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☆ Expect a surge in M&A activity following the bitcoin halving: SunnySide Digital CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Talia Kaplan | Kaan Oguz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailExpect a surge in M&A activity following the bitcoin halving: SunnySide Digital CEOTaras Kulyk, founder and CEO of SunnySide Digital, a wholesale distributor of data center and digital mining hardware and infrastructure, weighs in on what to expect following the upcoming bitcoin halving. He also explains how SunnySide Digital has been preparing for the key technical event.

Persons: Taras Kulyk Organizations: SunnySide Digital, SunnySide

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBitcoin jumps to $63,000, but JPMorgan says the crypto could decline post-halving: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Taras Kulyk, founder and CEO of SunnySide Digital, a wholesale distributor of data center and digital mining hardware and infrastructure, weighs in on what to expect following the upcoming bitcoin halving.

Persons: explainers, Taras Kulyk Organizations: JPMorgan, CNBC Crypto, CNBC, SunnySide Digital

☆ A Child of Another War Who Makes Music for Ukrainians
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Carlotta Gall | More About Carlotta Gall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When the owner of an underground club in Kyiv reached out to Western musicians to play in Ukraine, long before the war, there were not so many takers. But an American from Boston, Mirza Ramic, accepted the invitation, spawning a lasting friendship with the club’s owner, Taras Khimchak. “I kept coming back,” Mr. Ramic, 40, said in an interview at the club, Mezzanine, where he was preparing for a performance during a recent tour of Ukraine. The country, he said “is one of the places that has welcomed me most and been the most supportive of my music.” And so especially after the Russian invasion two years ago, he added, “I wanted to come now, to show my support in these hard times.”

Persons: Mirza Ramic, Taras Khimchak, “, ” Mr, Ramic, ” Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Boston

☆ Deep January Frosts Did Not Affect Ukrainian Winter Crops, Scientists Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Winter wheat has historically accounted for about 95% of all wheat grown in Ukraine, but the yield depends largely on favourable weather conditions from autumn to late spring. "Such weather conditions have no negative impact on wintering of winter crops and today winter crops in Ukraine are in satisfactory condition," APK-Inform cited Ukraine's National Agrarian Academy as saying of the recent frosts. Ukrainian farmers sowed about 4.2 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2024 harvest, compared with 4.5 million hectares a year earlier. Ukraine's first deputy minister Taras Vysotskiy said late last year that the country could harvest up to 20 million metric tons of winter wheat from the sown area. Ukraine harvested more than 22 million tons of wheat last year.

Persons: Ukraine's, Taras Vysotskiy, Pavel Polityuk, David Goodman Organizations: National Agrarian Academy Locations: Ukraine

☆ ‘A hero every day’: He joined Ukraine’s Maidan protests at 16. At 24, he died fighting Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Anna Coren | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Taras Ratushnyy remembers receiving a phone call from his son Roman during Ukraine’s deadly 2013 Maidan Revolution. Both his parents were previously activists and journalists; his mother Svitlana Povalyaeva, also a writer and poet, took part in the Maidan Revolution alongside her two sons. A young Roman Ratushnyy, who joined the Maidan Revolution at just 16 years old. It was the 10th anniversary of the Maidan protests; Taras had just one day at home before he returned to the battlefield. CNNFighting for a European futureThe Maidan protests were sparked by Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych abruptly scrapping a trade deal with the European Union.

Persons: Ukraine CNN — Taras Ratushnyy, Roman, “, ” Roman, Taras, blaring, Svitlana Povalyaeva, Ratushnyy, Volodymyr Zelensky, –, ” Taras, Taras Ratushnyy, Ukraine’s, Viktor Yanukovych, Yanukovych –, Vladimir Putin, —, ”, Efrem, Marci Shore, Molotov, Yanukovych, Roman –, Boris Dralyuk, I’ll, Genya Savilov Organizations: Ukraine CNN —, CNN, European Union, Supporters, Europe, Getty Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv’s, Europe, Russia, Crimea, Izium, Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, Moscow, Independence, Russia’s, Maidan, ”, Ukraine’s, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian, American, AFP

