Pavlo Bashynskyi
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for granting military personnel additional leave of up to 15 days a year for destroying enemy equipment during the war with Russia, without taking into account travel time.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that he cannot yet assess his work as president of Ukraine due to the ongoing martial law, but he is proud to lead a nation that has protected itself from challenges.
The Cabinet of Ministers appointed new officials, including Deputy Minister of energy for digitalization, first deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Institute of national memory, deputy chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration and dismissed the heads of Buchan and Kremenchuk regional administrations.
The Cabinet of ministers has defined the powers of enterprise managers during mobilization, including issuing subpoenas to employees, informing military centers that employees refuse subpoenas or are dismissed, and ensuring that employees are delivered to military centers.
A bill has been registered in the Ukrainian parliament proposing to deprive military registration and enlistment offices of the right to consider cases of violation of military duty and impose fines, instead transferring such cases to the courts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that partners could shoot down Russian missiles in the sky over Ukraine, but this is a matter of their desire.
Ukraine has never used Western weapons to strike Russia, but negotiations are underway with partners to get such an opportunity, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The president spoke about the events in the Kharkiv direction. According to him, the Ukrainian defenders manage to control the situation and predict the enemy's intentions.
Citizens of Ukraine deregistered from military registration due to traveling abroad for more than 3 months must personally register at military commissariats by June 16, 2024, according to a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers.
The draft law on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding rent for the use of radio frequency spectrum passed the second reading in the Parliament.
The meeting of the Rada was terminated due to the blocking of the rostrum. The parliamentarians demanded the creation of a provisional investigative commission on fortifications, as well as a bill to ban the UOC-MP.
The Parliament passed a law that gradually increases car insurance amounts to EU levels, introduces quick payouts for bankrupt insurers, direct settlement for vehicle damage, and expands the use of the "European protocol" for filing claims without police involvement.
The parliamentary session was adjourned after two factions demanded a vote on a bill banning religious organizations associated with the aggressor country.
MPs failed to summon First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to parliament due to insufficient votes.
Citizens who have several vehicles may have one of them seized by the authorities for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during mobilization, with the vehicle returned within 30 days after demobilization.
For the destruction of enemy weapons and equipment, the Ukrainian military will receive monetary rewards and additional vacation days, as well as benefits in the form of certificates for the purchase of cars and compensation under the eHouse program during martial law.
The Law on Strengthening Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization grants persons liable for military service the right to deferment from mobilization during martial law, defining different categories of persons eligible for deferment, including people with disabilities, parents with many children, guardians, civil servants, and certain professions.
President Andrzej Duda announced Poland's readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in the country, citing russian aggression and the need for NATO to adapt its security measures, although no decision has been made on Poland's accession to the nuclear exchange program.
According to Kuleba, the russians are deliberately spreading disinformation about secret negotiations with Ukraine to prevent countries from joining the upcoming Peace Summit.
On May 17, a number of military facilities of the aggressor state in Novorossiysk, Tuapse in Russia and the temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea were damaged as a result of joint actions by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine.
The SBI detained coal businessman and owner of the Ukraine World News TV channel Vitaliy Kropachov on suspicion of causing losses to the state in excess of UAH 2 billion through fraud in the coal industry.
More than 9,000 people have been evacuated from the border area of Kharkiv region, but the situation is complicated by constant shelling by the Russians, which makes each evacuation life-threatening.
russian troops attacked Kharkiv at night using Shahed drones and S-300 missiles, damaging a multi-story building. Damage analysis and response is ongoing.
Ukrainian troops repelled 41 enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk sector yesterday, with the situation changing dynamically: in some areas the enemy achieved limited tactical success due to intense fire, while in others Ukrainian troops regained lost ground.
In three days, more than 1,000 people, including 200 children, were evacuated from the shelled settlements of Bilopillia and Vorozhba in Sumy Oblast.
About 200-300 people may remain in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, and nearby southern villages.
A 48-year-old Ukrainian man was brutally murdered, his body dismembered and burned in an outbuilding of an agricultural enterprise in the Polish town of Rokiciny, and three suspects were arrested.
Ukrainian troops stopped an active Russian offensive in Kharkiv region and regained more favorable positions in some areas, although the front line has not yet stabilized.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 2,800 people have been killed by the Russian occupiers in the Kharkiv region, including 82 children, the youngest of whom is 5 months old, with the actual number of victims likely higher due to unexplored mass graves.
Ukrainian special forces are defending the border town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region from Russian invaders, destroying them with precision strikes.