The President held a meeting with members of the government and the head of the OPU.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on topical issues executive power, which was attended by the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak together with his deputies, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, and members of the government. In particular, the participants of the meeting considered the issue of fuel safety of Ukraine, the President's Office said.
“The President stressed the need to eliminate queues at Ukrainian gas stations,” the OPU said. >
According to the Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko, 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 supply to the country. In addition, the meeting stressed the importance of long-term contracts and the accumulation of state fuel reserves.
“Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko reported on the state of budget execution in martial law. Thus, the country ended April with a deficit of UAH 125 billion. At the same time, revenues from tax and customs amounted to UAH 53 billion, which exceeded expectations. UAH 57 billion of revenues are planned for May, ”the OPU said.
According to Marchenko, the monthly deficit is planned to be repaid with the help of international grants and loans. He also announced that negotiations on international grants in the amount of 11 billion dollars are currently underway. Of this amount, $ 5 billion. Ukraine has already received.
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Earlier it was reported that in the fight against fuel shortages, emerged on the market, the Cabinet, in addition to raising the marginal level of trade margin, allowed gas stations to set unlimited prices for “branded premium” fuel, provided that they also sell fuel at prices regulated by the state.