[1/3] Polish trucks are parked as they block crossings at the Ukrainian border near the village of Hrebenne, Poland November 19, 2023. The Polish hauliers' central demand is to stop Ukrainian truckers having permit-free access to the EU, something that Kyiv and Brussels say is impossible. Jan Buczek, head of Poland's main trucker business association, said Kyiv was showing no readiness to compromise and was creating obstacles for EU truckers operating in Ukraine. POLISH POLITICAL TRANSITIONThe Polish truckers say they will continue protesting until their demands are met and want more engagement from politicians from Poland's main political parties. The Federation of Employers of Ukraine, an industry lobby group, has estimated direct losses to the economy at around 400 million euros ($437 million).

Persons: Yan, hauliers, Taras Kachka, Kachka, it's, Vitaliy Vavryshchuk, Taras Vysotskiy, Serhiy Derkach, Derkach, Jan Buczek, Donald Tusk, Kromberg, Schubert, Olena Makarchuk, Karol Badohal, Alan Charlish, Mike Collett Organizations: REUTERS, Union, Reuters, EU, Justice, Federation, Employers of, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Hrebenne, Poland, Ukraine, KYIV, Kyiv, Brussels, Goods, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine's Zhytomyr, Employers of Ukraine, Warsaw

☆ Why are Polish truckers blocking Ukraine border crossings?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Polish truckers burn wood to keep warm as they block crossings at Ukrainian border near the village of Hrebenne, Poland November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov Acquire Licensing RightsNov 30 (Reuters) - Polish truckers have been protesting near several border crossings with Ukraine over what they see as unfair competition from their Ukrainian peers, as well as hurdles for European Union truckers operating in Ukraine. Polish truckers started their protest on Nov. 6, demanding that the EU reintroduce a permit system for Ukrainian truckers entering the bloc and for EU truckers entering Ukraine. On Nov. 27, the truckers were joined by farmers who started a round-the-clock blockade of access to one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, Medyka. EU INVOLVEMENTEuropean transport commissioner Adina Valean said on Nov. 29 that Ukraine and the EU cannot be "taken hostage" by the Polish truckers blockading the border.

Persons: Yan Dobronosov, Taras Kachka, Adina Valean, Mateusz Morawiecki, Donald Tusk, Anna Wlodarczak, Karol Badohal, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS, European Union, EU, Kyiv, Medyka, Ukrainian, Warsaw, European Commission, European Business Association, Reuters, Law and Justice, EU Civic Coalition, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Hrebenne, Poland, Ukraine, Brussels

[1/10] Cadets of Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University take part in a swearing-in ceremony at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 8, 2023. "We want Ukraine to win, but not through the efforts of the same people," she said in an interview at her home in Kyiv. Women on the home front have also had to become stronger, she added: "But at what cost did we become stronger?" Only Ukrainian men aged between 27 and 60 can be mobilised by draft officers. Ukraine, which has said it has about 1 million people under arms, has barred military-age men from going abroad.

Persons: Viacheslav, Antonina Danylevych's, Danylevych, Oleksandr, who's, they're, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Dyma Cherevychenko, Oksen Lisovyi, Ben Wallace, Zelenskiy's, David Arakhamia, Anton Hrushetskyi, We'd, Hrushetskyi, couldn't, Charlotte Bruneau, Thomas Peter, Tom Balmforth, Mike Collett, White Organizations: of Military Institute, Taras Shevchenko National University, National Museum of, REUTERS, Army, Russian, shirk, Economist, dodgers, Reuters, Education, Facebook, Telegraph, Trust, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, KYIV, Ukrainian, Russian, Bakhmut, Kyiv's, United States, Russia, Romania

