Ukraine

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has announced a "smart mobilization" that allows citizens to apply for specific military specialties, such as drone operator or artilleryman, in two clicks, facilitating targeted recruitment and using civilian expertise to strengthen the capabilities of the armed forces.

An international special tribunal to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine could be established by the end of 2024, with options for its creation based on a multilateral or bilateral agreement being considered, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has said.

In February, imports dropped by about $350-400 million due to the blockade of the western borders, with a significant drop in imports of food, industrial goods, and wood, but an increase in imports of petroleum products and some chemicals.

The DOK-ING MV-4 light demining vehicle, assembled and partially localized in Ukraine with a 15% localization share, has successfully passed tests at a training ground in various terrain areas and survivability tests.

Over the past month, the Defense Forces recorded 371 cases of enemy use of ammunition containing hazardous chemicals, which is 90 cases more than in the previous period.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda to discuss continued defense cooperation, sanctions and confiscation of Russian assets, humanitarian aid, and Ukraine's integration into the EU and NATO.

MPs do not intend to dismiss Prosecutor General Kostin, media reports call it a rumor.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, since the beginning of the year, the Russian army has fired more than 30,000 times at Ukraine.

An explosion occurs in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

The State Bureau of Investigation transferred more than UAH 23 million from the accounts of Russian companies that traded chemical products in Ukraine to the National Asset Recovery and Management Agency by court order.

According to Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder, U. S. assistance to Ukraine is intended to help it defend its sovereign territory and regain it, and the United States is not providing any assistance for use beyond that.

900 devices, including laptops and tablets with unique eKidz content, will be provided to schools in 6 frontline regions of Ukraine - Donetsk, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Kherson - to develop basic reading skills and learn the Ukrainian language.

According to the CHESNO Movement, at least 54 members of the Verkhovna Rada are suspected of committing criminal offenses, mostly corruption and treason.

Ukraine has air defense systems capable of shooting down Iranian Fateh-110 and Zolfagar ballistic missiles with a range of 300 and 600 km, respectively, but needs more of them to counter a large number of missiles.

Demand for labor continues to grow, while supply remains constrained by migration, leading to labor shortages and wage growth, and household incomes are supported by budget transfers, pension indexation, and minimum wage increases.

The excessive number of 135 different tax charges in Ukraine encourages entrepreneurs to operate in the shadow economy, which, according to Andriy Novak, chairman of the Committee of Economists of Ukraine, accounts for about 50% of the Ukrainian economy.

Tomorrow night there will be no precipitation, during the day there will be short-term rains in Ukraine, sometimes thunderstorms, on Monday there will be no precipitation, the temperature will be 3-9° C at night, 13-22° C during the day.

"The State Logistics Operator has 100 days to prove the effectiveness of the new contracts for food supplies for the Armed Forces. Experts advise waiting for feedback from soldiers before drawing conclusions.

Portugal's new government, led by Prime Minister Luiz Montenegro, supports Ukraine's accession to the European Union, having put aside previous hesitations.

President Zelenskyy signs a decree imposing sanctions against 86 legal entities and 7 individuals, including foreign nationals, for a period of 3 to 10 years.

A tosgvardia officer who tortured about 100 civilians and prisoners of war by keeping them in freezers at the Gostomel airport during the occupation in March 2022 will be tried for violating the laws and customs of war.

Ukraine proposes to ban air transit to russia and belarus to limit economic potential and increase sanctions pressure on the aggressor.

Russia claims to have found pro-Ukrainian materials on the phone of one of the suspects in the Crocus shooting, allegedly linking the attack to the war in Ukraine, despite the fact that ISIS has claimed responsibility for it.

Lithuania will allocate 15 million euros for rehabilitation programs for wounded Ukrainian soldiers and purchase 3,000 drones for Ukraine.

The prime ministers of Lithuania and Ukraine discussed further sanctions against Russia, preventing the bypassing of the Belarusian or other schemes, and confiscation of frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine.

According to Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Russia has destroyed 80% of Ukraine's thermal power plants in recent weeks due to continued energy terror and missile attacks on energy facilities.

Lithuania plans to purchase about 3,000 FPV drones worth 2 million euros for Ukraine.

Two German companies, Knauf and WKB Systems, are supplying Russians with construction materials to rebuild occupied Mariupol. Knauf Ukraine has refused to comment on the situation regarding assistance to the occupiers.

Ukraine's international reserves rose to $43. 8 billion in early April, up 18% over the month, thanks to significant inflows from international partners of over $9 billion, which exceeded debt repayments and foreign currency sales.

Three more teenagers and a 5-year-old boy were returned from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.