Due to martial law restricting oral rabies vaccination of wild animals and immunization of domestic animals, Ukraine saw a 2. 3-fold increase in rabies cases among animals in 2023 compared to 2022.
The Deposit Guarantee Fund is preparing to purchase 15,000 liters of diesel fuel at an inflated price, despite the fact that it does not need it due to the absence of power outages in Kyiv.
The economic expert questioned the statement of the head of the Verkhovna Rada Tax Committee that Ukraine has not received UAH 20 billion in taxes from the tobacco market, noting that the math does not add up, and such a large parallel illegal market is unbelievable given the size of Ukraine's population.
Situation near Vuhledar in Donetsk region remains under control.
Ukrainian carriers hold protests at four border checkpoints in response to the blockade of Polish farmers at the border.
About 2,500 trucks are stuck in six lines at checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border due to the ongoing blockade of Polish farmers.
Russian troops are trying to advance in the area of Tabaivka in Kharkiv region, but are at a disadvantage because Ukrainian troops have taken over the dominant heights.
Russia cannot conduct large-scale operations now, so it is targeting places like the bridgehead near the Torsky Ledge to gain a foothold and continue its offensive along the Black Stallion River.
After the State Logistics Operator announced new tenders for food supplies to the Armed Forces, it and the new team at the Ministry of Defense were subjected to an information attack, likely by companies that had previously been monopolists.
Ex-Deputy Managing Director of the Deposit Guarantee Fund Rudukha plans to go abroad to avoid punishment - source.
The former deputy managing director of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, Natalia Rudukha, has been fired in connection with a criminal investigation opened against her.
Approximately 3,200 trucks are waiting at six border crossings with Poland due to blockades by protesting local farmers.
Natalia Rudukha, Deputy Managing Director of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, was dismissed.
The expert highlighted several factors that could affect cryptocurrency prices in 2024, including US Federal Reserve policy, geopolitical stability, bitcoin halving, infrastructure development and macroeconomic trends such as inflation.
Avtostrada Group is currently carrying out restoration work at its own expense on a section of the blue line tunnel of the Kyiv metro.
Border Guard Service spokesman Demchenko said that there are no signs of Russian strike groups forming in Belarus and that they are not seeing any significant activity on the Belarusian border.
According to the lawyer, the actions of the Director of the Legal Department of the National Bank of Ukraine to interfere with the litigation of the Deposit Guarantee Fund may have serious legal consequences if it is established that they caused damage or were committed for selfish reasons.
The forensic psychiatric examination of MP Serhiy Batryn, suspected of detonating a grenade at a village council meeting in Zakarpattia region, which injured 26 people and killed two, has been completed, but the results will not be announced yet due to the ongoing investigation.
The President of the UUIE calls for publicly naming the names of tax officials who unreasonably harm business by blocking tax invoices or opening unjustified criminal cases.
The military expert said that the companies that have been supplying food to the army since Yanukovych's time see the reforms that establish fair competition as a threat to their monopoly and resort to media campaigns to protect their interests.
