unian--2020-10-09--Over 6,800 COVID-19 cases, 133 fatalities reported in occupied Crimea since start of epidemic

Some 172 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day .
Experts @ @ @ @ @ Group ( CHRG ) say 6,806 COVID-19 cases , including 133 fatalities , have been @ @ @ @ @ the start of the coronavirus epidemic .
`` Some 172 new COVID-19 cases were recorded @ @ @ @ @ of Sevastopol in the past day , '' the CHRG said on Facebook on October @ @ @ @ @ occupying authorities ' data .
Read alsoUkraine starts deploying makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients – @ @ @ @ @ 32 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past day .
In total , 1,253 @ @ @ @ @ in the city since the start of the epidemic .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new @ @ @ @ @ confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ daily rise .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of @ @ @ @ @

Some 172 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day.
Experts from the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) say 6,806 COVID-19 cases, including 133 fatalities, have been registered in Russian-occupied Crimea since the start of the coronavirus epidemic.
"Some 172 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in the past day," the CHRG said on Facebook on October 9, referring to the occupying authorities' data.
Read alsoUkraine starts deploying makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients – health ministerIn Sevastopol alone, 32 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past day.
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In total, 1,253 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic.
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unian--2020-10-09--Poland's Duda to visit Ukraine on Oct 12-13

Zelensky and Duda will negotiate in Kyiv on October 12 .
Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay an official visit @ @ @ @ @ .
The presidents of Ukraine and Poland , Volodymyr Zelensky and Andrzej Duda , will @ @ @ @ @ of Kyiv on October 12 , during which a number of bilateral documents will be @ @ @ @ @ the President of Ukraine reported .
On October 13 , Zelensky and Duda will visit @ @ @ @ @ and take part in the Ukraine-Poland Economic Forum .

Zelensky and Duda will negotiate in Kyiv on October 12.
Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay an official visit to Ukraine on October 12-13.
The presidents of Ukraine and Poland, Volodymyr Zelensky and Andrzej Duda, will negotiate in the capital city of Kyiv on October 12, during which a number of bilateral documents will be signed, the Office of the President of Ukraine reported.
On October 13, Zelensky and Duda will visit the port city of Odesa and take part in the Ukraine-Poland Economic Forum.
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unian--2020-10-09--Economy Ministry says Ukraine-UK agreement to facilitate domestic goods exports

Quotas for some goods will increase from 13 % , to 20 % .
Ukraine 's Ministry for Development of Economy , Trade and Agriculture says 98 % of all Ukrainian goods will have free access to the United Kingdom market , after the transition period stipulated by the agreement on the UK 's withdrawal from the European Union is over , with another 2 % liberalized exports expected from 2023 .
Read alsoUkraine , UK sign major deal on strategic partnership '' The agreement provides for the liberalization of trade in goods and services between Ukraine and the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that envisaged by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement .
From the date of entry into force of the agreement , 98 % of the product range will be fully liberalized [ for exports ] for Ukraine , with another 2 % from 2023 , '' the ministry 's press service said on its website on October 8 .
The new deal will ensure the further development of relations between the countries , including the bilateral trade , the press service added .
Ukraine 's Deputy Minister for Development of Economy , Trade and Agriculture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement guarantees Ukraine preferential access to the UK market and is an important component of the mutually beneficial relations .
In particular , quotas on some goods will increase from 13 % to 20 % to stimulate Ukrainian exports .
Moreover , the terms of access to the UK and EU markets will be rapidly expanded , as the revision of the Agreement is expected as early as in 2022 .
The number of tariff quotas for Ukraine is 36 , plus extra four .
The UK side also sets additional zero tariff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU-Ukraine Association Agreement , the report said .
On October 8 , Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Boris Johnson signed an agreement on political cooperation , free trade and partnership between the states .
Zelensky during a meeting with Boris Johnson in London said Ukraine also needed a NATO Membership Action Plan ( MAP ) .

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unian--2020-10-09--Three people injured in fire engine blast in Luhansk region

Wildfires were raging in Ukraine 's east early in October .
Three people have been injured in a fire engine blast in Luhansk region , which has recently seen large-scale wildfires .
This was reported by the press service of Luhansk Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting .
The incident was reported at 09:50 a.m. local time on October 9 .
An AMUR-type fire engine exploded after it ran over an explosive device near the village of Bolotenne , Stanytsia-Luhanska district .
The injured are the driver , a Stanytsia-Luhanska forestry worker , and an employee of the State Emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regional hospital .
The vehicle is beyond repair .
• On September 30 , there were reports on 146 wildfires in Luhansk region , 116 of them had been extinguished as of the evening of October 1 .
• The police have already opened seven criminal cases related to the fires .
• On October 1 , the Stanytsia Luhanska checkpoint was temporarily closed over the danger of the spread of a fire .
It reopened on October 5 .
• According to the State Emergencies Service , the most difficult situation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the city of Severodonetsk , where forest fires have jeopardized 32 villages and towns .
• State Emergencies Service workers managed to contain the fire approaching an electrical substation and a gas pipeline near the villages of Nyzhnioteple and Artema .
• On October 8 , large-scale wildfires were eliminated in Luhansk region .

Wildfires were raging in Ukraine's east early in October.
Three people have been injured in a fire engine blast in Luhansk region, which has recently seen large-scale wildfires.
This was reported by the press service of Luhansk Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting.
Read alsoNew arson in Luhansk region: Fire approaching power substations, ammo exploding (Photos)
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The incident was reported at 09:50 a.m. local time on October 9. An AMUR-type fire engine exploded after it ran over an explosive device near the village of Bolotenne, Stanytsia-Luhanska district.
The injured are the driver, a Stanytsia-Luhanska forestry worker, and an employee of the State Emergency Service.
They were taken to the regional hospital.
The vehicle is beyond repair.
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unian--2020-10-09--Donbas prisoner swap blocked over failure to agree detainees lists – Zelensky's Office

Yermak reiterated the negotiation process was underway in the Normandy format and within the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group .
Head of the President 's Office Andriy Yermak says a prisoner swap in Donbas has been blocked for several months since the opposite side does not agree lists of detainees .
`` Unfortunately , to date , the mutual prisoner swap has not occurred for several months just because the opposite side does not agree the lists .
Some obstacles are constantly being created to this .
Now they say they are allegedly prevented from doing this by a Verkhovna Rada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constantly emphasize this is nonsense : how could such a humanitarian issue as the life and health of people depend on a document ? ''
he said at Chatham House , the Royal Institute of International Affairs ( London , UK ) , as reported by the president 's press service .
Yermak reiterated the negotiation process was underway in the Normandy format and within the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group ( TCG ) .
Read alsoWork of political subgroup , prisoner swap efforts blocked at Minsk talks – journalistAccording to him , four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and weapons along the contact line have been agreed on since the December summit of the Normandy Four leaders .
In addition , the sides have almost agreed on 20 areas for mine clearance .
What is more , the sides also agreed on the access of representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to places of illegal detention of persons in territories not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities , but the relevant agreement has not yet been fulfilled , he said .
• On July 15 , 2020 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passed a resolution scheduling local elections across Ukraine for October 25 .
Legislators note the elections in the occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas shall not be scheduled or held .
• Since August 19 , Russia and its proxies have been blocking the TCG 's work , demanding that the paragraph regarding the impossibility of holding local elections in the occupied territories be removed .

Yermak reiterated the negotiation process was underway in the Normandy format and within the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group.
Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak says a prisoner swap in Donbas has been blocked for several months since the opposite side does not agree lists of detainees.
"Unfortunately, to date, the mutual prisoner swap has not occurred for several months just because the opposite side does not agree the lists. Some obstacles are constantly being created to this. Now they say they are allegedly prevented from doing this by a Verkhovna Rada resolution on local elections. But we constantly emphasize this is nonsense: how could such a humanitarian issue as the life and health of people depend on a document?" he said at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London, UK), as reported by the president's press service.
Yermak reiterated the negotiation process was underway in the Normandy format and within the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group (TCG).
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Read alsoWork of political subgroup, prisoner swap efforts blocked at Minsk talks – journalistAccording to him, four new sites of the disengagement of forces and weapons along the contact line have been agreed on since the December summit of the Normandy Four leaders. In addition, the sides have almost agreed on 20 areas for mine clearance.
What is more, the sides also agreed on the access of representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to places of illegal detention of persons in territories not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, but the relevant agreement has not yet been fulfilled, he said.
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unian--2020-10-09--Ukraine starts deploying makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients – health minister

The number of hospitalizations has soared sevenfold since July .
Ukraine 's Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says his ministry has started deploying makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients .
`` We are now starting to prepare for deploying makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients .
The situation is more serious than ever since the beginning of the epidemic , '' he said , according to Ukraine 's TSN TV news service .
Read alsoUkraine may introduce 'weekend quarantine ' – lawmakerThe number of hospitalizations has increased sevenfold since July .
To date , 21,000 beds out of 37,000 are occupied by those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients were hospitalized in the past day alone .
These are people with the severe clinical course of the disease and they can not be treated at home .
The minister calls on Ukrainians to abide by anti-epidemic measures .
According to Stepanov , the situation with the spread of the coronavirus may quickly get out of control in case of neglecting the quarantine rules .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , marking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 , 2020 .

