the tourist brand of the city of Chornomorsk (its logo The brand was popularized on public grounds and it began to be used more and more in commercial products and urban design taking into account the recognition of the city brand recognized it as official and purchased it from the authors as an intellectual product the popularization of the city brand was laid as the basis of the city's tourism development program Among the city's urban planning initiatives it is worth noting the creation of a public transport scheme The city came to an understanding of creating a design code The forces of the communal architectural bureau created a fundamental concept for the development of cycling infrastructure in Chornomorsk due to the beginning of a full-scale invasion has not yet been presented to the community It is not surprising that the prospect of a merger with Odesa did not receive a response here "Regarding the question of whether Chornomorsk should be included in the development concept of Odesa the Chornomorsk community is quite independent (both financially and mentally) from the regional center All talks about the unification of the Black Sea community with Odessa or even with neighboring communities met with resistance from the local population competes with Odesa (for cargo and tourists) these cities are quite different in terms of their cultural it will not be possible to "cosplay" Black Sea Odessa," he notes Valery Pogrebnyak Officials of the Odesa regional administration have a rather strange idea about the revitalization of coastal areas the Odesa Regional State Administration gave the "green light" to the construction project of the Zhebriyansky Peresip and spit between Lake Sasyk and the sea an ecologically sensitive area included in the "Emerald Network" of the European and national list of natural objects of special environmental interest it was planned to create a year-round resort with a gaming area: to build more than 80 hotels and infrastructure facilities which the initiator of the "Dunaya Resort Ukraine" project These plans caused a real shock among Odesa urban planners and ecologists head of the National Park "Tuzlovsky lymani" construction of such a scale on the border with the reserve can cause irreparable damage to the adjacent protected areas and finally destroy the ecosystem of the Black Sea estuaries the implementation of the "Danube" automatically put an end to the possibility of demolishing the artificial dam built in 1978 and opening Sasyk to the sea The grandiose experiment of the Soviet reclamationists to turn Sasyk into a part of the Danube-Dniester irrigation system failed and in the last decade a number of public environmental organizations purposefully advocate the idea of ​​"damming" the lake and turning it into a natural estuary Askerov announced investments in the development of resort and recreation infrastructure of the region Under the spell of numbers and ordering "there are no analogues!" even the president's office was hit in all recent (pre-war) announcements of "Danuija" the phrase "With the support of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi" appeared the governor of Odesa signed a decision on the establishment of SE "Danuija" with a statutory fund in the amount of.. The promise of turning a desert spit into a Ukrainian "Las Vegas" sounds very Odessa-like but that's probably why the idea seemed so attractive It is implied that a modern business-class resort should have a developed infrastructure the project could really work as a catalyst for solving many problems of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Izmailskyi districts "I think that it can rather be called a project." In all seriousness the city project from scratch has its advantages it looks like an attempt to avoid solutions to the problems of existing resorts: Zatoka although there are several small resorts nearby that can be developed local residents see this project as an impetus to the economic development of the region Bujak is the southern part of Bessarabia in the confluence of the Danube and Dniester rivers Historians claim that the toponym "Bujak" comes from the Turkish word "corner" it is an "island" connected to the territory of Odesa region and Ukraine only by two bridges: a drawbridge on the coast in Zatoka and in Mayaky on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border Due to the lack of reliable transport connections across the Dniester this part of the region appears to be isolated the multinational Bujak has a pronounced authenticity Serhii Dyachenko emphasizes: the war did not provoke the problem but only revealed it: "The bridge in Zatoka is periodically closed for repairs It should also be recalled that this bridge was built in 1954 it is extremely outdated and can currently be used only for passenger transportation as well as attract tourists with its 100-year-old engineering structure." The idea of ​​a ferry crossing or the construction of a new bridge across the Dniester estuary is not new the mayors of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Ovidiopol proposed to the government to build a 5-kilometer bridge before Euro-2012 This would open up an opportunity to represent unique sights to foreign tourists - the Izmail and Akkerman fortresses as well as the "Ukrainian Venice" of Vylkove The technical concept provided for the construction of an arched bridge with moorings for yachts and cargo-passenger ships the Association of Architects of Odesa proposed to take the Öresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark as a prototype and build a combined railway and road bridge across the estuary the Odesa State Regional Government mentioned the new bridge as part of the European route E-87 The project of the Kyiv Research Institute of City Planning "Dipromisto" provided for the construction of a part of the highway "Odesa-Reni" through a new bridge from the village of Roksolany to the village of Salgany The length of the bridge has increased to 5,7 km Designers proposed to build a dam in the middle of the estuary to reduce costs the bridge would be "delayed" by half a billion dollars And a new hydraulic construction could disrupt the ecosystem — then the Dniester estuary could repeat the fate of Sasyk The multiculturalism and isolation of Bujak became the reason that this part of Bessarabia was considered as an easy target representatives of the management of the Bilhorod-Dniester sea trade port the Association of Architects of Odesa and the Institute of Urban Regeneration and Design presented to the general public the concept of the construction of the Akkerman Bridge which will solve the most important transport problem The fundamental difference between this solution and other options