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kyiv expropriated companies of strategic importance

kyiv expropriated companies of strategic importance

“The decision was made to expropriate the assets of companies of strategic importance and make them the property of the state,” said the secretary of the Ukrainian Security Council, Oleksy Danilov, at a press conference.

“After martial law is lifted, these assets may be returned to their owners or their value reimbursed,” he said.

The government also took control of Zaporozhtransformator, a company specializing in the production of jets, truck manufacturer AvtoKraz and the oil refining company Ukrtatnafta.

“The assets of these five companies will be managed by the Ministry of Defense to ensure the urgent needs of the armed forces. These are the supply of fuel and lubricants, the repair of military equipment and weapons,” he said. the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov, reported the AFP news agency.

“These companies must work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the defense needs of the state,” said Prime Minister Denis Chmygal, stressing that they are companies that manufacture “essential products for defense needs and for the armed forces and the energy sector”.

Since the start of the Russian invasion on February 25 this year, Ukraine has been highly dependent on Western arms supplies and financial support from the United States and the European Union.

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Fighting continues in Kherson

Also this Monday kyiv on Monday accused Russia of looting empty houses in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with plainclothes troops. to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict will be one of the biggest battles of the war.

Russia has in recent days ordered civilians to leave Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian attack to retake the city, the only regional capital Moscow has occupied since its invasion in February.

Kherson, with a population of nearly 300,000 before the war, has been left cold and dark after power and water were cut off in the surrounding area for the past 48 hours, both sides said.

Source: Ambito

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