The number of hospitalizations has soared sevenfold since July.
Ukraine's Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says his ministry has started deploying makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients.
"We are now starting to prepare for deploying makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients. The situation is more serious than ever since the beginning of the epidemic," he said, according to Ukraine's TSN TV news service.
Read alsoUkraine may introduce 'weekend quarantine' – lawmakerThe number of hospitalizations has increased sevenfold since July. To date, 21,000 beds out of 37,000 are occupied by those infected with the coronavirus. Some 900 patients were hospitalized in the past day alone. These are people with the severe clinical course of the disease and they cannot be treated at home.
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The minister calls on Ukrainians to abide by anti-epidemic measures.
According to Stepanov, the situation with the spread of the coronavirus may quickly get out of control in case of neglecting the quarantine rules.
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unian--2020-10-09--Health minister: Over 15,800 children, 17,300 healthcare workers contract COVID-19

In the past day , 5,804 people tested positive for the coronavirus , including 320 children and 284 healthcare workers @ @ @ @ @ Stepanov says 15,831 children and 17,393 healthcare workers have contracted the coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) @ @ @ @ @ epidemic .
`` In the past day , 5,804 people tested positive for the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ 284 healthcare workers .
Some 852 new patients were hospitalized .
There were 89 deaths @ @ @ @ @ he said at a briefing on October 9 , as reported by the Health Ministry @ @ @ @ @ reports 126 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Oct 9The overall death toll @ @ @ @ @ many as 110,650 patients have already recovered .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , marking @ @ @ @ @ .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 @ @ @

In the past day, 5,804 people tested positive for the coronavirus, including 320 children and 284 healthcare workers.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says 15,831 children and 17,393 healthcare workers have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19) since the start of the epidemic.
"In the past day, 5,804 people tested positive for the coronavirus, including 320 children and 284 healthcare workers. Some 852 new patients were hospitalized. There were 89 deaths and 2,417 recoveries," he said at a briefing on October 9, as reported by the Health Ministry on Facebook.
Read alsoUkraine reports 126 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Oct 9The overall death toll is 4,779 people.
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As many as 110,650 patients have already recovered.
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unian--2020-10-09--Kyiv mayor reports over 500 new COVID-19 cases in past day, setting new anti-record

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,463 .
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said 567 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the city in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , the highest daily rise ever reported .
`` In the past day , another 567 residents of Kyiv tested positive for the coronavirus , including 29 healthcare workers .
There were 10 fatalities , '' Klitschko said on Telegram on October 9 .
According to the city mayor , 330 women aged 18 to 95 and 202 men aged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Read alsoHealth minister : Over 15,800 children , 17,300 healthcare workers contract COVID-19Eleven girls ( from six to 17 years old ) and 24 boys ( from one to 17 years old ) have tested positive for COVID-19 .
Klitschko said 78 new patients had been hospitalized , while the rest were self-isolating , undergoing treatment at home under medical supervision .
He added that 295 people had recovered in the past day .
In total , 9,411 Kyiv residents have already beaten the disease .
The highest number of the new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ district ( 115 ) , Obolonsly district ( 83 ) , and Dniprovsky district ( 69 ) .
The total death toll in the city is 463 cases .
• The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1 .
The Ukrainian regions were split into the green , yellow , orange , and red zones depending on hospital load , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics .
• Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone .
The mildest ones are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the red zone will have to introduce the toughest restrictions .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says the ministry has no plans to introduce a new lockdown in Ukraine yet .
• On October 1 , Ukraine redrew the map of COVID-19 quarantine zones and new epidemic zoning took effect on Monday , October 5 .

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,463.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said 567 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the city in the past 24 hours as of October 9, 2020, the highest daily rise ever reported.
"In the past day, another 567 residents of Kyiv tested positive for the coronavirus, including 29 healthcare workers. There were 10 fatalities," Klitschko said on Telegram on October 9.
"As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,463."
According to the city mayor, 330 women aged 18 to 95 and 202 men aged 19 to 83 are among those infected.
Read alsoHealth minister: Over 15,800 children, 17,300 healthcare workers contract COVID-19Eleven girls (from six to 17 years old) and 24 boys (from one to 17 years old) have tested positive for COVID-19.
Klitschko said 78 new patients had been hospitalized, while the rest were self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under medical supervision.
He added that 295 people had recovered in the past day.
In total, 9,411 Kyiv residents have already beaten the disease.
The highest number of the new cases in Kyiv was registered in Desniansky district (115), Obolonsly district (83), and Dniprovsky district (69).
The total death toll in the city is 463 cases.
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unian--2020-10-09--Experts predict gas price hike in Ukraine in winter

With the start of the heating season , demand for gas is on the rise .

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unian--2020-10-09--Ukraine reports 126 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Oct 9

Some 454 servicemen are now isolated ( including self-isolation ) .
The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 126 as of the morning of October 9 .
`` As of 10:00 Kyiv time on October 9 , some 803 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus .
In total , 2,743 people have recovered and 11 have died during the pandemic , '' the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases were registered in the past 24 hours . ''
Read alsoHealth minister names Ukrainian regions with highest daily COVID-19 spikeOf those newly-infected , 29 people have been hospitalized , while another 97 are self-isolating , undergoing treatment at home under doctors ' supervision .
Currently , their state of health is satisfactory .
Some 454 servicemen are now isolated ( including self-isolation ) .
The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 58 people .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , marking yet another highest daily rise .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 , 2020 .

Some 454 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation).
The number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases registered in the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose by 126 as of the morning of October 9.
"As of 10:00 Kyiv time on October 9, some 803 people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had acute respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In total, 2,743 people have recovered and 11 have died during the pandemic," the press service of the Medical Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on October 9. "Some 126 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours."
Read alsoHealth minister names Ukrainian regions with highest daily COVID-19 spikeOf those newly-infected, 29 people have been hospitalized, while another 97 are self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under doctors' supervision. Currently, their state of health is satisfactory.
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Some 454 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation). The number of those whose isolation term is expiring in the next three days is 58 people.
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unian--2020-10-09--Ukraine may introduce 'weekend quarantine' – lawmaker

A first batch of certified rapid COVID-19 tests is to arrive from Switzerland to Ukraine next week .
A new type of coronavirus-related restrictions , the so-called `` weekend quarantine , '' may soon be introduced in Ukraine over the spread of COVID-19 .
Member of Parliament from the Servant of the People parliamentary faction , Chairman of the parliament 's Committee on National Health , Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance Mykhalo Radutsky announced this during the 'Right to Power ' talk show .
`` We can not impose a strict quarantine – we 're aware of this .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When a family stays at home on the weekend – they do n't go anywhere , to any concerts , restaurants , or anywhere else .
This is what could be done – it 's neither a factory shutdown nor lockdown , '' he stressed .
He said there would be a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this Saturday , where , among other things , changes to quarantine zoning regulations will be discussed .
The lawmaker also said that colleges and universities , and other types of higher educational institutions should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , my proposal is supported by the NSDC [ National Security and Defense Council ] , I hope that the president will back it , this is necessary today .
[ This is ] what Shevchenko University has done .
They have switched to distance learning , '' he said .
Radutsky also announced the arrival of a first batch of certified rapid COVID-19 tests from Switzerland to Ukraine in the coming week .
`` These PCR tests will show results in 15 minutes , these are not ELISA , but PCR tests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accuracy is higher than that of PCR tests we use now , '' he summed up .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , marking yet another highest daily rise .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 , 2020 .

A first batch of certified rapid COVID-19 tests is to arrive from Switzerland to Ukraine next week.
A new type of coronavirus-related restrictions, the so-called "weekend quarantine," may soon be introduced in Ukraine over the spread of COVID-19.
Member of Parliament from the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, Chairman of the parliament's Committee on National Health, Medical Assistance and Medical Insurance Mykhalo Radutsky announced this during the 'Right to Power' talk show.
"We cannot impose a strict quarantine – we're aware of this. But we could introduce a weekend quarantine. When a family stays at home on the weekend – they don't go anywhere, to any concerts, restaurants, or anywhere else. This is what could be done – it's neither a factory shutdown nor lockdown," he stressed.
He said there would be a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this Saturday, where, among other things, changes to quarantine zoning regulations will be discussed.
Read alsoHealth minister names Ukrainian regions with highest daily COVID-19 spike
The lawmaker also said that colleges and universities, and other types of higher educational institutions should switch to distance learning.
"Second, my proposal is supported by the NSDC [National Security and Defense Council], I hope that the president will back it, this is necessary today. [This is] what Shevchenko University has done. They have switched to distance learning," he said.
Radutsky also announced the arrival of a first batch of certified rapid COVID-19 tests from Switzerland to Ukraine in the coming week.
"These PCR tests will show results in 15 minutes, these are not ELISA, but PCR tests. They are very inexpensive. Their accuracy is higher than that of PCR tests we use now," he summed up.
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unian--2020-10-09--Police not to trace Ukrainian users of Russian VKontakte social network – media

Police not to trace Ukrainian users of Russian VKontakte social network – media Earlier , the NSDC said government agencies would keep records of people using Russia 's VKontakte social network in Ukraine .
The police will not trace people using Russia 's VKontakte social network in Ukraine .
Secretary of Ukraine 's National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov 's statement that social network users will be traced could have been misunderstood , the RBC Ukraine news agency reports with reference to police sources .
`` The cyber police do n't deal with this .
Danilov got it wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
• On September 25 , Danilov said government agencies would trace people using Russia 's VKontakte social network in Ukraine .
• In addition , Danilov said the NSDC and other government agencies , together with international partners , were planning to completely close access to VKontakte in Ukraine in future .
• In turn , the administration of Russia 's VKontakte social network says it is inadmissible to persecute people for visiting its resource .
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Earlier, the NSDC said government agencies would keep records of people using Russia's VKontakte social network in Ukraine.
The police will not trace people using Russia's VKontakte social network in Ukraine.
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov's statement that social network users will be traced could have been misunderstood, the RBC Ukraine news agency reports with reference to police sources.
"The cyber police don't deal with this. Danilov got it wrong or was misunderstood," the source said.


unian--2020-10-09--Health minister names Ukrainian regions with highest daily COVID-19 spike

In total , 56,405 tests were conducted in the country in the past day .
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has listed the regions that are in the lead by the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past day .
`` Speaking per each region , the highest number of confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Kharkiv region ( 630 cases ) , the city of Kyiv ( 567 ) , Odesa region ( 403 ) , Sumy region ( 330 ) , and Dnipropetrovsk region ( 307 ) , '' he said at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported by the Health Ministry on Facebook .
Read alsoCOVID-19 epidemic may weaken amid flu season , official saysIn total , 56,405 tests were conducted in the country in the past day .
In particular , there were 32,658 tests done with the use of the polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) method and 23,747 with the application of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) method .
• Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 , 2020 .