for the bridge crossing is the location north of the water area of ​​the Bilhorod-Dniester port," she said The new functional concept would allow shortening the bridge to 4295 meters the flyover structure is 5-6 times cheaper than the arched structure he noted Volodymyr Khalin: "Construction of a bridge to the north of the water area of ​​the Bilhorod-Dniester port does not cross the access to the sea for ships and will allow a horizontal overpass to be built across the estuary The shipping dimensions under the overpass of 15x100 meters will allow the development of river shipping and yachting." Visualization of the bridge project across the Dniester estuary Serhii Dyachenko agrees that the role of a purely local transition is envisaged for the bridge over the Bay but believes that the main transport corridor should not be the Akkerman Bridge but a new bridge in the upper reaches of the estuary: "The main route should be the new Mayak railway along the Moldovan border It should be on stilts along the banks of the Dniester estuaries and not disturb the fragile ecosystem of these places - it is not difficult to do even for our poor country A bridge crossing (with a railway) across the center of the Dniester estuary between Ovidiopol and Bilhorod-Dniestrovsky should be secondary The light modern construction of the bridge should be aesthetically balanced to emphasize and complement the landscape of the extremely important architectural monument — Akkerman Fortress: this is actually the most difficult task for the design not the actual engineering and technical design Approximately the same transport problem exists in the port city of Reni A new overpass with a railway along the Moldovan border and along the northern shore of Lake Cagul should also be built for it to have a direct connection with the city of Bolgrad and the port of Renia itself should also be revived." Serhii Dyachenko I am sure that the post-war future of all cities regardless of their degree of self-sufficiency and identity must be considered in the context of the development not even of Odesa region but of the entire Ukrainian Black Sea region But such a concept was never proposed or considered at the level of the central government "The Moldavian influence is pronounced in the urban buildings of Izmail and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi a community of Old Believers — Lipovans — stands out in Izmail They have preserved their ancient church in the center of the city Lipovans have some peculiarities in the architecture of their homes But Izmail is known to the average Ukrainian primarily as a city - a Turkish fortress And here everything is very bad with this monument more like a huge wasteland and garbage dump There are many ways of modern presentation of ruined fortresses and even archaeological monuments that are invisible on the surface And so such a "visualization" of the Izmail fortress in any modern way (the simplest — as a landscape park with special landscaping along the defensive lines and outlines of the blocks of former buildings with the restoration of individual objects or their fragments) would be a good proposal for submission to the European grant together with the creation of a continuous Danube pedestrian embankment along the entire city It is worth mentioning one of the most outstanding architectural monuments of Izmail — the Turkish mosque of the XNUMXth century But it also needs the restoration of the minaret and the gallery." The fact that the war forces to focus primarily on logistics issues does not mean that the development of the tourist cluster is canceled the expert believes: "It is impossible to separate the development of tourism and the development of the port city concept — this is the case when one reinforces the other as well as a harbor for private yachts and boats A transport and logistics infrastructure is needed for the full development of both the port and tourism Izmail still needs a bypass road from the Reniya intersection of the Bolgrad highway (in the west) to the village of Saf'yani (in the northeast) and further to Staraya Nekrasivka (in the east) We must separate the tourist transport infrastructure and the transport and goods infrastructure many of the current problems would not have arisen either the complex Danube route Reni — Izmail — Kilia — Vylkove is extremely important for the development of tourism And it should be duplicated by river tourist transport and passenger transport all the way to Odesa." the EU allocated grants for the development of tourism in Izmail in particular for the repair of the local history museum and the improvement of the city garden near the Intercession Cathedral such acupuncture projects play almost no role in the development of tourism: "As for the city garden its problem at the moment is that it interrupts Suvorovskyi Avenue as a transport highway so that both directions of traffic would be underground and the garden itself would not be crossed by highways It would also be good to connect the pedestrian green boulevard of Suvorovsky Prospekt more closely with the garden the city garden project would be more significant in the understanding of the European Union programs for the development of so-called "green" tourism which in this region are perhaps the most developed in the entire country transport logistics becomes an obstacle to its development but without an increase in the influx of tourists as well as a direct connection with Moldova and Chisinau No one is ready to promise that even in the case of a quick victory tourist activity will resume by next summer it may take several years to completely clear the water area which means that the ban on staying on the beaches and swimming will be extended Rest in beach clubs with swimming pools is not affordable and the war creates an ever-increasing demand for medical and health services as well as the healing mud and oil of the estuaries mineral water sources make the Odesa region a unique place for restoring health and improving well-being," reminds the main resource Maria Yanushkevich — I consider the revival of the sanatorium-resort base to be the main topic of the post-war development of the region It is logical that restoring the health of a huge number of people crippled by war should become a priority in our country." Balneological resort "Kuyalnyk" on the shore of the Kuyalnytsky estuary "We need to consolidate the efforts of specialists create an intellectual center to jointly formulate a strategy and ways of its implementation The problem is the lack of real interest on the part of the authorities," he adds Yanushkevich But all experts are united in one thing: without the modernization of the transport network and the creation of new corridors