Posted on 08/12/2023 6:16:48 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Zot this anti-Free Republic account.
The hooker punched him back and beat the crap out of him. Both were arrested. It ended his unfortunate career.
Problem of Human Trafficking in Russa
1. 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Russia
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/
2. The Russian Connection: How Russia Became a Leader in the World’s Human Trafficking Market
De Mauro, Anthony, “The Russian Connection: How Russia Became a Leader in the World’s Human
Trafficking Market” (2016).
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/5299
3. Putin’s Ukraine war drives surge in sex trafficking of women, children
https://www.usatoday.com › story › news › politics › 2022 › 05 › 20 › putins-ukraine-war-sex-trafficking
4. Russia’s War Has Created a Human Trafficking Crisis, Says U.N. Envoy
Pramila Patten, the U.N.’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, calls for a “coordinated regional approach.”
https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/06/russias-war-has-created-human-trafficking-crisis-says-un-envoy
5. 10 Facts About Human Trafficking in Russia
https://borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-human-trafficking-in-russia/
Human trafficking is one of the most critical humanitarian issues of the century and virtually operates everywhere in the world. It involves the transport of persons, who are either entirely unwilling or misinformed about their destination, to a new place, usually to engage in forced labor or prostitution.
Currently, Russia is facing a human trafficking crisis and yet, it is doing little to prevent this issue and protect those human trafficking already affects. Here are 10 facts about human trafficking in Russia.
10 Facts About Human Trafficking in Russia
1- Economic Crisis: The fall of the Soviet Union exacerbated human trafficking in Russia. With the economic crisis in Russia, employment in the country decreased and travel restrictions meant that employers could not fill several jobs legally. These conditions made a lucrative niche for human traffickers.
2- Tier 3 Country: The U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report ranks Russia as a Tier 3 country, or one where the government does not meet the standards to eliminate trafficking. In addition, it is not making significant efforts to eradicate trafficking.
3- Human Trafficking Law: Russia only has one law that criminalizes human trafficking. Russia passed the law in 2003 under President Vladimir Putin but it does nothing other than label human trafficking illegal. Meanwhile, all the other countries previously part of the Soviet Union have passed over 100 laws against human trafficking. The lack of strong legislation makes it more difficult to arrest, incriminate and convict perpetrators of human trafficking in Russia.
4- Cities: The dominant use of trafficking is for labor so traffickers concentrate most victims in larger cities, like Moscow and St. Petersburg. These areas have not only the large population to mask a victim’s presence, but also house companies and factories where they can work.
5- Russia’s 2016 Statistics: In 2016, the Global Slavery Index reported that there were more than one million human trafficking victims in Russia. Out of all these cases, only 38 traffickers received convictions as of 2013. Following these statistics in 2016, Russia ceased providing information on prosecution and victim rehabilitation to the United States’ Trafficking in Persons report.
6- Exploitable Workforces: Many victims of human trafficking become members of exploitable workforces. For example, during the FIFA World Cup in Russia, many construction workers could have suffered trafficking, but instead, their employers denied them wages and forced them to work in brutally cold conditions. Agencies that lie about the quality and nature of the work first recruit these victims and force them to stay in Russia. These circumstances fit the qualifications for modern-day slavery.
7- Treatment of Victims: People in Russia treat trafficking victims as criminals and the victims receive little to no protection. The public and the government see them as willing illegal immigrants. In a survey, 41 percent of Russian citizens responded that those who had ensured trafficking and were working in the prostitution industry were to blame for their own conditions. This lack of public sympathy for victims makes passing more substantial legislation difficult for politicians and keeps it acceptable for authorities to prosecute, detain and deport victims without knowledge of their circumstances.
8- Prosecution of Government Officials: In recent years, there have been criminal cases against government officials for facilitating human trafficking in Russia. Namely, officials allegedly accepted bribes from employers to halt investigations, protected traffickers and returned victims to their captors. Although nothing came of these cases, the fact that courts hear the cases at all is an important step.
9- Organizations that Help: There is very little government funding or organizations for rehabilitation and protection of victims. Most of the work to help victims happens through NGOs or international groups, such as the Russian Red Cross or Help Services for Nigerians in Russia.
10- Challenges of Catching Traffickers: In cases of sex rafficking, catching perpetrators can be difficult because of the consequences women face for speaking up. In addition to bringing up painful memories, talking to law enforcement bears the risk of them returning the women to traffickers, as well as communities ostracizing them.
Despite the current inaction of the Russian government in response to the human trafficking crisis, pressure from activists within the country and outside of it could help create substantial change. Not only would this assist current victims, but it would make eradicating human trafficking in Russia a real possibility.