Russia, whose officials haven't commented on the corridor, warned this summer that ships heading to Ukraine's Black Sea ports would be assumed to be carrying weapons. Despite such attacks, Ukraine has exported over 5.6 million metric tons of grain and other products through the new corridor, U.S. “That corridor worked in an unpredictable way for us,” said Mykola Horbachov, president of the Ukrainian Grain Association. Before the invasion, the exporter paid $50 per metric ton to ship grain through the Black Sea. To ease that hurdle, an insurance program launched this month to provide affordable coverage to shippers carrying food from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

Persons: Roman Andreikiv, ”, Munro Anderson, Lloyd’s, Ukraine’s, haven't, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine Bridget Brink, Taras Kachka, it’s, Kelly Goughary, “, Oleksandr Kubrakov, it's, Mykola Horbachov, ” Horbachov, Osmachko, Anderson, ” Osmachko, Marsh McLennan, Zelenskyy, Mykola Solskyi, ___ Bonnell Organizations: —, Agroprosperis, Liberian, Gro Intelligence, Farmers, Ukrainian Grain Association, Ukrainian Locations: KYIV, Ukraine, Russia, Africa, East, Asia, Egypt, Spain, China, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, Kyiv, U.S, Sumy, Ukrainian, Europe, Lloyd’s, Nigeria, London, russia, ukraine

☆ Exclusive: This pizza box-sized equipment could be key to Ukraine keeping the lights on this winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Officials from multiple US agencies played a quiet role in getting the Cisco equipment into Ukraine, sources say. In this undated photo, an employee at Ukraine’s state-owned grid operator, Ukrenergo, works on the power grid. As the world’s largest maker of computer networking equipment, Cisco had resources to spare. The switch allows an electric substation – which has the crucial task of converting power from high to low voltage – to communicate with other parts of a power grid. Years of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s gridBehind the scenes, US officials are often coordinating the delivery of key technology to Ukraine.

Persons: CNN —, Illia Vitiuk, Biden, Palantir, Ukrenergo, Joe Marshall, intently, Marshall, he’d, ”, ” Marshall, Taras Vasyliv, ” Vasyliv, Andrew Kravchenko, Vasyliv, Ukraine “, ” NERC Organizations: CNN, Engineers, Cisco, US Air Force, Washington, SpaceX, Microsoft, Pentagon, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, Stanford University, GPS, Cisco’s, Ukrenergo, Bloomberg, Getty, GRU, US Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Locations: Austin , Texas, Ukraine, Russian, Stanford, Russia, Ukrainian, Denver, Ukraine’s, Kyiv, Silicon Valley, Alabama, East Coast, Germany, Rzeszów, Poland, California, ”, North America

☆ Top Ukrainian Cyber Defence Officials Sacked Amid Corruption Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday sacked two high-ranking cyber defence officials amid a probe into alleged embezzlement, a senior government official said. Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP), and his deputy, Viktor Zhora, were dismissed by the government, Cabinet chief Taras Melnychuk wrote on Telegram. The firings coincided with an announcement by anti-corruption prosecutors that they were investigating officials in cyber defence positions over their alleged roles in a six-person plot to embezzle 62 million UAH ($1.72 million) in 2021. The SSSCIP did not immediately respond to a written request for comment. Ukraine has stepped up efforts to curtail corruption as it pursues membership in the European Union, which has made the fight against graft a key prerequisite for negotiations to begin.

Persons: Yurii Shchyhol, Viktor Zhora, Taras Melnychuk, Dan Peleschuk, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Monday, State Service of Special Communications, Prosecutors, European Union Locations: Ukraine

