Due to the heat wave, electricity consumption in Ukraine will increase, causing a shortage. Scheduled blackouts will take place from 17:00 to 21:00. Electricity is expected to be imported from 5 countries, 498 settlements are without power.
Starting August 17, regional train No. 816/815 Lviv - Rakhiv will extend its route to Dilove station. The schedule between Lviv and Rakhiv will not change, and the final stop will be at 21:49 in Dilove.
The head of the Donetsk RMA spoke about the restoration of fortifications destroyed by the enemy and the construction of new ones. Since the beginning of the war, more than 600 platoon strongholds have been built in Donetsk Oblast, and about UAH 2.6 billion has been spent.
In Ivano-Frankivsk, a secretary of a college admissions committee was exposed for demanding $800 for enrolling an applicant to defer mobilization. The suspect was detained after receiving the bribe and placed under house arrest.
In the highlands of the Carpathians, a number of people were detained who were trying to illegally cross the border with Romania. Some of the offenders were unprepared, wearing shorts and flip-flops, without sufficient food and water.
The NACP found unjustified assets worth UAH 19. 3 million in the former chief environmental inspector of the Carpathian region. The State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor's Office served the official with a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment.
The Kyiv School of Economics has concluded that Ukraine is capable of producing 90% of the construction materials needed for reconstruction. The key is to attract investment in the construction materials industry right now.
Ukrainian cyber police warn of the danger of recruitment by Russian special services to set fire to military vehicles. Law enforcement officers advise parents and teenagers on how to prevent such crimes.
Ukraine has registered 5 cases of a new sub-variant of the Omicron coronavirus - FLiRT. This strain could have provoked a significant part of the recent epidemic wave, according to the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the year, 346 women in Ukraine have received free IVF treatment. 130 of them have successfully become pregnant. The NHSU paid over UAH 8.7 million for these services to 18 medical institutions in 8 regions.
The Government has approved the appointment of Roman Bodnar and Pavlo Hrabskyi as heads of regional state administrations in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions. It also appointed Yuriy Sheik as First Deputy Minister of Energy and Denys Denyshchenko as Deputy Head of Luhansk RSA.
A law enforcement officer from Prykarpattia organized the smuggling of men of military age to Romania for $10,000 per person. The accomplices drove the men to the border, where they crossed into Romania on foot.
On August 8, Kyiv is expected to have comfortable weather without precipitation, up to +26°. Across Ukraine, the temperature will range from +25° to +32°, with partly cloudy skies and light rains possible in most regions.
In some districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region, 25% to 90% of students will not be able to attend school due to the lack of shelters. Authorities are considering options to ensure the safety of children, including temporary technical solutions and transportation to schools with shelters.
In 2023, more than 150 thousand Ukrainian women registered as fops. Brovary became a center for the development of women's entrepreneurship, where more than 170 women expressed a desire to start their own business.
7 trains are delayed in Poltava region due to nighttime shelling of railroad infrastructure. Ukrzaliznytsia repaired damaged sections and organized meals for passengers in Kyiv.
In the first half of 2024, 87,655 newborns and 72,766 marriages were registered in Ukraine. Most births and marriages took place in Kyiv, followed by Lviv, Dnipro and Odesa regions.
In the first half of 2024, 87,655 babies were born in Ukraine. Most births were recorded in Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipro regions, and 72,766 couples got married.
The Ivano-Frankivsk City Council decided to rename Hvardiyska Street in honor of Iryna Farion. It also plans to hold book fairs and encourage communication in Ukrainian when providing services.
Police have served four people with a notice of suspicion for beating a soldier in Vorokhta on July 4. Searches were conducted, evidence was seized, and the suspects face up to 4 years in prison.
Zinoviy Kozytskyi, son of the head of the Lviv RMA, died at the age of 19 due to cancer. The young man studied at UCU in the Cultural Studies program and courageously fought the disease to the end.
Power cuts from 15:00 to 16:00 have been canceled in the western and southern regions of Ukraine. From 16:00 to 17:00, one stage of blackouts will be applied due to the active operation of solar power plants and imports from Poland.
Until 14:00, all regions will have one outage queue. After 14:00, the number of queues will increase to 2-3 depending on the region.
NPC Ukrenergo announces the cancellation of one round of blackouts in 10 regions by 14:00 due to the intensification of SPPs operation. From 14:00 to 24:00, three rounds of blackouts will be in effect. Electricity imports are planned from 5 countries.
MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi of the Servant of the People faction is suspected of demanding a 10% kickback from the head of a village council in Sumy region for not obstructing a tender.
The Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigation have dismantled a corruption scheme at Ivano-Frankivsk Customs by detaining the head of a key department who demanded bribes from importers in exchange for not creating obstacles during customs clearance of their goods.
In the village of Staryi Martyniv, Ivano-Frankivsk district, 3 people drowned on the Dniester River, their bodies were found and brought to the surface by rescue divers.
Three pilot regions - Mykolaiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv - are developing strategies to adapt to climate change and high temperatures, including measures to counteract the effects of hot weather.
Seven-year-old Yegor Zavadetsky, who was in a coma at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital during a Russian missile strike on July 8, died after being transferred to another Kyiv hospital.
Starting August 1, Ukrzaliznytsia will add women's compartments to four long-distance trains to guarantee the privacy and safety of passengers traveling with children.