Pavlo Bashynskyi
Canada's Roshel, a manufacturer of armored vehicles supplied to Ukraine, plans to launch production of armored vehicles in Ukraine, employing more than 200 Ukrainian refugees in Canada who are eager to return and contribute to the local economy.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if Ukraine is not helped, Putin will move to the complete destruction and occupation of our country, after which Russian missiles will target neighboring countries.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate UAH 513. 3 million to provide one-time financial assistance to the families of fallen servicemen of the State Special Transport Service.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate nearly UAH 750 million to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
The appointment of former military commissar Oleksandr Muzychenko, who headed the Transcarpathian Regional Center for Civil-Military Protection from 2020 to 2023, as deputy head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration was approved.
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated an additional UAH 189. 5 million to continue the restoration of damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv region.
The Energy Efficiency Fund has launched the GreenDom program, which will allow condominiums to receive compensation of up to UAH 1 million for the installation of solar power plants and up to UAH 2 million for the installation of heat pumps for heating.
On Saturday, May 11, the first underground school for 450 students will open in Kharkiv, allowing 900 children to be taught in two shifts.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision allowing two Ukrainian banks to attract up to EUR 30 million from the European Investment Bank to support Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses by improving preferential lending conditions.
The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate UAH 7. 1 billion to purchase equipment to restore Ukraine's high-voltage power grid and better synchronize it with the EU grid.
Two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, were seriously wounded during the Russian attack on a school in Kharkiv on May 8 and are now in intensive care, doctors are fighting for their lives and limbs, said the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov.
Ukraine successfully repelled a new wave of Russian counterattacks in the Kharkiv sector with artillery fire after preparing for an offensive.
There is no panic among residents in Kharkiv, despite a turbulent night when rocket attacks damaged 26 buildings, severely destroyed two of them and demolished one, and injured two people, including a child.
Tens of thousands of people protested in Yerevan, demanding that the authorities stop the demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan and immediately resign Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
In the last month alone, the enemy fired over 1,600 missiles, drones and artillery at peaceful cities, killing 171 civilians.
Fraudsters spread fake messages about power outages through a Telegram channel that reports the movement of Russian missiles or drones during air raids, using the Ukrenergo logo and name without permission.
In Kyiv, industrial enterprises reduce electricity consumption during peak hours to reduce the load on the power grid, while no restrictions are applied to household consumers, but residents are urged to save electricity, especially in the evening.
Two people were killed and 8 others, including two teenage girls aged 15 and 16, were injured in more than two dozen Russian attacks on the city of Nikopol, which damaged houses, solar panels, power lines, gas pipelines, a fire station, a bank and shops.
Oleksandr Usyk has completed a training camp to prepare for his heavyweight fight with Tyson Fury on April 29.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with German Minister for Development Svenja Schulze to discuss the implementation of joint projects, coordinate work ahead of the Recovery Conference in Berlin in June, and emphasize Ukraine's fruitful cooperation with the German Reconstruction Credit Institution (KfW), which supports small and medium-sized enterprises that are crucial to Ukraine's recovery.
The price of bitcoin fell by 1. 65% over the past 24 hours to $61,215 amid concerns about high interest rates, tighter regulation, and outflows from cryptocurrency investment products.
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze's meeting with sacked Ukrainian Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov in Kyiv was canceled after it became known that the Verkhovna Rada had dismissed him.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a bill that introduces mechanisms for local democracy, including public consultations, discussions, meetings, petitions, and community participation in budgeting, and obliges local deputies to report to their communities.
The Verkhovna Rada approved the distribution of revenues from the lease of state land, according to which 90% of revenues are directed to the state budget and 10% to local budgets, which will increase state budget revenues and provide additional funds to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Chief of Staff of the Verkhovna Rada proposed to provide official housing to the staff of the Verkhovna Rada by amending the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on official housing.
The Verkhovna Rada has passed a law allowing trained Ukrposhta employees to carry and use firearms to protect postal funds and facilities from attacks.
The Verkhovna Rada supported a draft law allowing foreigners serving in the Ukrainian armed forces to obtain Ukrainian citizenship and grant temporary residence permits to their family members.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a law allowing the simultaneous issuance of Ukrainian passports and passports for traveling abroad, including for Ukrainians abroad, with different prices depending on the time of issuance.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a law allowing for the early release of prisoners for military service during mobilization or martial law, with the exception of those convicted of corruption, premeditated murder, crimes against national security, or sexual violence.
MPs summoned the head of the Bureau of Economic Security, Serhiy Perkhun, to the Verkhovna Rada because of the searches of the CEO Club conducted by the BES.