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The majority of the Bulgarian community in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast is under Russian occupation The Bulgarians in the area are in 30 Bulgarian villages in Berdiansk the chairman of the Zaporizhzhia regional Bulgarian society Vasil Mitkov told BTA "The situation in Zaporizhzhia is complicated It is already felt that the Ukrainian army is preparing for an offensive This gives us hope and faith for the liberation of the occupied territories and victory," he also shared Many representatives of the Bulgarian community from Berdiansk Melitopol and Prymorsk managed to move in time to the city of Zaporizhzhia "I would say that many of our compatriots found shelter in Bulgaria these are our representantives and members of Bulgarian societies the main part of the community is under occupation From time to time we hear from our compatriots from Pryazovske The connection is complicated and not always possible What they tell us is that it is not easy for them under occupation They are afraid to talk more because the phones are tapped But also from what they tell us it is clear that they are facing great difficulties" said Vasil Mitkov and added that several Bulgarians in the occupied territories were arrested they are included in the list for exchange The Bulgarian community in Zaporizhzhia Oblast numbers 27,764 people according to official statistics from the last census in Ukraine in 2001 The main part of Bulgarians lives in nearly 30 villages between the cities of Berdiansk and Melitopol as well as in the towns of Prymorsk and Pryazovske The so-called Tavriyan Bulgarians settled on the territory of modern Zaporizhzhia in 1861-62 They are the descendants of the Bessarabian Bulgarians from the southern part of modern Ukraine and Moldova the Tavriyan Bulgarians organized Bulgarian societies Nine Bulgarian organizations were established the Prymorsk Regional Ukrainian-Bulgarian Polytechnic Lyceum was opened Bust-monuments of Vasil Levski in the city of Berdiansk Pryazovske district and of Hadji Dimitar in the city of Melitopol were built Follow Novinite.com on Twitter and Facebook Write to us at editors@novinite.com Информирайте се на Български - Novinite.bg We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria Bulgarian businesses are actively recruiting students to fill seasonal positions for the upcoming summer offering earnings ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 leva A Romanian family paid 3,084.60 leva (1,500 euros) for medical treatment at the Burgas University Hospital following a serious road accident A 33-year-old man from the village of Semchinovo has been taken into custody by the police for physically assaulting a 10-year-old child Bulgarian educational institutions have witnessed a growing presence of Russian cultural initiatives raising concerns about potential propaganda targeting young students Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the round of 16 at the Madrid Masters after securing a straight-sets win over Britain’s Jacob Fearnley The Bulgarian mobile operator A1 has confirmed that it is experiencing technical difficulties affecting both calls and text messages across its network The European Commission has strongly condemned the circumstances surrounding the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna European countries are struggling to mobilize even 25,000 troops to Ukraine for a potential peacekeeping mission President Donald Trump has made mixed statements regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions in the ongoing war in Ukraine The European Union is considering the possibility of separating Ukraine and Moldova in their EU accession processes due to Hungary's opposition to Ukraine's membership talks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a short-term "ceasefire" from 8 to 10 May Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a so-called "humanitarian" truce to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase The Prymorska onshore wind farm supplied 669.5 million kWh of electricity to the United Energy System of Ukraine in 2020 Understand the impact of the Ukraine conflict from a cross-sector perspective with the Global Data Executive Briefing: Ukraine Conflict The Prymorska wind electric plant (WEP) is a 200MW onshore wind farm located in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine The project was developed in two phases by DTEK Renewables located in the Prymorsk district of the Zaporizhia region began in 2018 and became operational in November 2019 The facility is connected to the Ukrainian national grid and generates electricity to power more than 350,000 homes in Ukraine The wind farm will help to reduce carbon emissions by 700,000 tonnes a year The Prymorska wind farm was constructed on the Sea of Azov shore in the Zaporizhia region Phase one of the project encompasses 26 3.8MW 130 110HH wind turbines supplied by GE The rotor and nacelle of each turbine are based on a tubular steel tower with varied hub height options The diameter of the turbine’s rotor is 130m The sound level of the turbines during normal operation is 107dB(A) The transmission infrastructure for phase