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Ukrainian aircraft An-74 sold to Kazakhstan for $ 15 million

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Ukrainian aircraft An-74 sold to Kazakhstan for $ 15 million. The AN-74 is a Ukrainian transport aircraft that has both civilian and military modifications. It was developed at the Aviation Science and Technology Complex named after O.K. Antonov. The airplane can carry up to 52 passengers or up to 10 tons of cargo. The range of flights with 52 passengers is 2,750 km, with 10 tonnes of cargo 950 km. Recall that in June this year, the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Gennady Zubko said that Ukraine plans to export passenger aircraft An-148 and An-158 to Kazakh enterprises. An agreement has already been reached to intensify the interaction between Ukrainian and Kazakh companies on the establishment of a service center for the maintenance of aircraft Antonov family in Astana.

Ukrainian gymnasts won the "silver" at the World Cup in Berlin

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Ukrainian gymnasts won the "silver" at the World Cup in Berlin Ukrainian gymnasts Evgenia Gomon, Anastasia Wozniak, Valeriya Yuzvyak, Daria Kobets, Diana Mizheritskaya and Valeria Hanina were able to win the second place in the all-around with a score of 36.050, second only to Russians who scored 37,200 points.

The largest virtual communication operator LycaMobile is launched in Ukraine

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The largest virtual communication operator LycaMobile is launched in Ukraine. A large international virtual operator LycaMobile has registered in Ukraine a legal entity that will represent its interests. On July 4, the National Commission for Communications Regulation and Informational (NCRSI) introduced the company "LycaMobile Ukraine" in the telecom-register. LycaMobile is a British company working on the model of a virtual operator. It operates in 22 countries, its subscriber base is more than 15 million. The model of the work of such companies is to rent network infrastructure from mobile operators and sell services for end users on its basis.

In June, Facebook for the first time bypassed "VKontakte" and became the social network number 1 in Ukraine

In June, Facebook for the first time bypassed "VKontakte" and became the social network number 1 in Ukraine. Until recently, the picture was different: "VKontakte" stably kept on the second line of the rating, being the leading social network among Ukrainian users, and Facebook was at the tail of the top 5, if at all. Now VKontakte takes the fourth line of the rating by the average daily share and the eighth - by coverage.

Ukrainian farmers have increased the export of corn by almost 20%

Ukrainian farmers have increased the export of corn by almost 20%. The press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said that in 2016-2017 marketing year, Ukraine significantly increased the export of corn. Ukrainian agrarians for the period July 2016 - June 2017 marketing year exported 20.7 million tons of corn. This, according to statistics, is almost 20% more than in the previous marketing year. It should be noted that over this period, not only the export of corn increased in Ukraine. The press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy also noted that during the 2016-2017 marketing year, Ukrainian farmers established record grain exports. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in the specified period 43.8 million tons of grain were shipped abroad. This is an unprecedented record in the history of Ukraine's independence. If to specify, in the last marketing year, Ukrainian agricultural producers exported 17.53 million tons of wheat to f