Pavlo Bashynskyi
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider a draft law to introduce a moratorium on bankruptcy of state-owned critical infrastructure during martial law and for 2 years after its lifting.
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, who is suspected of seizing state land, has several passports for traveling abroad and left Ukraine 21 times during martial law, posing a risk of flight.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider a bill that will regulate the placement of kiosks and parking lots through transparent online auctions, eliminating corruption risks.
Ukraine plans to rename 7 districts, 15 cities, 54 towns, and 267 villages as part of its decolonization efforts, including renaming major cities such as Novomoskovsk to Samar, Pervomaisk to Sokolohorsk, and Chervonohrad to Sheptytsky.
Hundreds of Ukrainian men have blocked the passport office in Warsaw amid the suspension of consular services abroad for men aged 18-60, which has drawn criticism from a military commander who accused them of shirking their duties while others are fighting at the front.
Men of conscription age (18-60 years old) will not be able to obtain passports at Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad, only on the territory of Ukraine.
In March, the United States secretly provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles as part of a $300 million military aid package, which were allegedly used by Ukraine to strike a Russian airfield in Crimea on April 17.
Ukrainian military intelligence drones attacked and partially destroyed an oxygen station and disabled two oxygen units at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant in Russia.
US President Joe Biden has assured that he will expedite the submission of documents to the relevant authorities to send missile systems and weapons to Ukraine as part of a $61 billion package of military and economic assistance to Ukraine and US allies.
Parliament plans to revise the introduction of fines for violating curfews and light camouflage rules, reducing fines for citizens but increasing fines for businesses.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested for high treason after the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine gained access to his confidential information through a cyberattack.
The court failed to impose a pre-trial restraint on Solskiy, postponing the hearing.
At the HACCU hearing, the prosecutor stated that Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi had the initial idea to seize state land worth UAH 481 million and directed the actions of his accomplices.
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Markiyan Dmytrasevych, who is suspected of attempting to seize state land together with Minister Mykola Solsky, left Ukraine on April 13 and has not returned since.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a draft law to ensure the proper functioning of the legal regime of Diia City and its adaptation to the conditions of martial law in Ukraine, clarify the taxation of wages and contractual agreements for Diia City resident specialists, mobilization rules and regulations on education.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law that provides for the liquidation of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, the transfer of its functions to a central executive body, likely the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and the introduction of stricter rules and restrictions on gambling advertising and activities.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider a bill that would allow customs clearance of cars through the Diia system to reduce corruption and speed up the process, with the cost of the car calculated automatically.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to transfer to the Pension Fund of Ukraine the functions of granting payments to pregnant women and child benefits. The draft law will be considered in the first reading at one of the next meetings.
The draft law proposes to abolish all upward and downward coefficients applied to the rates of rent for the use of radio frequency resources of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada has supported a draft law that establishes new fines for illegal trade in beer, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and e-cigarette liquids without state registration or permits.
The Verkhovna Rada allowed to the National Agency for the Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) to buy military bonds using up to 80% of seized foreign currency during martial law and within one month after its lifting.
The unblocked Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing point is allowing normal truck traffic in both directions. There are 250 trucks in the queue. At the same time, Polish farmers are blocking the Rava-Ruska checkpoint, where about 350 trucks are waiting in line.
The Parliament plans to divide underground gas storage facilities and main pipelines into key and nonkey facilities, with key facilities being strategically important and nonkey facilities being those that can be decommissioned or liquidated.
The Parliament plans to dismiss 7 members of the Accounting Chamber due to the expiration of their term of office, not 1, as previously planned.
The Verkhovna Rada plans to simplify procedures for the import and circulation of cotton, an important raw material for gunpowder production, in Ukraine to support the needs of domestic industry for resources during and after martial law.
The Parliament may extend the grace period for the reorganization of state healthcare institutions into state non-profit enterprises until December 31, 2024.
Following the downing of a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber and a strike on an airfield in occupied Crimea, enemy aircraft activity in the Black and Azov Seas has somewhat decreased.
Russians attacked a Kharkiv TV tower, which could lead to disruption of communications and spread of Russian propaganda due to restrictions on Ukrainian broadcasting.
Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 16 Shahid drones and Iskander-M ballistic missiles, targeting Kharkiv region and infrastructure, but Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 15 of the 16 drones, with no casualties.
President Biden discussed with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unwavering support for Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression and pledged swift security assistance to meet Ukraine's immediate needs on the battlefield.