one of the Prymorska wind farm included a 150kV central power distribution station and two 150/35/10kV substations GE supplied high-voltage equipment for the central power distribution station and substations Prymorska WEP is the first Ukrainian project to feature GE’s digital substation technology which generates automatic real-time alerts on the status of the equipment It also provides information on equipment disruptions or failures The digital substation (DS) technology integrates a digital data exchange system which is based on the IIEC 61850 uniform communications protocol It also includes a protection and control unit The DS technology offers reliability and situational awareness while ensuring greater utilisation of resources which cannot be provided by a conventional substation It digitalises all analogue data at the source and provides information to personnel through fibre-optic communication links The substation features a dual star architecture based on parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) which protects all interconnection controllers and protection terminals GE MiCOM P546 differential terminals are used as part of the DS technology The terminals provide high-speed current differential unit protection to the cable lines GE MiCOM P446 relays serve as standby terminals A compact HYpact hybrid switchgear is provided by GE for the wind farm The hybrid switchgear ensures economic substation designs better operational planning and enhanced space availability The solution also reduces environmental influences on switchgear and acts as an economic alternative to gas-insulated substations offered a €90m ($104.8m) loan in August 2018 for the first phase of the Prymorska wind farm The ten-year term loan is guaranteed by the German export credit agency (ECA) Euler Hermes DTEK Renewables borrowed €90m ($102.3m) from a consortium of German banks KfW IPEX-Bank and ODDO BHF Aktiengesellschaft to fund phase two of the Prymorska wind farm Euler Hermes and Spanish Export Credit Agency (CESCE) provided guarantees for the ten-year loan GE Energy Financial Services supported DTEK in raising project finance for both phases of the Prymorska wind farm GE Renewable Energy signed a contract with DTEK for the installation and maintenance of 26 turbines in January 2018 It is also responsible for the maintenance of the turbines for a period of 20 years DTEK placed a contract with GE Renewable Energy for the supply of an additional 26 turbines for stage two of the wind project in October 2018 GE Power’s Grid Solutions division received a €4m ($4.65m) contract to supply transmission equipment and systems for the distribution and substations of the plant in June 2018 a consulting firm offering advice on the development of wind projects served as an independent technical advisor for the project by conducting wind measurement and energy yield assessment in addition to technical due diligence Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network In the early hours of Monday, April 5, the Russian army launched a drone attack on Ukraine from four directions. A total of 116 drones and ballistic missiles were deployed, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. the enemy attacked the Sumy region with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from Russia's Kursk region the enemy launched 116 strike UAVs and decoy drones of various types from the areas of Kursk and Prymorsk in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces countered the aerial attack about 42 strike drones of the Shahed type and other UAVs were confirmed shot down over eastern Another 21 enemy decoy drones were lost locally without negative consequences The Sumy and Donetsk regions suffered from the enemy’s attack an air raid alert was declared in several regions due to a Russian drone attack The enemy used several groups of Shahed drones for the strikes A series of explosions also occurred overnight in Konotop, Sumy region, amid the enemy drone attack. Air defense forces and systems remain active Russians moved more than 10 vessels from Novorossiysk closer to the port of Yeysk as part of the so-called training several vessels of "non-civilian nature" were observed on the raid between Berdiansk and Prymorsk (first point on the map) a Ukrainian UAV attacked a Russian ship near the port of Yeysk (second point on the map) which reportedly set sail to accompany the cruiser Moscow (sunk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on April 13 Crimean Wind suggested that it might have been a large landing ship (BDK) the Telegram channel clarified that near Yeysk a ship measuring 96 meters was observed on the raid near Yeysk Its length was measured based on satellite imagery they added that large landing ships have lengths of 112 and 113 meters (Project 775 and Project 1171 Tapir) Patrol ships of Project 22160 Vasily Bykov are 94 meters long during the so-called "exercises," the Black Sea Fleet transferred a number of ships from Novorossiysk to the Sea of Azov On the night of June 6, another Russian vessel was destroyed in the waters of the Black Sea off Crimea This operation was carried out by special units of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence.