Every 9 minutes, one person dies from animal bites in the world, and 40% of deaths occur in children under the age of 15.
In the first quarter of 2024, the number of settlements in Ukraine with rabies-infected animals almost doubled compared to the same period in 2023, reaching 369 settlements.
By the end of the year, Ukraine, with the support of the WHO, will introduce PCR diagnostics of rabies in animals to ensure faster diagnosis and timely treatment of people who have come into contact with infected animals.
Ukraine has financed vaccines for anti-epizootic measures against rabies in wild and domestic animals, as cases of rabies among pets are on the rise.
Currently, Ukraine has more than 50 thousand doses of anti-rabies vaccine provided by international partners as humanitarian aid, which is enough to conduct all the necessary treatment courses.
If you are bitten by a stray animal, you should immediately seek medical attention, as most rabies-related fatalities occur due to untimely medical attention or the belief that a healthy-looking animal is not a threat.
In Ukraine, rabies vaccination requires only 5 shots, not 40, and patients receive the necessary vaccination from the first day they visit the network of anti-rabies medical centers in case of an unknown animal bite.
The Sumy regional administration cooperates with the military command around the clock, receives full information and acts on it to protect the population, implementing all recommendations of the military.
In Sumy region, up to 90% of damaged power supply facilities are restored within 2-3 days after the shelling.
About 200 civilians remained in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, and their evacuation is ongoing, in cooperation with police and volunteers, until all people are evacuated, says the RMA head.
Russian resources in the Kharkiv sector are limited, but in the coming days they will use everything they have, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The russian offensive in the Kharkiv region is an information operation aimed at creating chaos and panic in order to force Ukrainian groups to withdraw from the eastern regions and destabilize the situation inside Ukraine.
Ukraine and Argentina are discussing the possibility of deepening cooperation in the defense sector, including the creation of joint defense enterprises, the purchase of artillery ammunition and gunpowder, and Argentina's assistance to Ukraine in rebuilding its infrastructure.
The head of the DIU pointed out that the Russians had been planning an operation in Sumy region from the very beginning.
The active phase of the Russian border operation in the Kharkiv region continues, but the Russians have not achieved significant success, the situation remains tense but is stabilizing due to efforts to drive the enemy out of Ukraine.
Russians fired 13 times at 8 settlements in Sumy region, recording 78 explosions from MLRS, cannon artillery and mortars.
In the first four months of 2024, 30,904 sole proprietorships ceased operations, with the largest number of businesses closing in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro regions, primarily in retail, computer programming, and wholesale trade.
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official hryvnia exchange rate at 39. 6196 UAH/USD, strengthening the hryvnia by 11 kopecks.
A Ukrainian war veteran with the call sign "Teren" who lost both legs in the war will become the new Bachelor on STB TV channel in Ukraine, and casting for the show, which will air in the fall, is already underway.
Estonia will strengthen Ukraine's cybersecurity by providing equipment as part of an IT coalition.
The key companies of Naftogaz Group - Ukrgasvydobuvannya, Ukrnafta, Ukrtransgaz and Ukrtransnafta - improved their financial results by at least 40% in 2023, while Naftogaz of Ukraine significantly reduced its loss compared to the previous year.
In Zurich, a 12-year-old child was seriously injured during a stampede when an Oracle ticker dropped 24,000 Swiss francs from a drone in a park.
On November 26, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will publish her memoirs, in which she will recount the events of her life from 1954 to 2021, but will not pay attention to the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Former Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan Kuandyk Bishymbayev was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, Saltanat Nukenova, and his brother, Bakhytzhan Bayzhanov, received 4 years for concealing the murder.
As of March 31, 2024, Ukraine's public and publicly guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 5,924. 3 billion, of which 71.6% was external and 28.4% was domestic, with the weighted average cost decreasing by 1.4 times and the average maturity increasing by 1.6 times since 2022.
The official chatbot of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ukraine now allows you to track appointments for theoretical and practical exams, car registration, exchange of driver's licenses and obtaining international driver's licenses.
Police have found two-year-old twins who went missing in Volyn, with more than 130 law enforcement officers, rescuers and dog handlers involved in the search.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, 53,212 loans totaling UAH 213. 2 billion have been granted to entrepreneurs, with state-owned banks providing 39,700 loans worth UAH 108.4 billion.
Residents of occupied Mariupol complain about sewage leaks that have been flowing into the Sea of Azov for a month, causing environmental damage to the city's ecosystem.
The Ministry of Defense reported that various vehicles, including agricultural and construction equipment, can be mobilized for military purposes and will be returned to owners within 30 days of demobilization.