In total, 56,405 tests were conducted in the country in the past day.
Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has listed the regions that are in the lead by the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past day.
"Speaking per each region, the highest number of confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Kharkiv region (630 cases), the city of Kyiv (567), Odesa region (403), Sumy region (330), and Dnipropetrovsk region (307)," he said at a briefing on October 9, as reported by the Health Ministry on Facebook.
Read alsoCOVID-19 epidemic may weaken amid flu season, official saysIn total, 56,405 tests were conducted in the country in the past day. In particular, there were 32,658 tests done with the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and 23,747 with the application of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method.
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unian--2020-10-09--Hryvnia strengthens against dollar on Oct 9

The official forex rate against the euro for Friday is fixed at UAH 33.28 per euro .

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unian--2020-10-09--COVID-19 epidemic may weaken amid flu season, official says

According to the official , the epidemic may reach its peak in January-February .
Head of the Ukrainian State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service 's Main Department in the city of Kyiv Oleh Ruban says the coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) epidemic may weaken amid the flu or SARS seasons .
Read alsoDaily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with almost 6,000 cases on Oct 9However , according to Ruban , COVID-19 differs from other acute respiratory infections in that `` this viral infection is very severe and very aggressive . ''
`` Unfortunately , we will see it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2021 .
There will be an increase in the ascertainment rate , a series of record numbers by March next year , '' he said .
According to the official , the epidemic may reach its peak in January-February 2021 .
• The World Health Organization ( WHO ) predicts that a coronavirus vaccine may be ready by the end of this year .
• The WHO says most cases of infection with COVID-19 occur due to 10-20 % of sick persons .
The spread of the disease takes place in `` foci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prisons and nightclubs ) pose a potential threat .
• Epidemiologist Andriy Aleksandrin says Ukraine may face a surge in new COVID-19 cases soon , namely up to 12,000 new cases per day could be recorded in November .

According to the official, the epidemic may reach its peak in January-February.
Head of the Ukrainian State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service's Main Department in the city of Kyiv Oleh Ruban says the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic may weaken amid the flu or SARS seasons.
"Today we are seeing a complete correlation of coronavirus with influenza and SARS," he told the Ukrainian Obozrevatel TV channel on October 9.
Read alsoDaily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with almost 6,000 cases on Oct 9However, according to Ruban, COVID-19 differs from other acute respiratory infections in that "this viral infection is very severe and very aggressive."
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"Unfortunately, we will see it for another two seasons, 2020 and 2021. There will be an increase in the ascertainment rate, a series of record numbers by March next year," he said.
According to the official, the epidemic may reach its peak in January-February 2021.
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unian--2020-10-09--Daily COVID-19 spike in Ukraine hits new high with almost 6,000 cases on Oct 9

The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 .
Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9 , 2020 , marking yet another highest daily rise .
The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9 , 2020 , according to the interactive map of the National Security and Defense Council .
Read alsoUkraine sees no `` coronavirus waves '' yet – senior health officialAs many as 110,650 patients , including 2,417 in the past day , have recovered .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatalities recorded in the past day .
The government reported 135,109 active cases as of October 9 .
In total , there have been 318,998 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020 .
The highest number of new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Kharkiv region ( 630 cases ) , the city of Kyiv ( 567 ) , Odesa region ( 403 ) , Ternopil region ( 305 ) , and Khmelnytsky region ( 330 ) .
The overall incidence per region is as follows : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city of Kyiv ; Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , the city of Sevastopol , parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available .
• The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1 .
The Ukrainian regions were split into the green , yellow , orange , and red zones depending on hospital load , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics .
• Quarantine-related curbs differ in each zone .
The mildest ones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regions included in the red zone will have to introduce the toughest restrictions .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says the ministry has no plans to introduce a new lockdown in Ukraine yet .
• On October 1 , Ukraine redrew the map of COVID-19 quarantine zones and new epidemic zoning took effect on Monday , October 5 .

The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538.
Ukraine said 5,804 new active COVID-19 cases had been confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours as of October 9, 2020, marking yet another highest daily rise.
The total number of confirmed cases grew to 250,538 as of October 9, 2020, according to the interactive map of the National Security and Defense Council.
Read alsoUkraine sees no "coronavirus waves" yet – senior health officialAs many as 110,650 patients, including 2,417 in the past day, have recovered.
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The death toll has hit 4,779 with 89 fatalities recorded in the past day.
The government reported 135,109 active cases as of October 9. In total, there have been 318,998 reports on suspected COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020.
The highest number of new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours was registered in Kharkiv region (630 cases), the city of Kyiv (567), Odesa region (403), Ternopil region (305), and Khmelnytsky region (330).
The overall incidence per region is as follows:
26,463 (+567) in the city of Kyiv;
23,342 (+630) in Kharkiv region;
22,172 (+249) cases in Lviv region;
16,107 (+403) in Odesa region;
15,939 (+182) in Chernivtsi region;
15,284 (+305) in Ternopil region;
14,835 (+142) in Ivano-Frankivsk region;
13,981 (+183) in Rivne region;
10,689 (+199) in Kyiv region;
10,629 (+156) in Zakarpattia region;
9,373 (+174) in Volyn region;
8,301 (+307) in Dnipropetrovsk region;
8,062 (+330) in Khmelnytsky region;
7,718 (+261) in Zhytomyr region;
7,331 (+134) in Vinnytsia region;
6,404 (+207) in Sumy region;
5,372 (+254) in Donetsk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts);
5,349 (+196) in Cherkasy region;
5,212 (+146) in Chernihiv region;
5,172 (+165) in Zaporizhia region;
4,293 (+139) in Mykolaiv region;
3,921 (+236) in Poltava region;
1,714 (+78) in Kherson region;
1,613 (+133) in Luhansk region (Ukrainian-controlled districts); and
1,262 (+28) in Kirovohrad region.
Data from Russia-occupied areas – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions – is not available.
Quarantine in Ukraine: Background


unian--2020-10-09--UN calls on Moscow to stop conscription to Russian army in Crimea

The secretary-general has also called on Russia to ensure in Crimea availability of education in Ukrainian and transfers of local residents , including detainees , outside the occupied territory .
The United Nations has called on the Russian Federation to cease practices of conscription to the Russian army of residents in the occupied Crimea , Ukraine 's Permanent Mission to the UN reports .
`` Russian authorities in Crimea need to ensure the availability of education in the Ukrainian language , end the conscription into Russia 's armed forces , restore property rights of all former owners deprived of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and end the transfers of local residents , including detainees , outside the occupied territory , '' Ukrainian diplomats tweeted , referring to the UN Secretary General 's report on the situation of human rights in Crimea .
Read alsoBritain to help Ukraine counter Russia 's `` malign influence '' Also , the secretary-general has called upon Russia to `` comply fully with the absolute prohibition of torture and ensure the independent , impartial and effective investigation of all allegations of ill-treatment , torture , arbitrary arrests and detentions , and enforced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian authorities are also urged to ensure that freedoms of opinion and expression and the right to freedoms of peaceful assembly , association , thought , conscience and religion can be exercised by any individual and group in Crimea , without discrimination on any grounds or unjustified regulatory barriers , '' the report says .
The UN secretary-general has called on Russia to `` lift restrictions imposed on the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its representative institutions , including the ban on the Mejlis . ''
• Envoy to UN names condition for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NSDC chief says Ukraine can not retake occupied Crimea by military means now • Zelensky elaborates on Crimea-related issues to be raised internationally • Rights activists submit motion to ICC on Russia 's crimes in Crimea

The secretary-general has also called on Russia to ensure in Crimea availability of education in Ukrainian and transfers of local residents, including detainees, outside the occupied territory.
The United Nations has called on the Russian Federation to cease practices of conscription to the Russian army of residents in the occupied Crimea, Ukraine's Permanent Mission to the UN reports.
"Russian authorities in Crimea need to ensure the availability of education in the Ukrainian language, end the conscription into Russia's armed forces, restore property rights of all former owners deprived of their titles owing to 'nationalization' and confiscations, and end the transfers of local residents, including detainees, outside the occupied territory," Ukrainian diplomats tweeted, referring to the UN Secretary General's report on the situation of human rights in Crimea.
Read alsoBritain to help Ukraine counter Russia's "malign influence"Also, the secretary-general has called upon Russia to "comply fully with the absolute prohibition of torture and ensure the independent, impartial and effective investigation of all allegations of ill-treatment, torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and enforced disappearances in Crimea."
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"The Russian authorities are also urged to ensure that freedoms of opinion and expression and the right to freedoms of peaceful assembly, association, thought, conscience and religion can be exercised by any individual and group in Crimea, without discrimination on any grounds or unjustified regulatory barriers," the report says.
The UN secretary-general has called on Russia to "lift restrictions imposed on the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its representative institutions, including the ban on the Mejlis."
Occupied Crimea: Other reports


unian--2020-10-09--Donbas war update: Ukraine reports three ceasefire violations on Oct 8

No casualties were reported in the past day .
Ukraine has reported three violations of the latest ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Thursday , October 8 .
`` In the past day , October 8 , the Russian Federation 's armed formations violated the ceasefire three times , '' the press center of Ukraine 's Joint Forces Operation ( JFO ) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on October 9 , 2020 .
In particular , enemy troops used rifles near the village of Pisky .
Also , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area in front of Ukrainian positions near the village of Opytne , using a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher adapted for the use of POM-2 mine shells .
Read alsoRussia continues covert arms , hardware supplies to occupied Donbas – JFO HQThe shots posed no threat to the lives and health of Ukrainian soldiers so Joint Forces did not return fire .
No casualties were reported in the past day .
Meanwhile , Joint Forces members jointly with State Emergency Service and forestry workers have been fighting against wildfires in Luhansk region .
Since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armed formations have been recorded , the JFO HQ said .
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military .
• Participants in the Trilateral Contact Group ( Ukraine , Russia , and the OSCE ) on the peace settlement in Donbas on July 22 agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire along the contact line from 00:01 on Monday , July 27 .
• The new ceasefire regime was enforced at 00:01 Kyiv time on July 27 .
• On the very first day of the newly-agreed truce , Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Ukrainian positions in Donbas , eastern Ukraine .
Ukraine has reported more such violations over the latest period .