6. U.S. places Russia on human trafficking, child soldier lists
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-places-russia-human-trafficking-child-soldier-lists-2022-07-19/
7. Tackling Human Trafficking in Russia
https://borgenproject.org/human-trafficking-in-russia/
By Jonathan Landay
July 19, 20226:26 PM EDT
8. History, Trends, and Contours of Human Trafficking in Russia
https://academic.oup.com/cornell-scholarship-online/book/13862/chapter-abstract/167555044?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
9. Human Trafficking: The Secret to Putin’s Economy
25.Nov.2020 9:00 AM
https://hir.harvard.edu/putin-and-human-trafficking/
10. ‘Worst Human Traffickers’ Include Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkmenistan
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-iran-turkmenistan-human-traffickers-report/29326302.html
11. One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Migration Policy and Human Trafficking in the Russian Federation since the Palermo Protocol of 2020
Irina Molodikova
https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2020.1690101
Journal of Human Trafficking
Volume 6, 2020 - Issue 2: Palermo at 20: A Retrospective and Prospective
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322705.2020.1690101
“it’s called sarcasm”
Sorry.
No indication E. Pluribus Unum Comment #18: “WAR IS SO MUCH FUN!!! WHEEE!!!” was meant in sarcasm.
Putin could end this, just leave Ukraine WHEEE
In this case I think it does, not supporting Ukraine in their fight for their sovereignty does enable putins dreams of conquest
“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice “
VIDEO UPDATE
12 Aug: First-Class Execution. Ukrainians GOT BEHIND RUSSIAN DEFENSE SUDDENLY! | Ukraine War Update
lezzetnesli
Aug 12, 2023
Day 534: 12 Aug
First-class execution. Ukrainians GOT BEHIND RUSSIAN DEFENSE SUDDENLY | Ukraine War Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxOXyn7QtQA
Besides its successful advance in Kherson, Melitopol, Berdyansk and Mariupol, the Ukrainian Armed Forces seems to have taken control of the city of Bakhmut on the Donetsk front these days.
After the last withdrawal of Wagner forces from this city, the Ukrainian forces had a great opportunity for offensive operations.
Kiev had planned its offensive according to the Russian withdrawal of Wagner reinforcements from Bakhmut.
At the last point reached today in the Bakhmut clashes that have been going on for about 7 months, Ukrainian troops can now make military breakthroughs on the wings of the city whenever they want.
After Wagner forces dispersed from Bakhmut city and its surroundings, Chechen troops supported the Russian defense there.
But the Ukrainian troops manage to defeat the Chechen soldiers fighting for Russia on the wings of Bakhmut and this city.
The key factor for the Ukrainians to achieve this is the tunnel lines and other connection roads they have created around Bakhmut.
Ukrainian troops had previously used the tunnel lines extensively in clashes near the Salt Mines of the city of Soledar.
But now the Ukrainian troops have started to use tunnel lines with a complex structure, almost like the British subway, in the city of Bakhmut and the settlements on the wings of this city.
In particular, the soldiers of the Azov Regiment use the tunnels in this region extensively to break through the Russian defense lines on the Bakhmut flanks.
Because the soldiers of the Azov regiment became highly specialized in tunnel lines.
The soldiers of the Azov regiment of the Ukrainian army launched a heavy attack on the Akhmat battalion of the Russian army near Klischiivka with this striking combat tactic of using the tunnel lines.
In this attack, the soldiers of the Azov Regiment entered the tunnel lines in the most critical areas of the city and managed to rear the troops of the Akhmat Battalion.
As a result of the surprise attack, the soldiers of the Akhmat Battalion came under heavy fire as the Azov regiment backed them up from the tunnel.
As a result, the Akhmat Battalion faced serious military losses. More than one detachment of Chechen soldiers was out of the war.
After this critical defeat, Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen special unit Akhmat, reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon break through the entire Russian defense in the direction of Bakhmut.
Apti Alaudinov rather pointed to the critical situation on the southern lines of Bakhmut.
Because the Ukrainian forces continued their critical offensive operations after overthrowing the Akhmat Battalion in the south of the city.
Between the Klischhivka and Andriivka front lines, the Ukrainian troops again took the offensive position.
The Ukrainian army’s HIMARS artillery also provided support to these offensive efforts.
After heavy artillery fire, more than 20 Russian soldiers were eliminated in the southern sector of Bakhmut and nearly 70 were seriously injured.
In addition, as a result of these heavy attacks, a Russian army battle tank, a self-propelled artillery system Gvozdika, a Msta-B artillery piece, a field ammunition depot and five military trucks were destroyed in the same area.
