Ukraine lifts travel restrictions for certain female officials. Female ministers and MPs are not included

The government has lifted restrictions on traveling abroad for a specific category of female officials during martial law. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko after a government meeting, reports UNN.

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As the Deputy Prime Minister reported, from now on, female employees of state authorities, local self-government bodies, state-owned enterprises, and other defined structures will be able to cross the border without additional restrictions. 

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However, the changes do not apply to the highest-ranking state officials, key heads of state authorities and their deputies, including members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the leadership of ministries and central executive bodies, the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the NSDC, the SBU, the National Bank, as well as members of parliament, judges of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office, and heads of state enterprises and state bodies whose jurisdiction extends to the entire territory of Ukraine.

For them, the rules remain unchanged to ensure the continuous operation of the state, Svyrydenko emphasized.