No casualties were reported in the past day.
Ukraine has reported three violations of the latest ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Thursday, October 8.
"In the past day, October 8, the Russian Federation's armed formations violated the ceasefire three times," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on October 9, 2020.
In particular, enemy troops used rifles near the village of Pisky. Also, they remotely planted anti-personnel mines in the area in front of Ukrainian positions near the village of Opytne, using a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher adapted for the use of POM-2 mine shells.
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Read alsoRussia continues covert arms, hardware supplies to occupied Donbas – JFO HQThe shots posed no threat to the lives and health of Ukrainian soldiers so Joint Forces did not return fire.
No casualties were reported in the past day.
Meanwhile, Joint Forces members jointly with State Emergency Service and forestry workers have been fighting against wildfires in Luhansk region.
Since Friday midnight, no attacks by Russia-controlled armed formations have been recorded, the JFO HQ said.
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military.
Donbas ceasefire: Background


unian--2020-10-09--Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 36.5 mln

The overall death toll is 1,061,888 people , while 25,456,281 coronavirus patients have already recovered .
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world exceeded 36.5 million patients as of October 9 .
Read alsoEpidemiologist predicts up to 12,000 daily COVID-19 cases in Ukraine in NovAs many as 36,516,788 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported as of 08:23 on October 9 , according to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering ( CSSE ) at Johns Hopkins University .
The overall death toll is 1,061,888 people , while 25,456,281 coronavirus patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toll was recorded in the United States ( 212,773 people ) , Brazil ( 148,957 ) , India ( 106,490 ) , Mexico ( 83,096 ) , the United Kingdom ( 42,682 ) , Italy ( 36,083 ) , and Peru ( 33,009 ) .
The countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic include the United States ( 7,606,594 confirmed cases ) , India ( 6,906,151 ) , Brazil ( 5,028,444 ) , Russia ( 1,253,603 ) , Colombia ( 886,179 ) , Argentina ( 856,369 ) , Spain ( 848,324 ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many as 188 countries have been affected by the virus .

The overall death toll is 1,061,888 people, while 25,456,281 coronavirus patients have already recovered.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world exceeded 36.5 million patients as of October 9.
Read alsoEpidemiologist predicts up to 12,000 daily COVID-19 cases in Ukraine in NovAs many as 36,516,788 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported as of 08:23 on October 9, according to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The overall death toll is 1,061,888 people, while 25,456,281 coronavirus patients have already recovered.
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The highest death toll was recorded in the United States (212,773 people), Brazil (148,957), India (106,490), Mexico (83,096), the United Kingdom (42,682), Italy (36,083), and Peru (33,009).
The countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic include the United States (7,606,594 confirmed cases), India (6,906,151), Brazil (5,028,444), Russia (1,253,603), Colombia (886,179), Argentina (856,369), Spain (848,324), and Peru (835,662).
As many as 188 countries have been affected by the virus.


unian--2020-10-09--Oil prices pause in week-long surge Norwegian strike drives strong gains

Brent was down by 9 cents at $ 43.25 a barrel by 0152 GMT , having gained more than 3 % on Thursday .
Oil prices eased a few cents early in trading on Friday in a breather at the end of a week of big gains propelled by a strike in Norway that raised the prospect of supply from the major producer being slashed by up to 25 % .
Brent was down by 9 cents at $ 43.25 a barrel by 0152 GMT , having gained more than 3 % on Thursday .
U.S. West Texas Intermediate ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 41.14 after also falling more than 3 % on Thursday , as reported by Reuters .
Both contracts are on track for gains of around 10 % this week - the first rise in three weeks - yanked higher by the prospect of tighter supply on production outages in the North Sea because of the action by Norwegian oil workers .
Read alsoFinancial crisis : Ukraine significantly reduces imports , exports of goods '' This could see almost one million barrels a day of crude oil impacted , '' ANZ Research said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and labour officials said they will meet with a state-appointed mediator on Friday in an attempt both sides hope will bring an end to a strike that threatens to strip out about a quarter of the country 's oil and gas output .
Elsewhere , market watchers are also bracing for the impact on U.S. production of Hurricane Delta , forecast to strike the Gulf Coast within hours .
Nearly 1.5 million barrels of daily output has been halted so far .
• Reuters : Oil prices edge up as Hurricane Delta approaches @ @ @ @

Brent was down by 9 cents at $43.25 a barrel by 0152 GMT, having gained more than 3% on Thursday.
Oil prices eased a few cents early in trading on Friday in a breather at the end of a week of big gains propelled by a strike in Norway that raised the prospect of supply from the major producer being slashed by up to 25%.
Brent was down by 9 cents at $43.25 a barrel by 0152 GMT, having gained more than 3% on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 5 cents at $41.14 after also falling more than 3% on Thursday, as reported by Reuters.
Both contracts are on track for gains of around 10% this week - the first rise in three weeks - yanked higher by the prospect of tighter supply on production outages in the North Sea because of the action by Norwegian oil workers.
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Read alsoFinancial crisis: Ukraine significantly reduces imports, exports of goods"This could see almost one million barrels a day of crude oil impacted," ANZ Research said in a note.
Norwegian oil company and labour officials said they will meet with a state-appointed mediator on Friday in an attempt both sides hope will bring an end to a strike that threatens to strip out about a quarter of the country's oil and gas output.
Elsewhere, market watchers are also bracing for the impact on U.S. production of Hurricane Delta, forecast to strike the Gulf Coast within hours. Nearly 1.5 million barrels of daily output has been halted so far.
More news reports


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unian--2020-10-09--Government reviews quarantine zones: Kyiv back in "orange zone"

The zoning is reviewed every two weeks .
Kaniv of Cherkasy region and Sumy have been put into the `` red '' quarantine zone .
That 's according to Minister Oleh Nemchynov 's post on Facebook .
A new epidemic zoning will be enforced at 00:00 on Monday , October 12 .
The zoning is reviewed every two weeks .
Lutsk , Volodymyr-Volynsky , Kovel and Novovolynsk , Volodymyr-Volynsky , Kivertsivsky , Lutsk , Rozhyshchevsky and Turiysky districts of Volyn region ; Read alsoUkraine updates list of `` red zone '' countries in terms of COVID-19 threatBakhmut , Vugledar , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Slovyansky district of Donetsk region ; Zhytomyr , Berdychiv , Korosten and Novograd-Volynsky , Berdychiv , Zhytomyr , Korosten , Korostyshiv , Luhyny , Lyubar , Narodytsky , Ovrutsky , Olevsky , Pulynsky , Chernyakhivsky and Chudnivsky districts of Zhytomyr region ; Melitopol and Tokmak , Novomykolaiv , Orikhiv and Polohy districts of Zaporizhia region ; Ivano-Frankivsk and Burshtyn , Kosiv and Tysmenytsia districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region ; Vasylkiv , Irpin , Obukhiv and Fastiv , Boryspil and Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi districts of Kyiv region ; Lysychansk , Rubizhne and Severodonetsk , Belovodsky , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Novoaydarsky , Novopskovsky , Popasnyansky , Svatovsky , Stanochno-Luhansky , Starobilsky and Troitsky districts of Luhansk region ; Odesa , Bilyaivka , Izmail , Chornomorsk and Teplodar , Berezivsky , Ovidiopolsky , Podilsky and Tatarbunary districts of Odesa region ; Read alsoFree COVID-19 tests to be available in private labs , Cabinet decidesRivne , Dubno , Varash and Ostroh , Zdolbuniv , Kostopil , Mlyniv , Ostroh , Rivne and Sarny districts of Rivne region ; Ternopil , Berezhany , Kremenets and Chortkiv , Berezhany , Borshchiv , Buchach , Husiatyn , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kremenets , Lanovets , Monastyrysky , Pidvolochysk , Pidhayetsky , Terebovlya , Ternopil , Chortkivsky , and Shumsky districts of Ternopil region ; Kharkiv , Liubotyn and Chuhuiv , Balakliia , Blyznyukiv , Bohodukhiv , Zmiiv , Pervomaisky , Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts of Kharkiv region ; Khmelnytsky , Kamianets-Podilsky , Netyshyn and Slavuta , Volochysky , Horodotsky , Dunayevetsky , Krasylivsky , Letychysky , Novoushytsky , Starosinyavsky , Teofipolsky and Yarmolynetsky districts of Khmelnytsky region ; Cherkasy , Vatutine , Zolotonosha , Smila and Uman , Horodyshche , Drabiv , Zhashkiv @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kaniv , Katerynopil , Korsun-Shevchenkivsky , Lysyansky , Mankivsky , Monastyryshche , Smilyanovsky , Chernyvsky Chornobayiv and Shpola districts of Cherkasy region ; Chernivtsi and Novodnistrovsk , Vyzhnytskyi , Hertsaivskyi , Hlybotskyi , Zastavnivskyi , Kelmenetskyi , Kitsmanskyi , Novoselytskyi , Putylskyi , Sokyryanskyi , Storozhynetskyi and Khotynskyi districts of Chernivtsi region ; Chernihiv and Nizhyn , Bakhmatsky , Varvynsky and Nosivsky of Chernihiv region ; and Zhmerynka , Kozyatyn , Ladyzhyn , Mohyliv-Podilskyi and Khmilnyk , Barsky , Bershadsky , Haisynsky , Kalynivsky , Kozyatynsky , Litynsky , Pohrebyshchensky , Teplytsky , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Chechelnytsky districts of Vinnytsia region ; Kryvyi Rih , Novomoskovsk , Pavlograd , Synelnykove and Ternivka , Petrykivsky , Pyatihatsky and Solonyansky districts of Dnipropetrovsk region ; Dobropillya , Druzhkivka , Kostiantynivka , Lyman , Mariupol , Novogrodivka , Selydove , Soledar and Toretsk , Bakhmut , Velykonovosilkivsky , Dobropilsky , Maryinsky , Nikolsky , Oleksandrivsky and Pokrovsky districts of Donetsk region ; Berehove , Mukachevo , Khust and Chop , Volovets , Irshava , Mukachevo , Svalyava and Tyachiv districts of Zakarpattia region ; Zaporizhia , Berdyansk and Energodar , Veselivsky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Melitopol , Pryazovsky , Tokmatsky and Yakymivsky districts of Zaporizhia region ; Kalush and Kolomyia , Bohorodchany , Verkhovyna , Halych , Horodenka , Dolyna , Kolomyia , Nadvirna , Rohatyn , Rozhnyativ , Sniatyn and Tlumach districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region ; Bila Tserkva , Berezan , Boryspil , Brovary , Bucha , Pereyaslav , Rzhyshchiv and Slavutych , Baryshivsky , Bila Tserkva , Borodyansky , Brovarsky , Vasylkivsky , Vyshhorodsky , Volodarsky , Ivankivsky , Kagarlytsky , Makarivsky , Myronivsky , Obukhvychsky , Perekhvyrsky , Tarashchansky , Tetiivsky , Fastivsky , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Drohobych , Sambir , Stryy , Truskavets and Chervonohrad , Brody , Busk , Horodok , Drohobych , Zhydachiv , Zhovkva , Zolochiv , Kamyanka-Buz , Mykolaiv , Mosty , Peremyshlyany , Radekhiv and Sokal districts of Lviv region ; Voznesensk , Ochakiv , and Pervomaisk , Berezansky , Veselinovsky , Vitovsky , Vradiyivsky , Yelanetsky , Kryvoozersky and Novoodesky districts of Mykolayiv region ; Hadiach , Horishni Plavni , Kremenchuk and Lubny , Velykobagachynsky , Dykansky , Zinkivsky , Karlivsky , Kobeliatsky , Kozelshchynsky , Kotelevsky , Kremenchuk , Lokhvytsky , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Semenivsky , Khorolsky , and Shyshatsky districts of Poltava region ; Konotop , Okhtyrka and Shostka , Bilopilsky , Burynsky , Krasnopilsky , Lebedynsky , Nedryhailivsky , Okhtyrsky , Romensky , Seredyno-Budsky , Trostianetsky and Shostkynsky districts of Sumy region ; Izium , Kupiansk and Lozova , Barvinkivsky , Valkivsky , Velykoburlutsky , Vovchansky , Derhachivsky , Zolochivsky , Iziumsky , Kehychivsky , Kolomatsky , Krasnohradsky , Krasnokutsky , Kupiansky , Lozivsky , Novovodolazsky , Pechenizky , and Shevchenkivsky districts of Kharkiv region ; Kherson and Nova Kakhovka , Belozersky , Vysokopilsky @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oleshkivsky districts of Kherson region ; Starokonstyantyniv and Shepetivka , Belohorsky , Vinkovetsky , Derazhnyansky , Kamianets-Podilsky , Polonsky , Slavutsky , Starokostiantynivsky , Khmelnytsky , Chemerovetsky , and Shepetivsky districts of Khmelnytsky region ; and