☆ Top Ukrainian cyber defence officials sacked amid corruption probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Yurii Shchyhol, Head of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine, speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday sacked two high-ranking cyber defence officials amid a probe into alleged embezzlement, a senior government official said. Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP), and his deputy, Viktor Zhora, were dismissed by the government, Cabinet chief Taras Melnychuk wrote on Telegram. The firings coincided with an announcement by anti-corruption prosecutors that they were investigating officials in cyber defence positions over their alleged roles in a six-person plot to embezzle 62 million UAH ($1.72 million) in 2021. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yurii Shchyhol, Ivan Lyubysh, Viktor Zhora, Taras Melnychuk, Dan Peleschuk, Bernadette Baum Organizations: State Service of, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Monday, State Service of Special Communications, Prosecutors, European Union, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine suspends Black Sea grain corridor over threat from mines, warplanes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis-flagged bulker TK Majestic, carrying grain under the UN's Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Ukraine has suspended the use of its new Black Sea grain export corridor due to a possible threat from Russian warplanes and sea mines, the Kyiv-based Barva Invest consultancy and a British security firm said on Thursday. Wheat futures had been pressured this week by hopes that Ukraine would expand grain exports, as well as rain relief in dry crop belts worldwide. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that he had ordered Russian warplanes with Kinzhal missiles to patrol the Black Sea. Ukraine shipped up to six million tons of grain a month from its Black Sea ports before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Persons: Mehmet Emin Caliskan, Vladimir Putin, Ambrey, Taras Vysotskiy, Gus Trompiz, Jonathan Saul, Tom Balmforth, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Barva Invest, Barva, Ukrainian Seaport Authority, Russian Air Force, Thomson Locations: Kitts, Nevis, Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey, Ukraine, Kyiv, British, Moscow, Chicago, Russian, Snake Island, Russia, Black, Ukrainian, Paris, London

☆ Ukraine's Shakhtar support injured soldier treated in Barcelona
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Albert Gea | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk captain Taras Stepanenko and the Ukrainian side's goalkeeping coach visited an injured Ukrainian soldier recovering at a Barcelona clinic ahead of their Champions League fixture in the northeastern Spanish city. Shakhtar decided to pay for his transfer to Barcelona's Guttmann Brain Health Institute, where he is undergoing a long neurorehabilitation process. I really wanted to cry, because when you see him, he is a really strong guy who protect(ed) our country," Stepanenko told Reuters. In the five months that Shumei has been in Barcelona, his condition has improved significantly, Shakhtar said in a statement, especially after doctors performed a complex brain surgery in June. Shakhtar face Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday evening.

Persons: Taras Stepanenko, Vitaly Shumei, Stepanenko, Shumei, Sergio Albu, Andriy Pyatov, Shumei's, Serhiy, Albert Gea, David Latona, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukrainian, Champions League, Shakhtar, Brain Health, Reuters, Barcelona, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Barcelona, Spanish, Donbass

☆ Ukraine shows off a new ground drone meant to drive under Russian tanks and blow up
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine unveiled a new ground drone meant to attack Russian tanks. The drone, called Ratel S, is designed to move quietly and tackle harsh terrain. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine unveiled a new exploding ground drone designed to carry bombs and anti-tank mines into battle against Russia. X/@FedorovMykhailoFedorov said the drone can "blow up" Russia's tanks and equipment from a safe location. The Ratel drone passed its field tests and has been put into mass production, Fedorov said in a Telegram post .

Persons: —, Honey, Brave1, Viktoriia Kovalchuk, Mykhailo Fedorov, @FedorovMykhailo Fedorov, Fedorov, Taras Ostapchuk, Ostapchuk Organizations: Service, Russia, Ukrainian, 120th Reconnaissance Battalion Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ A Ukrainian sniper said he tracked and took out a Russian for wounding his friend
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ukrainian sniper described the moment he took out a Russian soldier who had wounded his friend. He said he brought the video of the kill back to his friend to show him that he had taken revenge. The soldier was speaking in a video interview to United 24, a Ukrainian government-run platform. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Ukrainian sniper recounted the moment he took revenge for a wounded comrade by taking out a Russian soldier with precision. One prolific sniper, the Ghost of Bakhmut, recently told Insider that his elite unit had killed 558 Russians.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Taras Organizations: Service Locations: Ukrainian, Russian

☆ Ukraine appears to be modifying the UK Challenger 2 battle tanks to protect a 'notorious' weak spot, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine is adding an extra piece of armor to its British Challenger 2 tanks to protect a weak spot. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine appears to have added extra armor to its British-made Challenger 2 to protect a weak spot on the 69-ton battle tank. The UK sent just 14 of the powerful tanks to Ukraine in January, used exclusively by Ukraine's powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn early September, footage appeared to show the first, and so far only, Challenger 2 tank to be destroyed in Ukraine. Other analysts have noted that quantity is more important than quality when supplying weaponry to Ukraine, including Challenger 2 tanks.

