Results 12.05: “UFO flash mob” and the mitigation course

Cultural workers launched a campaign against quarantine; Ukraine is ready for further steps to remove restrictions: Correspondent.net highlights yesterday’s main events.

A # stopculture quarantine action was carried out in Ukraine

In many cities of the country, a multitude of cultural workers was supported, under which the sky in many cities was illuminated with lightning.

The action is designed to draw attention to the problem of the cultural industry, which suffered due to quarantine.

President confirms quarantine mitigation

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said that the situation with the coronavirus in the country allows us to think about the next steps to eliminate the restrictive measures introduced due to the coronavirus.

In Ukraine, the daily number of COVID-19 infections is reduced

On the morning of May 12, Ukraine recorded 16,023 coronavirus cases, of which 425 ended in death and 3,373 in recovery. During the day, 375 infected were detected.

The highest number of infected in the Chernivtsi (2396 people) and Ivano-Frankivsk (1133) regions, as well as in the city of Kiev (1930).

The three leaders in terms of recovery included the regions of Kirovohrad (cured 57% of those infected), Vinnitsa (53%) and Kherson (49%).

Russia became the second in the world in coronavirus infection

Russia surpassed Spain in the number of infected COVID-19s and is now second only to the United States.

Currently, more than 232 thousand cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country, more than 2.1 thousand people have died.

In total, the number of infected coronaviruses in the world exceeded 4.2 million people, 290 thousand died.

Kiev supported the development of the Eastern Association

Ukraine, in a vision of the future Eastern Partnership, intends to proceed from its European aspirations and elections, which are enshrined in the Association Agreement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects the Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for this year with the aim of developing long-term objectives and further strengthening relations with the EU.

Ukraine leads sales of agricultural products in the world

In 2019, Ukraine showed a significant increase in foreign sales of most agricultural products. In particular, the country maintained its leadership in terms of sunflower oil exports, rose to second place in the export of oil cake, flour and millet.

Sales of rapeseed, peeled walnuts, concentrated apple juice, wheat and honey also increased.

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