The zoning is reviewed every two weeks.
Kaniv of Cherkasy region and Sumy have been put into the "red" quarantine zone.
That's according to Minister Oleh Nemchynov's post on Facebook.
A new epidemic zoning will be enforced at 00:00 on Monday, October 12. The zoning is reviewed every two weeks.
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Red zone
Kaniv, Cherkasy region; and
Sumy.
Orange zone
Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia and Nemyriv districts of Vinnytsia region;
Lutsk, Volodymyr-Volynsky, Kovel and Novovolynsk, Volodymyr-Volynsky, Kivertsivsky, Lutsk, Rozhyshchevsky and Turiysky districts of Volyn region;
Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk region;
Read alsoUkraine updates list of "red zone" countries in terms of COVID-19 threatBakhmut, Vugledar, Kramatorsk, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk and Slovyansk, Slovyansky district of Donetsk region;
Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Korosten and Novograd-Volynsky, Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Korosten, Korostyshiv, Luhyny, Lyubar, Narodytsky, Ovrutsky, Olevsky, Pulynsky, Chernyakhivsky and Chudnivsky districts of Zhytomyr region;
Uzhgorod, Velykobereznyansky, Perechynsky and Uzhgorod districts of Zakarpattia region;
Melitopol and Tokmak, Novomykolaiv, Orikhiv and Polohy districts of Zaporizhia region;
Ivano-Frankivsk and Burshtyn, Kosiv and Tysmenytsia districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region;
Vasylkiv, Irpin, Obukhiv and Fastiv, Boryspil and Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi districts of Kyiv region;
Lysychansk, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk, Belovodsky, Belokurakinsky, Kreminsky, Markivsky, Milovsky, Novoaydarsky, Novopskovsky, Popasnyansky, Svatovsky, Stanochno-Luhansky, Starobilsky and Troitsky districts of Luhansk region;
Lviv, Pustomyty and Yavoriv districts of Lviv region;
Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv district of Mykolaiv region;
Odesa, Bilyaivka, Izmail, Chornomorsk and Teplodar, Berezivsky, Ovidiopolsky, Podilsky and Tatarbunary districts of Odesa region;
Poltava and Myrhorod of Poltava region;
Read alsoFree COVID-19 tests to be available in private labs, Cabinet decidesRivne, Dubno, Varash and Ostroh, Zdolbuniv, Kostopil, Mlyniv, Ostroh, Rivne and Sarny districts of Rivne region;
Lebedyn and Romny, Sumy districts of Sumy region;
Ternopil, Berezhany, Kremenets and Chortkiv, Berezhany, Borshchiv, Buchach, Husiatyn, Zalishchyk, Zbarazh, Zboriv, Koziv, Kremenets, Lanovets, Monastyrysky, Pidvolochysk, Pidhayetsky, Terebovlya, Ternopil, Chortkivsky, and Shumsky districts of Ternopil region;
Kharkiv, Liubotyn and Chuhuiv, Balakliia, Blyznyukiv, Bohodukhiv, Zmiiv, Pervomaisky, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts of Kharkiv region;
Khmelnytsky, Kamianets-Podilsky, Netyshyn and Slavuta, Volochysky, Horodotsky, Dunayevetsky, Krasylivsky, Letychysky, Novoushytsky, Starosinyavsky, Teofipolsky and Yarmolynetsky districts of Khmelnytsky region;
Cherkasy, Vatutine, Zolotonosha, Smila and Uman, Horodyshche, Drabiv, Zhashkiv, Zvenyhrod, Zolotonosha, Kamyansk, Kaniv, Katerynopil, Korsun-Shevchenkivsky, Lysyansky, Mankivsky, Monastyryshche, Smilyanovsky, Chernyvsky Chornobayiv and Shpola districts of Cherkasy region;
Chernivtsi and Novodnistrovsk, Vyzhnytskyi, Hertsaivskyi, Hlybotskyi, Zastavnivskyi, Kelmenetskyi, Kitsmanskyi, Novoselytskyi, Putylskyi, Sokyryanskyi, Storozhynetskyi and Khotynskyi districts of Chernivtsi region;
Chernihiv and Nizhyn, Bakhmatsky, Varvynsky and Nosivsky of Chernihiv region; and
Kyiv.
Yellow zone
Zhmerynka, Kozyatyn, Ladyzhyn, Mohyliv-Podilskyi and Khmilnyk, Barsky, Bershadsky, Haisynsky, Kalynivsky, Kozyatynsky, Litynsky, Pohrebyshchensky, Teplytsky, Tyvrivsky, Tomashpilsky, Trostyanetsky, Tulchynsky and Chechelnytsky districts of Vinnytsia region;
Gorokhiv, Ivanychiv, Kamin-Kashirsky, Kovel, Lokachinsky, Lyubeshivsky, Lyubomlsky, Manevychi, Ratnivsky and Shatsky districts of Volyn region;
Kryvyi Rih, Novomoskovsk, Pavlograd, Synelnykove and Ternivka, Petrykivsky, Pyatihatsky and Solonyansky districts of Dnipropetrovsk region;
Dobropillya, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Lyman, Mariupol, Novogrodivka, Selydove, Soledar and Toretsk, Bakhmut, Velykonovosilkivsky, Dobropilsky, Maryinsky, Nikolsky, Oleksandrivsky and Pokrovsky districts of Donetsk region;
Malyn, Andrushivsky, Baranivsky, Brusylvsky, Yemilchynsky, Novograd-Volynsky, Popilnyansky, Radomyshlsky, Romanivsky and Khoroshivsky districts of Zhytomyr region;
Berehove, Mukachevo, Khust and Chop, Volovets, Irshava, Mukachevo, Svalyava and Tyachiv districts of Zakarpattia region;
Zaporizhia, Berdyansk and Energodar, Veselivsky, Vilnyansky, Huliaipilsky, Zaporizhzhya, Melitopol, Pryazovsky, Tokmatsky and Yakymivsky districts of Zaporizhia region;
Kalush and Kolomyia, Bohorodchany, Verkhovyna, Halych, Horodenka, Dolyna, Kolomyia, Nadvirna, Rohatyn, Rozhnyativ, Sniatyn and Tlumach districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region;
Bila Tserkva, Berezan, Boryspil, Brovary, Bucha, Pereyaslav, Rzhyshchiv and Slavutych, Baryshivsky, Bila Tserkva, Borodyansky, Brovarsky, Vasylkivsky, Vyshhorodsky, Volodarsky, Ivankivsky, Kagarlytsky, Makarivsky, Myronivsky, Obukhvychsky, Perekhvyrsky, Tarashchansky, Tetiivsky, Fastivsky, and Yahotynsky districts of Kyiv region;
Boryslav, Drohobych, Sambir, Stryy, Truskavets and Chervonohrad, Brody, Busk, Horodok, Drohobych, Zhydachiv, Zhovkva, Zolochiv, Kamyanka-Buz, Mykolaiv, Mosty, Peremyshlyany, Radekhiv and Sokal districts of Lviv region;
Voznesensk, Ochakiv, and Pervomaisk, Berezansky, Veselinovsky, Vitovsky, Vradiyivsky, Yelanetsky, Kryvoozersky and Novoodesky districts of Mykolaiv region;
Balta, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky, Podolsk and Pivdenne, Artsyz, Baltsky, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky, Bilyaiv, Bolgrad, Velykomykhailivsky, Zakharivsky, Ivanivsky, Izmail, Kodymsky, Lymansky, Lyubashivsky, Mykolaivsky, Oknyansky, Savyranyusky and Rozdryany Odesa region;
Hadiach, Horishni Plavni, Kremenchuk and Lubny, Velykobagachynsky, Dykansky, Zinkivsky, Karlivsky, Kobeliatsky, Kozelshchynsky, Kotelevsky, Kremenchuk, Lokhvytsky, Lubensky, Myrhorodsky, Novosanzharsky, Poltavsky, Semenivsky, Khorolsky, and Shyshatsky districts of Poltava region;
Bereznivsky, Volodymyretsky, Hoshchansky, Demydivsky, Dubensky, Dubrovytsky, Zarichnensky, Koretsky, Radyvylivsky and Rokytnivsky districts of Rivne region;
Konotop, Okhtyrka and Shostka, Bilopilsky, Burynsky, Krasnopilsky, Lebedynsky, Nedryhailivsky, Okhtyrsky, Romensky, Seredyno-Budsky, Trostianetsky and Shostkynsky districts of Sumy region;
Izium, Kupiansk and Lozova, Barvinkivsky, Valkivsky, Velykoburlutsky, Vovchansky, Derhachivsky, Zolochivsky, Iziumsky, Kehychivsky, Kolomatsky, Krasnohradsky, Krasnokutsky, Kupiansky, Lozivsky, Novovodolazsky, Pechenizky, and Shevchenkivsky districts of Kharkiv region;
Kherson and Nova Kakhovka, Belozersky, Vysokopilsky, Ivanivsky, Novovorontsovsky, Novotroitsky and Oleshkivsky districts of Kherson region;
Starokonstyantyniv and Shepetivka, Belohorsky, Vinkovetsky, Derazhnyansky, Kamianets-Podilsky, Polonsky, Slavutsky, Starokostiantynivsky, Khmelnytsky, Chemerovetsky, and Shepetivsky districts of Khmelnytsky region; and
Pryluky, Bobrovytsky, Borzniansky, Kozeletsky, Koropsky, Koryukivsky, Kulykivsky, Mensky, Nizhynsky, Ripkynsky, Sosnytsky, Sribnyansky, and Chernihiv districts of Chernihiv region.