Persons: —, Forbes, Frobes, Taras Chmut, Justin Crump Organizations: British Challenger, Service, Challenger, Forbes, British Army, The, Air Assault Brigade, Wall Street Journal Locations: Ukraine, Dorchester, Russian

☆ Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Western armor isn't cutting it in Ukraine, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal. Taras Chmut said Western-made tanks are not designed for an "all-out" war of this intensity. Western allies should instead ramp up deliveries of simpler and cheaper systems, he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWestern-made armor is failing in Ukraine because it was not designed to sustain a conflict of this intensity, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal. According to a July report compiled by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Ukraine's allies have only delivered about half of the heavy weapons that have been promised.

Persons: Taras Chmut, —, Chmut, Christian Freuding, Zelenskyy, Christoph Trebesch, Rustem Umerov, Sergej Sumlenny Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Service, Foundation, Kiel Institute, Resilience Initiative Center Locations: Ukraine

☆ Poland summons Ukrainian ambassador over Zelenskiy comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Alan Charlish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWARSAW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Poland summoned Kyiv's envoy to the foreign ministry on Wednesday, after comments by Ukraine's president on a ban on grain imports angered the government in Warsaw, which is toughening its stance ahead of October elections. It said Jablonski also told Ambassador Vasyl Zvarych that "putting pressure on Poland in multilateral forums or sending complaints to international tribunals are not appropriate methods of resolving disputes between our countries". He did not name the countries although Kyiv has previously said the complaint targeted Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus told state-run news agency PAP that he took Kachka's comments as a way of "calming down a certain atmosphere that had been building for two or three days". Reporting by Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz; editing by Christina Fincher, Tomasz Janowski and Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Viacheslav, Kyiv's, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Pawel Jablonski, V, Zelenskiy, Jablonski, Vasyl Zvarych, Florin Barbu, Mateusz Morawiecki, Morawiecki, Facebook Morawiecki, Taras Kachka, Robert Telus, Alan Charlish, Christina Fincher, Tomasz Janowski, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, Rights, United Nations General Assembly Kyiv, General, European Commission, Romanian, Trade Organization, Poland's, Polsat, Facebook, Trade, RMF, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Velykomykhailivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, Poland, Warsaw, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Moscow, Romania, Bulgaria, Kyiv, Republic of Poland

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine's Zelenskyy set for awkward encounter with Russians at UN; China urged to pressure Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine intends to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural imports, officials said. Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka told Politico in an interview it was "important to prove that these actions are legally wrong," and that an appeal would be made through the World Trade Organization. Poland, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday announced import curbs after European Commission-led restrictions on Ukrainian imports into the countries — as well as Romania and Bulgaria — expired. The EU deal allowed products to transit via the countries but required them to be sold elsewhere. Ukraine has agreed to introduce measures intended to prevent a "surge" in EU imports, however the details have not been specified.

Persons: Taras Kachka, Viktor Orban, Saturday, Ľudovít Ódor, — Jenni Reid Organizations: Ukrainian, Politico, World Trade Organization, Reuters, Friday, Commission, EU, Slovakia's Locations: Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukrainian, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Africa

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Just playing is a small victory for Shakhtar Donetsk, though the Ukrainian champions won't stop there. The Ukrainian league restarted a year ago despite the war but all games are played in empty stadiums — and sometimes interrupted by air-raid sirens. For the second straight season, Shakhtar is playing its Champions League games outside of Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. “When we drew with England (in a national team game on Sept. 9), I really got a lot of messages from the soldiers. Despite the wealth behind Shakhtar, the club won't give up hope of returning to play in Donetsk some day, Chygrynskyy said.

