Verkhovna Rada

Every year since February 22, 2022, about 4,000 children are left without parental care. The government has introduced new social assistance for families who temporarily take in such children. The Ombudsman explained how to get help for such families.

The decision to gradually increase excise taxes on cigarettes to the minimum level in the EU until 2028 was passed by the relevant parliamentary committee, the Verkhovna Rada is recommended to adopt the relevant bill as a basis.

According to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, 3,210 Ukrainians have been released from Russian captivity to date.

In Russia, they said that they had exchanged prisoners of war from Ukraine. Previously, 75 Ukrainians returned home, but official Kiev has not yet confirmed that the exchange took place.

The authorities abandoned the idea of economic booking. However, the head of the tax committee of the Rada, Daniil Hetmantsev, continues to bend his line and does not give up the idea of quarreling business.

More than 770 convicts have already joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine after being released on parole from serving their sentences for military service, while the courts have considered more than 2,400 such petitions and granted more than 1,800 of them.

Ukraine is negotiating to increase the volume of electricity imports from Europe to more than 2 kW from the current limit of 1. 7 GW.

The EU Council adopted a resolution on the introduction of increased duties on grain, oilseeds and processed products imported from Russia and Belarus to prevent destabilization of the EU grain market and Russian exports of illegally appropriated Ukrainian grain.

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said that Argentina has joined the International Coalition for the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia.

The bar in Kharkiv, which promoted violence, discrimination and crimes through its menu, was closed after complaints from activists and the intervention of the Ombudsman's office, the Ministry of Culture, The State Food and Consumer Service and the National Police.

Biden's participation in the peace summit in Switzerland remains uncertain, as the United States has not confirmed his presence, possibly for security reasons. Its presence or high-level representation by the United States is crucial for demonstrating Western support for Ukraine's peace initiative.

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets sent a team of the National Preventive Mechanism to a correctional colony in the Poltava region after receiving information about torture and bullying of prisoners there.

The Verkhovna Rada has registered a draft law on extending the deadline for updating military credentials from 60 to 150 days.

The Government has approved the procedure for determining and applying electricity consumption limits, and has also defined a list of critical facilities that will receive priority electricity supply, including military units, healthcare facilities, public authorities, defense industry enterprises, and enterprises that are crucial for food, economic and energy security.

The attempt to seize land plots that ATO participants received on the basis of free privatization raises questions, at least from a moral point of view.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has banned all forms of gambling advertising until the law on combating gambling addiction comes into force.

Already 613 prisoners have joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and serve in separate assault units formed exclusively of convicts who have served their sentences.

The relevant committee recommends that the Verkhovna Rada adopt the draft law on expanding the powers of local self-government bodies in the second reading and as a whole.

Russia's full-scale military aggression, corruption and a weak judicial system continue to negatively affect Ukraine's investment climate, discouraging foreign investors from investing in the country.

The military expert spoke about the idea of raffling off reservations in a lottery.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have reached a common vision of an objective investigation into the alleged leakage of pre-trial investigation data, reaffirming their commitment to fighting high-level corruption.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met in Kyiv with Polish Senate Marshal Malgorzata Kidawa-Bląska to discuss the upcoming Global Summit, the International Crimean Platform, and Ukraine's defense needs.

Ukraine has taken all four legislative steps required by the European Commission to actually start negotiations on EU accession, as stated by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva.

Ukraine has removed cannabis, its resin, extracts, and tinctures from the list of particularly dangerous substances, allowing its cultivation for medical and industrial purposes.

The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution that sets a profit margin of up to 25% of the cost price for domestic ammunition producers, allowing them to expand and modernize their production lines.

By winter, the European Union will increase its capacity to supply more electricity to Ukraine to compensate for the damage caused by the large-scale shelling.

The energy sector of Kharkiv region is almost completely destroyed due to constant shelling, but there are programs to provide the region with electricity and heat.

In Ukraine, in 2022, 2023, and 2024, the government allocated money for the construction of appropriate fortifications.

This year, Ukraine expects to receive 16 billion euros from the EU under the Ukraine Facility program, 4. 5 billion dollars from the IMF, and almost 8 billion dollars from the United States.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft law to improve the situation in the electricity market and settle debts in the balancing market by creating special accounts for different entities to ensure an acceptable level of payments, reduce debts to Ukrenergo and increase the stability of the power system.