unian--2020-10-09--Air Force gets modernized MiG29 fighter

Air Force gets modernized MiG29 fighter

Service life has been extended , while new Ukrainian-made equipment and systems have been installed .
The Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant SE , which is part of the Ukroboronprom Group , handed over to the military another upgraded MiG-29MU1 fighter jet .
That 's according to the plant CEO Dmytro Matrunchyk , Ukroboronprom 's press service reports .
`` On the eve of Ukraine Defender Day , the enterprise launched test flights of another modernized MiG-29MU1 jet , '' the official said , adding that , following successful tests , Ukraine defense officials have accepted the fighter for service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ base .
The plant has performed a set of repair works , extended the fighter jet 's service life , and installed Ukraine-made equipment and systems as part of modernization ( having replaced Soviet parts ) .
Thus , tactical and technical performance of the Air Force 's main combat aircraft was enhanced .
Read alsoUkraine searching western markets for new fighter jets – RzeczpospolitaFurther modernization of this type of aircraft is underway , Matrunchyk added .
In July , the plant handed over to one of Ukraine 's air force brigades a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and new avionics installed • Ukraine 's Ukroboronprom to repair three transport aircraft for Sri Lanka

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unian--2020-10-09--Venice Commission issues opinion on judiciary reform

It has welcomed the proposal to set up a Competition Committee for the HQCJ re-composition with the participation of international experts .
The European Commission for Democracy through Law ( Venice Commission ) has issued an Opinion on draft amendments to the Law on the judiciary and the status of judges and certain laws on the activities of the Supreme Court and judicial authorities ( Bill No .
3711 ) It has welcomed the proposal to set up a Competition Committee for the HQCJ re-composition with the participation of international experts .
`` The Venice Commission seizes this opportunity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such a reduction of the number of judges of the Supreme Court in any case could not terminate the tenure of sitting judges of the Supreme Court , except if a ground of premature termination exists , which is in line with the Constitution , '' the opinion reads .
The Commission has welcomed the focus of Draft Law No.3711 on re-composition of the High Qualification Commission of Judges aimed at renewing the procedure for selecting judges of first and second instances , and noted that the bill submitted aims to make the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judges .
Read alsoThe Economist : Ukraine 's anti-corruption court bares its teethAs Draft Law No .
3711 establishes a Competition Committee for the re-composition of the HQCJ , the Venice Commission welcomes that the Committee 's composition `` builds on its earlier opinions , especially as concerns the participation of international experts . ''
In view of the urgent character of draft law No .
3711 and the prospects of a wider reform , Draft Law No .
3711 should remain restricted to re-establishing the HQCJ only , the Venice Commission stresses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attrivuted to the HCJ , '' it concludes .
• Ukraine says no problem with Venice Commission 's conclusions on language law • Ukraine does n't make amendments to education law other than those recommended by Venice Commission – FM Kuleba

It has welcomed the proposal to set up a Competition Committee for the HQCJ re-composition with the participation of international experts.
The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) has issued an Opinion on draft amendments to the Law on the judiciary and the status of judges and certain laws on the activities of the Supreme Court and judicial authorities (Bill No. 3711).
It has welcomed the proposal to set up a Competition Committee for the HQCJ re-composition with the participation of international experts.
"The Venice Commission seizes this opportunity to reiterate that in line with European standards such a reduction of the number of judges of the Supreme Court in any case could not terminate the tenure of sitting judges of the Supreme Court, except if a ground of premature termination exists, which is in line with the Constitution," the opinion reads.
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"For any reorganisation of the Supreme Court the basic principles concerning the irremovability of judges have to be respected," says the Venice Commission.
The Commission has welcomed the focus of Draft Law No.3711 on re-composition of the High Qualification Commission of Judges aimed at renewing the procedure for selecting judges of first and second instances, and noted that the bill submitted aims to make the HQCJ subordinate to the High Council of Judges.
"However, the relationship between these bodies should be addressed only in the framework of a wider reform," the opinion states. "Until then, the HCJ should not obtain wider powers in respect of the HQCJ."
Read alsoThe Economist: Ukraine's anti-corruption court bares its teethAs Draft Law No. 3711 establishes a Competition Committee for the re-composition of the HQCJ, the Venice Commission welcomes that the Committee's composition "builds on its earlier opinions, especially as concerns the participation of international experts."
In view of the urgent character of draft law No. 3711 and the prospects of a wider reform, Draft Law No. 3711 should remain restricted to re-establishing the HQCJ only, the Venice Commission stresses. "No new competences should be attributed to the HCJ," it concludes.
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unian--2020-10-09--Grain harvest: Latest update

Grain harvest: Latest update

Sunflower harvest is the highest so far , the report reads .
The Ministry for Development of Economy , Trade , and Agriculture says some 71 % of grains have already been harvested in Ukraine .
This is about 53 million tonnes harvested from 17 million hectares , according to TSN.ua .
`` About 198,000 tonnes of millet has already been harvested , almost 86,000 tonnes of buckwheat and nearly 8 million tonnes of sunflower , as well as 1.3 million tonnes of soybeans and just over 5 million tonnes of corn , '' the report says .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Ukraine 's imports exceed exports .
That 's according to the State Customs Service .
Over the nine months of 2020 , imports stood at UAH 38 billion against UAH 35 billion worth of exports .
The three leading importers are China , Germany , and Russia .
Most goods were exported from Ukraine to China , Poland , and Russia .
This year , grain exports from Ukraine have decreased significantly .
Since the marketing year start , a little over 12 million tonnes of grain crops have been sold to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tonnes fewer than last year .

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unian--2020-10-09--Ukraine updates list of "red zone" countries in terms of COVID-19 threat

As of October 9 , the rate of active cases in Ukraine is 143.4 per 100,000 population .
The Ministry of Health has updated the list of the `` red zone '' countries where the spread of coronavirus infection over the past 14 days per 100,000 population is deemed `` significant . ''
That 's according to a report released on the website of Ukraine 's health ministry .
Read alsoFree COVID-19 tests to be available in private labs , Cabinet decidesAs of October 9 , the following countries are referred to the `` red '' zone : Andorra , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Czech Republic , Costa Rica , Spain , the Netherlands , Bahamas , Moldova , France , Belgium , Lebanon , Cape Verde , Panama , United Kingdom , Armenia , Iceland , USA , Colombia , Brazil , Kuwait , Luxembourg , Oman , Peru , Belize , Paraguay , Iraq , UAE , Maldives , DPRK , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Micronesia , Nauru , Niue , Palau , Rwanaada , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Turkmenistan , Tuvalu , Tanzania , and Vanuatu .
As of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in Ukraine is 143.4 per 100,000 population .
• Ukraine puts in the `` red list '' the countries where the number of new active cases per 100,000 population over the past 14 days exceeds that reported in Ukraine .
• All those who arrived in Ukraine from the `` red zone '' must either go for self-isolation for 14 days , or pass a PCR test within 24 hours , or come to Ukraine with negative test results at hand , received no later than 48 hours prior to border crossing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insurance policy on them upon entry .

