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by Antonov, the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company, about 30% of the existing components can be used for the second aircraft model. The cost of building the plane is estimated to be at least €500M. However, it is too early to talk about the specific amount. According to the company's General Manager, Evgeny Gavrilov, the second An-225 will be equipped with both new parts and parts from the damaged aircraft. Leipzig/Halle international airport, where the Antonov airline is temporarily based and where the An-225 often flew, has promised to help raise money for the new aircraft.
9.2.7 TMT corporate news
Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta has returned to Kherson. Delivery services and two branch locations have both reopened, allowing Kherson residents to receive packages of up to 30 kg. "Each branch is equipped with a generator and a Starlink terminal so that people can charge their devices and get in touch with their relatives," the company said in a statement.
Flashpoint is raising $75M for IT investment in Ukraine. Flashpoint, an international technology investment firm that manages six funds with a total value of more than $450M, intends to raise a new Ukrainian Tech Fund totaling about $75M, focused only on Ukraine, said managing partner Ihor Bilous. "We want to concentrate our focus more on Ukraine and raise this small fund of $75M to build more tech enterprises and invest in them," he said at the Ukrainian Investment Roadshow conference held last week in London. Bilous said that the company is currently negotiating with leading international financial organizations and the British government regarding the possibility of financing this fund.
9.2.9 Utilities corporate news
There are no safety concerns at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after the latest shelling. A team of independent inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Monday reported “no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns” at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia NPP after shelling in mid-November, according to an official statement. In a statement, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said the team assessed the damage to the site Monday and concluded that “despite the severity of the shelling, key equipment remained intact, and there were no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns." All six reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear power station are stable, and the team confirmed the integrity of both fuel and radioactive waste in their respective storage facilities. However, widespread damage was still observed, which maintenance staff has already begun to repair.
The Russians are using the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a military base. About 500 Russian military personnel are stationed at the ZNPP, and their armored vehicles are hidden in engine rooms and in underground bunkers designed to shelter personnel in the event of a nuclear accident, said the head of Energoatom, Petro Kotin. “The Russian forces use the station as a military base. They understand that no one from Ukraine will fire at the station. This is a safe place to store their military equipment and staff,” added Kotin. The head of Energoatom said that the Russians wanted to connect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the Crimean grid under their control to steal Ukrainian electricity. But they could not do so due to damage to power stations caused by hostilities.
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