Persons: —, Taras Stepanenko, ”, Stepanenko, “, Patrick van Leeuwen, “ It’s, Velyka, Dmytro Chygrynskyy, it’s, ” Chygrynskyy, hasn't, Rinat Akhmetov, Mykhailo Mudryk, Chygrynskyy, “ That’s Organizations: Shakhtar Donetsk, Associated Press, League, Porto, Shakhtar, Ukrainian, Champions League, England, AP, ” Shakhtar Locations: HAMBURG, Germany, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Hamburg, Poland, Lviv, It's, Portugal, Zaporizhzhia, Novosilka, Barcelona, Greece, Russia, Donetsk, Kyiv, Chelsea

☆ Ukraine says it will sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over food import bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KYIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine plans to sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in the World Trade Organization over bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced their own restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports on Friday after the executive European Commission decided not to extend its ban on imports into Ukraine's five EU neighbours. Kachka told Politico that Ukraine could also impose reciprocal measures on the import of fruit and vegetables from Poland if Warsaw did not drop its additional measures. Ukraine ships grain by train via crossings with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. Ukraine also shipped by rail an additional 1 million tons of oils and oilseeds.

Persons: Taras Kachka, Kachka, Robert Telus, Radoslaw Fogiel, Tom Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk, Anna Wlodarczuk, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: World Trade Organization, Politico, Kyiv, European Union, European Commission, EU, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest

☆ Lviv's hottest ticket: a concert hall resurrecting Ukraine's repertoire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Andrea Januta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Ivan Ostapovych, Lviv Organ Hall's co-director and conductor, rehearses with musicians of the Luhansk Philharmonic before a premiere of the opera Zorya at the Lviv Organ Hall, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 9, 2023. Performing during the war means tighter budgets, longer hours and quadruple the effort, said the hall's co-director Taras Demko. In early July when 10 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Lviv, the Organ Hall cancelled that night's choral concert. The hall spotlights Ukrainian music, including new compositions and little-known works. It was given its professional world premier at the Organ Hall earlier this year.

Persons: Ivan Ostapovych, Hall's, Alina Smutko, Taras Demko, Demko, Sievierodonetsk, Igor Shapovalov, Shapovalov, Mozart, Viktor Kosenko, Ihor Sonevytsky, Ostapovych, Andrea Januta Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Catholic Church, Performing, Reuters, Luhansk Philharmonic, Orchestra, YouTube, Communist Party, Thomson Locations: Lviv, Luhansk, Ukraine, Rights LVIV, Russia, Sievierodonetsk, Russian, Soviet Union

☆ Exclusive: Ukraine winter wheat sowing seen unchanged despite export crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

However, First Deputy Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters on Tuesday that the possible reduction of winter wheat may total only 0.1%. An expected reduction in the overall winter grain sowing area would come at the expense of other grains, he said, forecasting a drop of 5.4% in barley sowing this winter. Ukraine sowed about 4.1 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2023 harvest, while the area under winter barley stood at around 615,000 hectares. Ukraine is a traditional grower of winter wheat, which accounts for at least 95% of the country's overall wheat output. Ukraine already reduced its sowing area for corn in favour of sunflowers in 2023.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Taras Vysotskiy, Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Farmers, Traders, European Union, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Nikolske, Donetsk Region, Russian

☆ Someone hacked a news ticker in Russia to insult Putin after the value of the ruble plunged
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A news ticker was hacked in Siberia to insult Vladimir Putin, reports said. Putin is a "thief', said the hijacked news ticker in Siberian oil town Surgut. It came after the value of the ruble plunged against the dollar. 100 rubles to the dollar – you've lost your fucking mind," read the news ticker in Surgut, an oil town in Siberia, reported Max Seddon, the Financial Times' Moscow bureau chief. According to Russian independent outlet The Insider, the news ticker was run by the Russian news agency SIA-Press.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, you've, Max Seddon, Taras Samborsky Organizations: Service, Financial Times, SIA, Press Locations: Siberia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian

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