As of October 9, the rate of active cases in Ukraine is 143.4 per 100,000 population.
The Ministry of Health has updated the list of the "red zone" countries where the spread of coronavirus infection over the past 14 days per 100,000 population is deemed "significant."
That's according to a report released on the website of Ukraine's health ministry.
Read alsoFree COVID-19 tests to be available in private labs, Cabinet decidesAs of October 9, the following countries are referred to the "red" zone: Andorra, Montenegro, Israel, Bahrain, Argentina, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Spain, the Netherlands, Bahamas, Moldova, France, Belgium, Lebanon, Cape Verde, Panama , United Kingdom, Armenia, Iceland, USA, Colombia, Brazil, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Oman, Peru, Belize, Paraguay, Iraq, UAE, Maldives, DPRK, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Rwanaada, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Tanzania, and Vanuatu.
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As of October 9, the rate of active cases in Ukraine is 143.4 per 100,000 population.
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unian--2020-10-09--Free COVID-19 tests to be available in private labs, Cabinet decides

An additional UAH 100 million will be allocated from budget to cover the cost .
The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a decision that will allow citizens to have their COVID-19 PCR tests run in private laboratories at government expense .
Health minister Maksym Stepanov says an additional UAH 100 million will be allocated from the budget to cover the cost , an UNIAN correspondent reports .
Read alsoKyiv , 23 regions not ready for lifting COVID-19 curbs – health ministryThe latest decision implies that private labs will also be involved in the testing routine , free of charge for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an additional allocation of budget funds in the amount of UAH 160.898 million to laboratory centers owned by the Ministry of Health , the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health , and the Mechnikov Ukrainian Research Anti-Plague Institute to procure additional laboratory equipment and consumables for PCR testing .
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An additional UAH 100 million will be allocated from budget to cover the cost.
The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a decision that will allow citizens to have their COVID-19 PCR tests run in private laboratories at government expense.
Health minister Maksym Stepanov says an additional UAH 100 million will be allocated from the budget to cover the cost, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
Read alsoKyiv, 23 regions not ready for lifting COVID-19 curbs – health ministryThe latest decision implies that private labs will also be involved in the testing routine, free of charge for patients.
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Also, the Cabinet made an additional allocation of budget funds in the amount of UAH 160.898 million to laboratory centers owned by the Ministry of Health, the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health, and the Mechnikov Ukrainian Research Anti-Plague Institute to procure additional laboratory equipment and consumables for PCR testing.
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unian--2020-10-09--Handziuk murder: Key witness strikes deal with prosecutors, testifies against masterminds

Before each court hearing , Pavlovsky , who is only charged with concealing the crime , would reportedly receive threats over the phone .
Former MP aide Ihor Pavlovsky , a key witness in the Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk murder case , has finally spoken up in court , testifying against who he calls masterminds of the deadly acid attack : Chairman of the Kherson regional council Vladyslav Manger and his accomplice Oleksiy Levin .
The interrogation lasted about three hours on October 8 , an UNIAN correspondent reports .
In particular , Pavlovsky said that he had overheard a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discussed and where it was noted that she should be `` taught a lesson '' .
Levin reportedly said she 's been `` barking too much at Mykolayich [ Manger ] . ''
The witness also testified that at that time he , as an aide to MP Mykola Palamarchuk , was asked to write an appeal regarding Handziuk , but he declined .
Read alsoHandziuk murder : Suspects Manger , Levin to be held in custody until Oct 18Pavlovsky added that he had learned about the acid attack on Handziuk on July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on vacation , and on August 3 or 4 , a few days into the attack , an `` anxious Levin ran into the lawmaker 's reception office , where Pavlovsky worked and `` asked if we had a lawyer . ''
Pavlovsky also said Levin had asked him not to tell anyone about this .
In addition , he said that on August 17 he witnessed how in his backyard Levin paid the perpetrators for the crime committed .
He reportedly gave money to Torbin , who , in turn , distributed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the court why he had previously remained silent on Manger and Levin .
According to Pavlovsky , ahead of each hearing , someone would call and warn him not to testify against Manger , threatening him that his family and his daughter would have problems .
There were five to seven such calls , Pavlovsky claimed .
He also said that other witnesses – Shcherbinin and Pylypenko – received similar threats , and that the latter was even slapped in the face .
Pavlovsky has testified that Levin offered him EUR 20,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manger believe Pavlovsky gave false testimony under pressure from the prosecutor 's office , which took advantage of his health condition , promising to provide treatment at the SBU pre-trial detention center , where he is being held as part of an investigation into another criminal proceeding – into organizing mass riots in the city of Oleshky .
Pavlovsky signed a deal with an investigation , vowing to testify against masterminds behind the murder .
Earlier , Pavlovsky was cleared of charges of involvement in the deadly attack on Handziuk .
He has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime .
Since July 2019 , the court had been unable to start hearings over the failure of Pavlovsky or his lawyers , or the prosecutor to appear in the courtroom .
Kherson activist , advisor to the Mayor of Kherson and acting manager of affairs at Kherson City Council 's executive committee Kateryna Handziuk , 33 , on July 31 , 2018 , survived an acid attack .
She suffered burns to more than 35 % of her body and underwent 11 operations in Kyiv .
Handziuk died on November 4 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death was a severed blood clot resulting from the acid attack .
On May 7 , 2019 , the Prosecutor General 's Office sent an indictment against five defendants in the case of the murder : Mykyta Hrabchuk , Volodymyr Vasyanovych , Vyacheslav Vishnevsky , Serhiy Torbin , and Viktor Horbunov .
On June 6 , 2019 , the court announced their sentences .
Torbin , the organizer of the murder , was sentenced to six years and six months in prison .
Hrabchuk , the actual perpetrator of the crime , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Accused of aiding , Vasyanovych and Horbunov were sentenced to four and three years in prison , respectively ; accomplice Vishnevsky 's sentence is four years ' imprisonment .
Oleksiy Levin , who has a criminal record , as well as Chairman of Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manger and Ihor Pavlovsky , who was an assistant to MP Mykola Palamarchuk , are also suspects in the Handziuk murder case .
Public activists believe that former Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Gordeev and former Deputy Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Yevhen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On January 20 , 2020 , Pavlovsky was detained in Kherson on suspicion of another case regarding the creation of a criminal organization ; on January 21 , Kyiv 's Pechersky District Court placed Pavlovsky under custody .
On January 27 , Levin was taken into police custody in Bulgaria 's Burgas for a 40-day term after detention on January 24 .
On February 22 , the Burgas court ruled to extradite Levin to Ukraine .
He was extradited on March 16 and Kyiv 's Pechersky district court on March 17 ruled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until April 2 .
On March 25 , Kyiv 's Shevchenkivsky district court extended the pretrial probe into the Handziuk case until July 29 .
On April 27 , the SBU Security Service of Ukraine reported it had completed its pretrial investigation into the acid attack on Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk and materials of the case would be forwarded to court .
As per the investigation , Chairman of Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manger and Oleksiy Levin , an aide to a member of the same council , are suspected of ordering the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that former Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Gordeev and former Deputy Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Yevhen Ryshchuk were involved in the crime .
This statement caused outrage among the victims , their lawyer Yevhenia Zakrevska , and the public .
They are convinced that evidence against Manger has not been collected and the case will fall apart in court .
But Manger 's defender , Dmytro Ilchenko , positively assessed the transfer of the Handziuk case to court .
He argued that materials of the criminal case regarding the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his client .
Manger and Levin are charged with offenses under Part 3 of Article 27 , Part 2 of Article 28 , and Part 2 of Article 121 of the Criminal Code ( `` intentional grievous bodily harm in a manner bearing the nature of special torment and resulting in the death of the victim '' ) .
On August 28 , the first hearings took place to consider the case against Manger and Levin on merits .