new crossings through estuaries and a series of median roads are connections that will help to stitch together the motley patches of Odesa This publication was created with the financial support of the European Union The content of the publication is the sole responsibility of DW Akademie / Mediafit Program for Southern and Eastern Ukraine and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union +380 (44) 465 53 41 +380 (67) 638 76 00 hello@pragmatika.media https://pragmatika.media The head of the village council in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district of Odesa region is suspected of misappropriating 1.4 million hryvnias which were allocated for reconstruction after the Russian attacks This is reported by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office the chairman developed a scheme to embezzle funds in which he involved the director of the utility company of the village council a contractor and a technical supervision engineer The suspects took possession of budget funds during the major renovation of residential buildings in the villages of Serhiivka and Chabanske They overestimated the amount of work actually performed their cost and the cost of the construction materials used thereby increasing the amount of money spent on building repairs almost 1.4 million hryvnias were deposited into the account of the contractor according to the acts of the completed works which the officials divided among themselves The prosecutor's office also added that the director of the KP and the chairman of the village council will also be responsible for the embezzlement and appropriation of budget funds intended for the payment of salaries which were accrued to persons who were fictitiously registered for work All members of the group were informed of the suspicion Today's print edition Home Delivery The pace of Russia’s strikes on civilian targets often with outdated and imprecise missiles Ukrainian and Western officials as well as Russian analysts say as its forces run low on more sophisticated weapons in their struggle to make progress in the fifth month of the conflict.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); More than 200 missiles were fired on Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the second half of June more than double the number in the first half of the month Oleksii Hromov said at a news conference Thursday In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division Цей веб-сайт зберігає файли cookie на вашому комп'ютері illegal logging and extraction of groundwater without a permit EcoPolitic has collected the 7 most significant cases of environmental damage that were made public during the week of November 16-22 The information was published by the press services of prosecutors' offices and units of the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine on the territory of the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park state environmental inspectors of the Southwestern District together with inspectors of the Odesa Fisheries Patrol water police officers of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi District Police and the Kurortne Border Guard Service detained an offender who was engaged in illegal fishing the offender caught 420 flounders without permission on Lake Alibey The inspectors calculated over UAH 18 million in damage to Ukraine's fish stocks The Economic Court of Rivne region upheld the claim of the State Ecological Inspectorate of Polissia District and ruled to recover from Dubrovytsia City Council UAH 4.9 million of damage caused to the environment by illegal felling of 840 trees of different species on forestry land plots owned by Dubrovytsia City Council near Shakhy and Velyki Ozera villages 3. In the Rivne region, the Varaska District Prosecutor's Office went to court and ordered the Zarichne village council to return to state ownership a 40.4-hectare land plot within the Nobel National Nature Park worth more than UAH 1 billion the local community had registered its communal ownership of the disputed land without any legal grounds 4. In Ivano-Frankivsk region, prosecutors served a notice of suspicion to an engineer at a Kalush enterprise He is charged with illegal extraction of minerals of national importance – groundwater The amount of environmental damage amounted to over UAH 4.9 million 5. A 50-year-old resident of Kosiv district, who illegally cut down trees in the territory of the nature reserve fund in October 2024, was also suspected he caused more than UAH 1 million in damage to the state 6. Prosecutors of the Voznesensk District Prosecutor's Office in Mykolaiv region succeeded in court in stopping the illegal use of the lands of the Buzky Gard National Nature Park which is part of the Emerald Network of Ukraine and belongs to the lands of the nature reserve fund The investigation found that Oleksandrivka village council illegally transferred 5 land plots with a total area of 10 hectares and a value of over UAH 180 million into private ownership for private farming 7. The Pidvolochysk village council in Ternopil region will pay UAH 4.7 million to the state budget for environmental damage caused by illegal landfills – the relevant court decision has entered into force Prosecutors proved that this local government body failed to properly fulfill its statutory obligations in the field of environmental protection and the relevant orders of the State Environmental Inspectorate in Ternopil Oblast to eliminate illegal landfills of household waste in the community for 2 years This led to land pollution and contamination and Earlier, EcoPolitic prepared an infographic about the environmental damage in Ukraine over 1000 days of full-scale war. They warned against excessive pressure on enterprises under martial law He can receive a prison term of 2 to 5 years Works are underway despite the negative conclusion on the EIA report This week, as usual, there were several illegal logging operations and two cases of illegal mineral water extraction The use of materials posted on the EcoPolicy media platform is permitted only if the link to the EcoPolicy is provided, and for online publications - the placement of a direct, open for search engines, hyperlink to the page where the original material is posted. The editors may not share the point of view stated in the author's material. The advertiser is responsible for the accuracy of information published in promotional materials. Speak of a humble beginning, hard work, persistence, and consistent success in boxing, and Vasyl Lomachenko will come to mind. He has built an impressive record over the years, and he is considered one of the highly ranked boxers in the world. 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