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energy blackmail, this issue has become even more urgent. I am sure that our cooperation with the MND Group will ensure the development of new opportunities to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy carriers," said the director of Naftogaz Exploration and Production, Oleg Tolmachov. It is noted that the Ukrainian division of MND already has successful mining projects in the Carpathian region.
The Ukrainian government has settled numerous debts on the gas market. The government continues to work on stabilizing the function of the gas and electricity markets. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved resolutions providing for the settling of a significant number of gas market debts. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, UAH 76B will go to the program to settle debts to natural gas market entities following the previously adopted special law and the corresponding agreement with the heads of cities and communities. According to the prime minister, this decision will enable all gas industry enterprises to continue their work and fulfill their obligations to all consumers.
9.1.3 Transport sector news
● Planes
● Trains
Hungary has launched a railway terminal for the export of Ukrainian grain. Hungary has completed the construction of a large railway terminal on the border with Ukraine, which will allow the development of an efficient, safe land route for the supply of Ukrainian grain to the ports of the northern Adriatic, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Sijarto. The terminal can transship up to onemn containers annually from a wide track to a narrow track. The transshipment center in the border town of Fenieslitke will employ 500 people, with an investment of $71.M in its construction. With the advent of the terminal, the fastest and most efficient route will be opened for Ukrainian grain to the ports of the northern Adriatic, said the Hungarian minister. He pointed out that the productivity of the new terminal is twice that of all railway transshipment capacities on the border between Belarus and Poland.
● Ships
More than 120 ships are waiting in Ukrainian ports. At the end of last week, the number of vessels waiting to enter and leave Ukrainian ports reached a record high of 120. Since mid-September, the time ships must spend waiting for inspection at the monitoring center in Istanbul has increased to 10-15 days versus the 5-6 days in the first six weeks of the deal. The delays have led to calls for an increase in the number of inspectors to meet the demand for a large number of waiting vessels. It is noted that Ukraine seeks to export as much grain as possible to make room in its elevators for the new harvest. However, Russia has been reluctant to send additional inspectors to help clear the backlog. Currently, there is no joint decision from all participants of the monitoring center to increase the number of inspections.
The EBA has asked the UN to include the port of Mykolaiv in the grain agreement. Ukrainian agro-business has officially appealed to the UN to strengthen efforts to continue the grain initiative and expand it to include the
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