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Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Permit-free entry to EU for Ukrainian cargo extended till year-end, Kyiv says
(Reuters) - A freight liberalisation agreement allowing Ukrainian cargo to enter the EU without a transport permit has been extended until the end of the year, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The agreement, signed in 2022, cancels the requirement for Ukrainian carriers to obtain permits for bilateral and transit transport to the EU and avoids exports of Ukrainian products having to stop at road checkpoints. The arrangement is critical in a situation where Ukrainian Black Sea ports, key to imports and exports, have been blocked since the Russian invasion in February 2022. However, the sharp increase in traffic across Ukraine's borders with the EU has caused protests from hauliers in neighbouring countries. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said the extension was important news for Ukraine's economy and its exporters. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also welcomed the development. "This is the fourth extension of the Agreement, which proves its effectiveness and efficiency," he wrote on X.
Reuters
10-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Permit-free entry to EU for Ukrainian cargo extended till year-end, Kyiv says
April 10 (Reuters) - A freight liberalisation agreement allowing Ukrainian cargo to enter the EU without a transport permit has been extended until the end of the year, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The agreement, signed in 2022, cancels the requirement for Ukrainian carriers to obtain permits for bilateral and transit transport to the EU and avoids exports of Ukrainian products having to stop at road checkpoints. The arrangement is critical in a situation where Ukrainian Black Sea ports, key to imports and exports, have been blocked since the Russian invasion in February 2022. However, the sharp increase in traffic across Ukraine's borders with the EU has caused protests from hauliers in neighbouring countries. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said the extension was important news for Ukraine's economy and its exporters. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also welcomed the development. "This is the fourth extension of the Agreement, which proves its effectiveness and efficiency," he wrote on X.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ukraine railway says its online systems targeted in large-scale cyberattack
KYIV (Reuters) - The online systems of Ukraine's state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia have been targeted by a large-scale cyberattack, the railway said on Monday. Train traffic has been stable and running without delays, it said on Telegram. Work to restore the online systems has been going on for the past day. The railway said it will sell tickets offline on Monday before back-ups are recovered after what it called a "systemic, non-trivial and multi-level" attack. After the Russian invasion in 2022 and the closure of airspace over Ukraine, trains became the main mode of transportation for domestic and international passengers. The railways carried around 20 million passengers and 148 million tonnes of freight last year, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said in December. The outage was first reported on Sunday when Ukrzaliznytsia notified its users about the failure in the IT system and told passengers to buy tickets on-site or on trains.
Reuters
24-03-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Ukraine railway says its online systems targeted in large-scale cyberattack
KYIV, March 24 (Reuters) - The online systems of Ukraine's state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia have been targeted by a large-scale cyberattack, the railway said on Monday. Train traffic has been stable and running without delays, it said on Telegram. Work to restore the online systems has been going on for the past day. The railway said it will sell tickets offline on Monday before back-ups are recovered after what it called a "systemic, non-trivial and multi-level" attack. After the Russian invasion in 2022 and the closure of airspace over Ukraine, trains became the main mode of transportation for domestic and international passengers. The railways carried around 20 million passengers and 148 million tonnes of freight last year, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said in December. The outage was first reported on Sunday when Ukrzaliznytsia notified its users about the failure in the IT system and told passengers to buy tickets on-site or on trains.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine says Russian strike on Odesa port is attack on global food security
(Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Russia's missile strike on the Black Sea port of Odesa, which damaged a grain vessel and killed four people, was an attack on global food security. "It demonstrates how close this war is to Algeria, Syria, and other countries," Andrii Sybiha said on X, adding that the vessel was supposed to deliver wheat to Algeria. A ballistic missile struck the MJ Pinar bulk carrier that was loading wheat for Algeria, killing four Syrian nationals and injuring one other Syrian and a Ukrainian, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram on Wednesday. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. Global grain merchant Louis Dreyfus Company said in an emailed statement that the vessel had been loading at its Brooklyn-Kiev terminal at Odesa port, with terminal infrastructure also damaged. LDC said its terminal employees were safe, with the dead among the crew of the chartered vessel. Ukraine, like Russia, is a major grain exporter. It has managed to re-establish large-scale maritime exports during the war, despite Russian strikes on ports. Andriy Klymenko from the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, said Russia would continue attacks on Ukrainian ports. "(We) predicted and warned... that Russia would continue and intensify its attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea and Danube ports in an attempt to stop the operation of the maritime corridor and simultaneously create conditions for increasing its own maritime grain exports," Klymenko said on Facebook. He said that in the January-October period last year there were at least 113 Russian attacks recorded on the port, energy and other infrastructure in the Odesa region, which includes the sea corridor. "At the end of 2024, for the first time, 7 foreign vessels were damaged as a result of these attacks," he noted. The Ukrainian sea corridor has been operating since autumn 2023. As of December 3,500 vessels have exported 93.3 million metric tons of cargo via the route.
