In the Black Sea, a civilian vessel under the flag of Panama was detonated by an enemy sea mine.
The Ukrainian Southern Defence Forces reported this.
Ukraine increased export of frozen raspberries to Switzerland by 86%
According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023, Ukraine made a real "berry breakthrough" into the very difficult Swiss market. The fact is that Switzerland is not part of the European Union, so the food market in this country is very protected from imports, and the requirements for product safety and quality are very high. That is why the first real success of suppliers from Ukraine in this market is an important milestone for the further development of Ukraine's expansion into the world markets of fresh and frozen berries.
Following agreements between the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland and the Lublin Voivodeship with the support of the European Commission (DG MOVE), the Uhryniv-Dolhobychiv border crossing point was opened for empty trucks.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, held a meeting in Kyiv and Odesa with the newly appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, David Cameron, and held negotiations with him on the expansion of the international coalition in support of the Peace Formula, new ways of exporting Ukrainian grain and providing Ukraine with additional weapons, in particular, strengthening air defence.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has created a new mechanism for insuring ships against war risks. It will significantly reduce the current insurance premiums for carriers exporting to and importing from Ukraine by sea. The decision, which paves the way for cooperation with British reinsurance companies, was taken at a Government meeting on 14 November.
Astarta, the EBRD and EY have developed a climate corporate governance system for the company. This comprehensive action plan includes improving greenhouse gas emissions calculation for Scope 1-3, analysing climate scenarios, identifying physical and transitional climate risks, and developing a decarbonisation strategy.
As of the second week of November, Ukrainian farmers sowed almost 5.7 million hectares of winter crops: cereals - 4,514.2 thousand hectares, of which wheat - 3,968 thousand hectares, barley - 469 thousand hectares, rye - 77 thousand hectares. 1,151 thousand ha of winter rapeseed were sown.
While Russia is shelling Ukrainian ports, Poland is blocking one of Ukraine's main export routes.
This year, the import of grain from the Russian Federation in Latvia has increased rapidly. The import of corn increased in particular. Tvnet.lv writes about it.