The Kraken soldiers of the Azov Regiment’s special Forces unit launched a heavy counter-attack against the most concentrated Russian military group in the Kupyansk direction.
In total, more than fifty clashes took place in this counterattack, supported by HIMARS artillery.
Russian troops were also responding to the Ukrainian HIMARS attacks at the same rate.
But the Kraken took advantage of the wooded trench lines in the direction of Kupyansk and got closer to the Russian trenches.
The Kraken soldiers were quite close to the tunnel they had dug a long time ago.
He managed to get behind the Russians by passing through the tunnel that the Kraken Regiment had dug in Kupyansk.
On the one hand, the fate of clashes changed when the Russian troops dealing with HIMARS missiles suddenly saw the soldiers of the Kraken Regiment behind them.
In the shadow of HIMARS missile fire, the soldiers of the Kraken Regiment attacked the Russian troops stationed in Kupyansk so fiercely that in a short time many Russian units were out of the fight, including the soldiers in the rearmost trench lines.
After these heavy defeats of the Russian troops around Bakhmut and in the direction of Kupiansk, he had to resort to a change of tactics.
Russian troops in the direction of Bakhmut play a largely defensive role rather than a full-fledged offensive army.
Maksym Zhorin, the former Azov commander of the Ukrainian army, stated that the Russians are currently in a very difficult situation on both the southern and northern flanks of Bakhmut.
The only way Putin can win his war is if the West withdraws support for Ukraine. That’s why there are so many pro-Russian comments here, to try to assure that it happens.
Thanks for the good news
ABSOLUTELY :D
VIDEO
Russia-Ukraine war: Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashes in Kaliningrad
The Telegraph
4.45M subscribers
8-13-2023 5:30 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSXvMK-NtJ4&list=RDCMUCPgLNge0xqQHWM5B5EFH9Cg&start_radio=1
“The only way Putin can win his war is if the West withdraws support for Ukraine.”
Totally agree!
FJB could end this. Just stop stealing taxpayer money and sending it to the Ukraine money laundering a machine. Wheee!
Complete and utter horsecrap.
The Mods won't; in fact if you criticize her, she'll hit the Abuse button and have your post deleted.
There seems to be a misinterpretation of information that creates a mirage to disguise “Russia Human Trafficking Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis.”
LOOK CLOSER AT BOTH OF YOUR ARTICLES CITED:
1st article: “2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Russia”
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/
** RUSSIA (Tier 3)
The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO.
The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/
***UKRAINE (Tier 2)
The Government of Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.
The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; therefore Ukraine remained on Tier 2. These efforts included significantly increasing cooperation with European counterparts on anti-trafficking investigations despite diminished resources and capacity due to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. For the second consecutive year, the government also allocated more money to its national budget for anti-trafficking measures.
Finally, the government increased awareness efforts, especially among displaced Ukrainians, and screened for potential trafficking victims amongst vulnerable populations.
During the reporting period, Ukraine’s government operated on a total-war footing to withstand RUSSIA’S UNPROVOKED FULL-SCALE INVASION,
a) PERFORMING A RANGE OF CORE FUNCTIONS TO MITIGATE TRAFFICKING RISKS DESPITE MAJOR WAR-RELATED CHALLENGES,
b) CONTINUED RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN CULTURE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TARGETS, and
c) DISPLACEMENT OF NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF UKRAINE’S POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM FACED INCREASED HUMAN TRAFFICKING RISKS.
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ukraine/
2nd ARTICLE:
The source “Mounting Reports of Crimes against Women, Children in Ukraine Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis, Executive Director Tells Security Council” Source: https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14857.doc.htm
*This ARTICLE describes in detail
1) The Russian Federation abuse of Ukrainian women and children.
2) Discloses the Russian Federation has launched a policy of extermination against his people, he said, also noting that Ms. Cherepakha’s snapshot of the repressions being committed against Ukrainian women are just a few instances of many.
Against that backdrop, the national prosecutor’s office is launching a special mechanism to document sexual violence committed by RUSSIAN SOLDIERS against Ukrainian women, and is closely cooperating with non-governmental groups and United Nations officials working in a similar capacity on the ground.
BTW interestingly, a request was made by RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEMS PERTAINING TO UKRAINE
However, the meeting began at 10:05 a.m. and ended at 12:59 p.m. with Briefings SIMA BAHOUS, Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), expressed solidarity with Ukrainian women, men, girls and boys, stressing that the fighting must stop now. She recently returned from the Republic of Moldova, which despite still reeling from COVID-19 and other challenges, has opened its borders and homes for people fleeing fighting in Ukraine, mostly exhausted and anxious women and children.
