President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on topical issues of the activities of the executive branch, which was attended by the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak, together with his deputies, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and members of the government. In particular, the meeting participants considered the issue of Ukraine's fuel security, the president's office said..

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According to the Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko, work is underway to provide Ukraine with a green corridor in the ports of Eastern Europe. She noted that today this is the main bottleneck in the logistics of fuel supplies to the country.. In addition, during the meeting, they noted the importance of long-term contracts and the accumulation of the state reserve of fuel.

“Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko reported on the state budget execution under martial law. Thus, the country ended April with a deficit of UAH 125 billion. At the same time, tax and customs revenues amounted to UAH 53 billion, which exceeded expectations.. UAH 57 billion of revenues are planned for May,” the Office of Public Administration noted..

According to Marchenko, the monthly deficit is planned to be repaid with the help of international grants and loans.. He also reported on ongoing negotiations on international grants in the amount of $11 billion.. Of this amount, 5 billion. dol. Ukraine has already received.

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Earlier it was reported that as part of the fight against the shortage of fuel that arose on the market, the Cabinet of Ministers, in addition to raising the marginal levels of the trade allowance, allowed gas stations to set the price of "