Ukraine

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged Ukrainians to save electricity during peak hours and industry to maximize imports and use alternative sources due to the shortage of electricity in the system.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dismissed Vitaliy Polovenko from the post of Deputy Minister of Defense and Tetyana Laktionova from the post of Deputy Head of the National Social Service.

Ukraine will attract EUR 115 million from European institutions to restore the healthcare system and support small and medium-sized businesses.

Five militants who stormed Ukrainian positions in Maryinka and Vuhledar have been served suspicion notices by the Security Service of Ukraine and face life imprisonment.

President Zelenskyy discusses Ukraine's air defense needs with the Danish Minister of Enterprise. Kyiv is looking for help in finding additional air defense systems for Mykolaiv region.

The occupiers appoint unskilled personnel, such as laboratory technicians and cleaners, as directors of educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territories due to the lack of qualified teachers willing to work there.

The draft law plans to classify oil, oil products, and gas condensate as excisable goods with a zero excise tax rate, and to include some solvents as excisable goods with a rate of 245 euros per 1000 liters.

russian occupants are forcing Ukrainian students to make trench candles for their army, erasing their identity and violating international humanitarian law.

Children's railroads are starting a new season in Kyiv, Lviv, Rivne and Dnipro, where more than 2,500 young railroaders are ready to operate trains.

The Cabinet of Ministers allocates more than UAH 8 billion for the construction of fortifications, bringing the total amount allocated to strengthen the defense borders since the beginning of 2024 to almost UAH 38 billion.

China has significantly increased supplies of navigation equipment and components for military equipment to Russia, which has allowed Russia to accelerate arms production and strengthen its defense against the Ukrainian counteroffensive in 2023.

Against the backdrop of the new law on mobilization, territorial recruitment centers are likely to be unable to update the data of all men registered for military service.

US flags are raised in the Ukrainian parliament in anticipation of the US Senate's decision on aid to Ukraine.

The Parliament supported a draft law that exempts entrepreneurs engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of vehicles from re-registering used cars.

Russia has introduced the so-called "free economic zone" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, where enterprises "squeezed" by the occupiers from pro-Ukrainian owners become residents. The decision to create these "zones" is connected with Russia's attempt to overcome the economic crisis caused by the destruction of the TOT of Ukraine by the Russian army.

In 24 hours, Ukrainians bought military bonds, raising more than UAH 30 million for the budget. Bonds were most popular in Yalta, Nova Kakhovka and Simferopol.

The Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy called on the authorities to preserve the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine in its current format, emphasizing its vital role in ensuring food security and economic recovery of Ukraine during the war with Russia.

Norway proposes to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees from three to five years.

Austria has extended free travel on its highways and the right to obtain border insurance for Ukrainians with vehicles until September 30, 2024, allowing them to use Ukrainian driving licenses without exchanging them for EU ones during this period.

The European Parliament voted to extend duty-free trade in Ukrainian agricultural products for a year until June 5, 2025, with new restrictions to protect the interests of European farmers.

The Verkhovna Rada voted in the first reading in favor of a bill that introduces basic general military training by teaching the subject "Defense of the Fatherland" to high school and vocational school students.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree establishing several rural military administrations in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine.

The Verkhovna Rada supported a draft law to create a new system of regulation and control over activities related to forest reproductive resources, ensure the preservation and restoration of unique forest ecosystems, preserve genetic diversity, increase forest cover and bring them in line with EU legislation.

Due to technical reasons, the issuance of ready-made documents in foreign branches of the State Enterprise "Document" has been suspended.

For the first time in 7 years, Ukraine has enough vaccines to cover all age groups that need immunization.

Mykola Solsky responded to the NABU's statement announcing that he was suspected in the case of seizure of state land, saying that it concerns the events of 2017-2018.

The United States has already transferred much of the weaponry from the first aid package to Ukraine to warehouses in Poland and Germany, reducing the time needed for delivery after the military aid bill was approved.

Against the backdrop of international military and financial assistance to Ukraine, the occupiers began to intensify the construction of fortifications throughout Crimea.

Naftogaz of Ukraine has extended the "fixed" tariff for another year, keeping the gas price for households at UAH 7. 96 (including VAT) per cubic meter until April 30, 2025.

In recent years, Ukraine has seen an increase in the number of reports of environmental violations. Also, since 2021, there has been a steady trend towards an increase in the number of indictments sent to court.