Sharing some of their stories, she said buses full of civilians were met with dignity and compassion by volunteers from civil society organizations at the Moldovan border. In line with its coordination mandate, she said, UN-Women is supporting those who have been displaced “to ensure that the gendered nature of this crisis is addressed with a gender-sensitive response”.
“This trauma risks destroying a generation,” she warned, condemning in the strongest terms the recent attack on Kramatorsk train station, which killed civilians and civil society members working in partnership with the United Nations.
“Humanitarians are not a target; civilians are not a target,” she stressed. Also citing allegations of rape and sexual violence perpetrated on those fleeing, she said the large numbers of displaced persons with the presence of conscripts and mercenaries — and the brutality displayed against Ukrainians in the current conflict — “raises all the red flags”.
“A war of this magnitude impacts the world far beyond the borders of Ukraine,” she added, noting that the risk of human trafficking is increasing, with young women and teenagers at the highest risk.
Calling on all countries to support the Republic of Moldova and other neighboring countries with resources and support, she said through all those horrors, women continue to lead and serve their communities. They make up 80 per cent of all health and social care workers in Ukraine, and many have chosen not to flee. Women parliamentarians, as well as Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, continue their work as bombs fall all around them. Saluting their courage, she said: “They do this at great risk to their own lives.”
You asked me not to ping you -- which I do now directly since you ignored my request that YOU no ping me after I honored yours.
DO NOT PING ME.
And after this last, I will not further ping you.
So without further ado, from yesterday's "daily thread" to this days' "daily thread."
I am fascinated by the attempts by UMCRevMom@aol.com as addressed to you to paint ONLY Russia as a problem regarding trafficking ans the like, rather than completing a clearer and fuller picture of thugs working in Ukraine as well as Russia (and of course human trafficking is a worldwide problem even her in the US). Both nations have significant problems within their borders as regards trafficking, such that any "argument by omission" to imply the simplistic Leftist model of "oppressed and oppressor" is fallacious.I welcome any comment you might have.UMCRevMom@aol.com has detailed and sent to you her references, I send along some additional references (more available, if you request) showing Ukraine as corrupt and involved also in trafficking. Here are two from different pages from which she cited sources. Same sources, but these about Ukraine trafficking.
1) "2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Ukraine" Source: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ukraine/
2) "Increasing reports of sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine — allegedly committed against women and children in the context of massive displacement and ongoing fighting — are raising “all the red flags” about a potential protection crisis, the Executive Director of the United Nations gender agency warned the Security Council today." In "Mounting Reports of Crimes against Women, Children in Ukraine Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis, Executive Director Tells Security Council" Source: https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14857.doc.htm
The "oppressor" indeed may be shown to have problems with human trafficking. Oddly, the "oppressed" has the same problems.
The image of an innocent party, in these threads, is a mirage.
These are two non-NATO nations at war, and the West have bought into the white hat / black hat imagery, well constructed in media but hiding something behinds the scenes.
Corruption across the world, including Russia, Ukraine, NATO nations and, in detail, even this militaristic Biden administration.
So very interesting. Worldtraveler once upon a time cited 2 articles apparently without reading them which misinterprets “Russia Human Trafficking Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis.”
I SUGGESTED TO LOOK CLOSER AT BOTH OF HIS ARTICLES CITED:
1st article:
“2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: RUSSIA” a well as UKRAINE. RUSSIA TIER 3 NO EFFORT; UKRAINE TIER 2 DESPITE RUSSIA’S UNPROVOKED FULL-SCALE INVASION
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/
** RUSSIA (Tier 3)
The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO.
The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and IS NOT MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO DO SO https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/
***UKRAINE (Tier 2)
The Government of Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.
The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; therefore Ukraine remained on Tier 2. These efforts included significantly increasing cooperation with European counterparts on anti-trafficking investigations despite diminished resources and capacity due to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. For the second consecutive year, the government also allocated more money to its national budget for anti-trafficking measures.
Finally, the government increased awareness efforts, especially among displaced Ukrainians, and screened for potential trafficking victims amongst vulnerable populations.
During the reporting period, Ukraine’s government operated on a total-war footing to withstand RUSSIA’S UNPROVOKED FULL-SCALE INVASION,
a) PERFORMING A RANGE OF CORE FUNCTIONS TO MITIGATE TRAFFICKING RISKS DESPITE MAJOR WAR-RELATED CHALLENGES,
b) CONTINUED RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN CULTURE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TARGETS, and
c) DISPLACEMENT OF NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF UKRAINE’S POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM FACED INCREASED HUMAN TRAFFICKING RISKS.