Before each court hearing, Pavlovsky, who is only charged with concealing the crime, would reportedly receive threats over the phone.
Former MP aide Ihor Pavlovsky, a key witness in the Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk murder case, has finally spoken up in court, testifying against who he calls masterminds of the deadly acid attack: Chairman of the Kherson regional council Vladyslav Manger and his accomplice Oleksiy Levin.
The interrogation lasted about three hours on October 8, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
In particular, Pavlovsky said that he had overheard a conversation involving Levin where Handziuk was being discussed and where it was noted that she should be "taught a lesson". Levin reportedly said she's been "barking too much at Mykolayich [Manger]."
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The witness also testified that at that time he, as an aide to MP Mykola Palamarchuk, was asked to write an appeal regarding Handziuk, but he declined.
Read alsoHandziuk murder: Suspects Manger, Levin to be held in custody until Oct 18Pavlovsky added that he had learned about the acid attack on Handziuk on July 31, 2018, while he was on vacation, and on August 3 or 4, a few days into the attack, an "anxious Levin ran into the lawmaker's reception office, where Pavlovsky worked and "asked if we had a lawyer."
"We asked what happened. He replied: 'They nabbed [Serhiy] Torbin [co-organizer of the attack on Handziuk, who hired the immediate perpetrators].' We asked why would they need a lawyer. 'They poured acid on Handziuk,' Levin answered. I asked: 'Why?' Levin replied that 'Mykolaich and I ordered Kateryna Handziuk]'."
Pavlovsky also said Levin had asked him not to tell anyone about this.
In addition, he said that on August 17 he witnessed how in his backyard Levin paid the perpetrators for the crime committed. He reportedly gave money to Torbin, who, in turn, distributed cash among perpetrators.
Pavlovsky also explained to the court why he had previously remained silent on Manger and Levin.
According to Pavlovsky, ahead of each hearing, someone would call and warn him not to testify against Manger, threatening him that his family and his daughter would have problems. There were five to seven such calls, Pavlovsky claimed.
He also said that other witnesses – Shcherbinin and Pylypenko – received similar threats, and that the latter was even slapped in the face.
Pavlovsky has testified that Levin offered him EUR 20,000 for silence.
Lawyers for Levin and Manger believe Pavlovsky gave false testimony under pressure from the prosecutor's office, which took advantage of his health condition, promising to provide treatment at the SBU pre-trial detention center, where he is being held as part of an investigation into another criminal proceeding – into organizing mass riots in the city of Oleshky.
Handziuk case in brief
Pavlovsky signed a deal with an investigation, vowing to testify against masterminds behind the murder.
Earlier, Pavlovsky was cleared of charges of involvement in the deadly attack on Handziuk. He has been charged with failure to report a crime.
Since July 2019, the court had been unable to start hearings over the failure of Pavlovsky or his lawyers, or the prosecutor to appear in the courtroom.
Kherson activist, advisor to the Mayor of Kherson and acting manager of affairs at Kherson City Council's executive committee Kateryna Handziuk, 33, on July 31, 2018, survived an acid attack. She suffered burns to more than 35% of her body and underwent 11 operations in Kyiv. Handziuk died on November 4, 2018. The immediate cause of her death was a severed blood clot resulting from the acid attack.
On May 7, 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office sent an indictment against five defendants in the case of the murder: Mykyta Hrabchuk, Volodymyr Vasyanovych, Vyacheslav Vishnevsky, Serhiy Torbin, and Viktor Horbunov. On June 6, 2019, the court announced their sentences. Torbin, the organizer of the murder, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison. Hrabchuk, the actual perpetrator of the crime, was sentenced to six years in prison. Accused of aiding, Vasyanovych and Horbunov were sentenced to four and three years in prison, respectively; accomplice Vishnevsky's sentence is four years' imprisonment.
Oleksiy Levin, who has a criminal record, as well as Chairman of Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manger and Ihor Pavlovsky, who was an assistant to MP Mykola Palamarchuk, are also suspects in the Handziuk murder case.
Public activists believe that former Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Gordeev and former Deputy Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Yevhen Ryshchuk were also involved in the crime.
On January 20, 2020, Pavlovsky was detained in Kherson on suspicion of another case regarding the creation of a criminal organization; on January 21, Kyiv's Pechersky District Court placed Pavlovsky under custody.
On January 27, Levin was taken into police custody in Bulgaria's Burgas for a 40-day term after detention on January 24. On February 22, the Burgas court ruled to extradite Levin to Ukraine. He was extradited on March 16 and Kyiv's Pechersky district court on March 17 ruled that he should be remanded in custody until April 2. On March 25, Kyiv's Shevchenkivsky district court extended the pretrial probe into the Handziuk case until July 29.
On April 27, the SBU Security Service of Ukraine reported it had completed its pretrial investigation into the acid attack on Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk and materials of the case would be forwarded to court. As per the investigation, Chairman of Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manger and Oleksiy Levin, an aide to a member of the same council, are suspected of ordering the crime.
Moreover, public activists believe that former Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Gordeev and former Deputy Chairman of Kherson Regional State Administration Yevhen Ryshchuk were involved in the crime.
This statement caused outrage among the victims, their lawyer Yevhenia Zakrevska, and the public. They are convinced that evidence against Manger has not been collected and the case will fall apart in court.
But Manger's defender, Dmytro Ilchenko, positively assessed the transfer of the Handziuk case to court. He argued that materials of the criminal case regarding the murder of the activist did not mention his client.
Manger and Levin are charged with offenses under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, and Part 2 of Article 121 of the Criminal Code ("intentional grievous bodily harm in a manner bearing the nature of special torment and resulting in the death of the victim").
On August 28, the first hearings took place to consider the case against Manger and Levin on merits.


unian--2020-10-09--Ukraine's Windrose launches Kyiv-Ljubljana flights

Flights will operate twice a week : on Tuesdays and Saturdays .
Ukraine 's Windrose Airlines , which is based at Kyiv 's Boryspil International Airport , will launch flights from the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv to the Slovenian capital city of Ljubljana on October 24 , 2020 .
`` Windrose will open a new flight between Kyiv and Ljubljana from October 24 .
Flights will operate twice a week : on Tuesdays and Saturdays , '' the company 's press service said on Facebook on October 8 .
Read alsoSkyUp to launch flights from Kyiv to Turkey 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aircraft , departing from the Boryspil Airport .
From October 1 , Ukrainians may cross the border with Slovenia without observing a 10-day self-isolation , with negative PCR tests done no earlier than 48 hours prior to the trip in Ukraine-based institutions or organizations designated in the list available here .
Windrose also launched flights from Kyiv to Ukraine 's southern city of Kherson on October 5 , 2020 .
• Windrose Airlines ( Windrose Aviation Company ) is a Ukrainian charter airline based at Boryspil International Airport .
It was founded on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2007 , the airline obtained an operator 's certificate and launched regular and charter flights under the Windrose Airlines brand .

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unian--2020-10-09--Spent nuclear fuel storage to be built near Chornobyl by year-end: Energoatom

The commissioning of the site will be a breakthrough for Ukraine , the regulator 's chief assures .
Acting President of Ukraine 's nuclear power giant Energoatom Petro Kotin says the construction of the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility ( CSFSF ) in the exclusion zone around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant ( NPP ) in Kyiv region will have been completed by the end of 2020 .
`` According to our schedule , which has been adjusted , we expect to complete all works there this year .
But there is an issue we have no power over : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between of the settlements of Vilcha and Yaniv .
The construction must be completed so that we can bring fuel here from our nuclear power plants , '' he told journalists on October 9 .
According to Kotin , it is necessary to build railway tracks to the storage facility on the forest plot , which is managed by the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management ( SAUEZM ) .
Read alsoChornobyl 's New Safe Confinement handed over to Ukraine ( Photo , video ) Ukrainian state-owned railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , the railroad has been idle for several decades , now being in a dilapidated condition .
The state specialized enterprise Pivnichna Pushcha , subordinated to the SAUEZM , is supposed to fell trees , bushes and shrubs on the track itself and the adjacent territory , but due to insufficient funding , works have not been completed .
Accordingly , Ukrzaliznytsia can not start laying the railway line .
Kotin says the commissioning of the CSFSF will be a breakthrough for Ukraine , as it will increase the country 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 200 million a year , which Ukraine spends annually on the export of spent nuclear fuel to Russia .
`` We are now at the final stage of this huge construction for Ukraine .
This will save us about US $ 150-200 million a year , which we now have to pay to the Russian Federation for transporting our spent nuclear fuel there from the three of our nuclear power plants , '' he added .
Early in June 2017 , Ukraine 's government approved a project for the construction of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Using this advanced storage technology , Holtec International will safely store nuclear fuel from Ukraine 's Rivne , Khmelnytsky and Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plants for 100 years .
Since 2001 , Zaporizhia NPP has been using a local storage of spent nuclear fuel .
As Ukraine has no storage facility now , it has to spend about US $ 200 million every year to pay for the removal and processing of spent nuclear fuel in Russia .
In December 2017 , Energoatom , together with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Central Storage Safety Project Trust for US $ 250 million , which will be used for the construction of the Central Storage Facility .

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unian--2020-10-09--SkyUp to launch flights from Kyiv to Turkey's Kayseri

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unian--2020-10-10--Kyiv mayor reports 532 new COVID-19 cases, six fatalities in past day

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,995 .
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the number of confirmed coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) cases in the city rose by 532 in the past day .
`` In the past day , another 532 residents of Kyiv tested positive for the coronavirus , including 21 healthcare workers .
There were six fatalities , '' Klitschko said on Telegram on October 10 .
Read alsoGovernment reviews quarantine zones : Kyiv back in `` orange zone '' ( Map ) '' As of today , the total number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 26,995 . ''
According to the city mayor , 279 women aged 18 to 90 and 214 men aged 18 to 80 are among those infected .
Twenty-five girls ( from one to 17 years old ) and 14 boys ( from one to 17 years old ) have tested positive for COVID-19 .
Klitschko said 82 new patients had been hospitalized , while the rest were self-isolating , undergoing treatment at home under medical supervision .
He added that 216 people had recovered in the past day .
In total , 9,627 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The highest number of the new cases in Kyiv was registered in Desniansky district ( 117 ) , Darnytsky district ( 89 ) , and Dniprovsky district ( 67 ) .
The total death toll in the city is 469 cases .
• The adaptive quarantine was introduced on August 1 .
The Ukrainian regions were split into the green , yellow , orange , and red zones depending on hospital load , the average number of PCR and ELISA tests , the ascertainment rate of COVID-19 , and daily spread dynamics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zone .
The mildest ones are in the green zone , the regions included in the red zone will have to introduce the toughest restrictions .
• On August 26 , the Cabinet of Ministers extended the adaptive quarantine until November 1 .
• Health Minister Maksym Stepanov says the ministry has no plans to introduce a new lockdown in Ukraine yet .
• On October 1 , Ukraine redrew the map of COVID-19 quarantine zones and new epidemic zoning took effect on Monday , October 5 .

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,995.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the city rose by 532 in the past day.
"In the past day, another 532 residents of Kyiv tested positive for the coronavirus, including 21 healthcare workers. There were six fatalities," Klitschko said on Telegram on October 10.
Read alsoGovernment reviews quarantine zones: Kyiv back in "orange zone" (Map)"As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city is 26,995."
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According to the city mayor, 279 women aged 18 to 90 and 214 men aged 18 to 80 are among those infected.
Twenty-five girls (from one to 17 years old) and 14 boys (from one to 17 years old) have tested positive for COVID-19.
Klitschko said 82 new patients had been hospitalized, while the rest were self-isolating, undergoing treatment at home under medical supervision.
He added that 216 people had recovered in the past day.
In total, 9,627 Kyiv residents have already beaten the disease.
The highest number of the new cases in Kyiv was registered in Desniansky district (117), Darnytsky district (89), and Dniprovsky district (67).
The total death toll in the city is 469 cases.
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