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/ukraine/
2nd ARTICLE
Source cited: “Mounting Reports of Crimes against Women, Children in Ukraine Raising ‘Red Flags’ over Potential Protection Crisis, Executive Director Tells Security Council” Source: https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14857.doc.htm
NOTE: Interestingly, a request was made by RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEMS PERTAINING TO UKRAINE
*This ARTICLE cited describes in detail
1) The Russian Federation abuse of Ukrainian women and children.
2) Discloses the Russian Federation has launched a policy of extermination against his people, he said, also noting that Ms. Cherepakha’s snapshot of the repressions being committed against Ukrainian women are just a few instances of many.
Against that backdrop, the national prosecutor’s office is launching a special mechanism to document sexual violence committed by RUSSIAN SOLDIERS against Ukrainian women, and is closely cooperating with non-governmental groups and United Nations officials working in a similar capacity on the ground.
However, the meeting began at 10:05 a.m. and ended at 12:59 p.m. with Briefings SIMA BAHOUS, Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), expressed solidarity with Ukrainian women, men, girls and boys, stressing that the fighting must stop now. She recently returned from the Republic of Moldova, which despite still reeling from COVID-19 and other challenges, has opened its borders and homes for people fleeing fighting in Ukraine, mostly exhausted and anxious women and children.
Sharing some of their stories, she said buses full of civilians were met with dignity and compassion by volunteers from civil society organizations at the Moldovan border. In line with its coordination mandate, she said, UN-Women is supporting those who have been displaced “to ensure that the gendered nature of this crisis is addressed with a gender-sensitive response”.
“This trauma risks destroying a generation,” she warned, condemning in the strongest terms the recent attack on Kramatorsk train station, which killed civilians and civil society members working in partnership with the United Nations.
“Humanitarians are not a target; civilians are not a target,” she stressed. Also citing allegations of rape and sexual violence perpetrated on those fleeing, she said the large numbers of displaced persons with the presence of conscripts and mercenaries — and the brutality displayed against Ukrainians in the current conflict — “raises all the red flags”.
“A war of this magnitude impacts the world far beyond the borders of Ukraine,” she added, noting that the risk of human trafficking is increasing, with young women and teenagers at the highest risk.
Calling on all countries to support the Republic of Moldova and other neighboring countries with resources and support, she said through all those horrors, women continue to lead and serve their communities. They make up 80 per cent of all health and social care workers in Ukraine, and many have chosen not to flee. Women parliamentarians, as well as Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, continue their work as bombs fall all around them. Saluting their courage, she said: “They do this at great risk to their own lives.”
ARTICLE
Over 50% of nuclear power units repaired in Ukraine
“Economichna Pravda”
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 17:11
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/13/7415404/
The Ukrainian energy system’s repair campaign is proceeding according to plan, and five nuclear power units have been repaired by now, with four more under repair. A total of 62% of coal handling plants’ (CHP) power units and 70% of thermal power plants’ (TPP) units have also been repaired.
SOURCE:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Facebook, summing up the week
QUOTE:
“We understand that it is highly probable that the Russians will continue large-scale attacks on the power system. As for nuclear power plants [NPPs], five nuclear units have been repaired, four more are under repair. CHPs: 62% of the power units planned to be repaired, were. And TPPs: 70% have been repaired,” Shmyhal wrote.
DETAILS:
In addition, 32 HPP units have been repaired or are under repair. Ukrenergo (Ukrainian national energy company) repaired almost 80% of the main networks. High-voltage substations have been restored to pre-war levels.
Shmyhal said multi-level protection is being formed for energy facilities.
Authorities also allocated UAH 4.8 billion (about US$130 million) to the oblasts from the Fund for Dealing with the Aftermath of Russia’s Armed Aggression. The funds will be used for the restoration of residential buildings, educational institutions, hospitals, energy and water supply facilities, and shelter construction.
Shmyhal added that the government has expanded the programme for the replacement of incandescent lamps.
“We are expanding the programme of replacing incandescent lamps with LED ones, implemented by Ukraine’s Government together with the EU. Cultural institutions, social welfare organisations, homeowner associations, libraries and museums, sports organisations and others can use it [the programme – ed.] now. The goal is to replace 50 million lamps in order to reduce the load on the energy system.” Shmyhal noted.
BACKGROUND:
One of the NPPs’ nuclear unit was repaired 15 days ahead of schedule, which added 1,000 MW of energy to Ukraine’s electricity system.
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