Kyiv region and the state of Washington are launching an online platform for business cooperation that will allow entrepreneurs to easily find partners, establish communication, learn about industries and products, and share experiences.
Officials embezzled UAH 8. 3 million from the Chortkivsky Combine of Bread Products by forging invoices for non-existent grain deliveries.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with German Minister for Development Svenja Schulze to discuss the implementation of joint projects, coordinate work ahead of the Recovery Conference in Berlin in June, and emphasize Ukraine's fruitful cooperation with the German Reconstruction Credit Institution (KfW), which supports small and medium-sized enterprises that are crucial to Ukraine's recovery.
The second semi-final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, where 16 participants will compete for the final, will be broadcast live on May 9 at 22:00.
On Europe Day, U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken emphasized the importance of the U.S.-EU partnership in defending against Russian aggression in Ukraine and noted shared democratic values and economic prosperity.
Russia may have removed President Zelensky and former President Poroshenko from its wanted list.
According to President Zelenskyy, the time from the decision to provide Ukraine with weapons to their arrival at the front line is measured in weeks and months, not kilometers, due to delays in deliveries, despite approved aid packages.
Chernihiv has decided to minimize street lighting until 21:30 in parks and 22:30 on roads to save electricity amid a shortage in Ukraine's energy system caused by Russian missile strikes.
Wealthy Russians are trying to return their assets to Russia or friendly countries such as the UAE because of the sanctions, but fear the potential nationalization of their businesses in Russia, leaving them in a state of uncertainty.
Zelenskyy outlined the main issues to be discussed at the Peace Summit in Switzerland. Among them are the exchange of prisoners, the return of abducted Ukrainian children and deported citizens, as well as nuclear and food security issues.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met with Robert Metsola, President of the European Parliament, in an air raid shelter during her visit to Kyiv on Europe Day to discuss military support, Ukraine's EU membership bid, and support for parliamentary cooperation.
According to President Zelenskyy, the russians have increased the number of troops across Ukraine, especially in the north and east, taking advantage of a pause in the supply of weapons.
The Ukrainian military will be able to stop the Russian invaders in the east thanks to an increase in arms supplies from the approved US military aid package, which will allow them to seize the initiative from Russia, President Zelenskyy believes.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs bills extending martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days until August 11, 2024.
President of the European Council Charles Michel confirmed his participation in the Global Peace Summit to be held in June during a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and called on all world leaders to support Ukraine's peace efforts.
Ukraine is close to the start of actual accession negotiations with the European Union, and the President of the European Parliament is optimistic that the framework for negotiations will be adopted by EU member states in June.
The UN Committee recognized the forced imposition of Russian citizenship on Crimean residents and the transfer of Ukrainian citizens to Russia to serve their sentences as a violation of human rights.
Since February, more than 25,000 newlyweds have used the online marriage registration service on the Diia portal, with 53% of applications submitted by women, and the highest number of applications submitted in Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa regions.
The European Union does not recognize the so-called Russian elections, especially those held illegally in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and the new European Parliament is expected to take a strong position.
Polina Bugrova became the only representative of Ukraine in women's singles badminton at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, securing Ukraine's participation in the 20th sport at the Games.
Putin is not going to stop, President Zelensky said.
Through a pro-russian youth movement operating in the occupied territories, the Kremlin is recruiting Ukrainian students, including minors, to intern at a factory in russia that assembles Iranian kamikaze drones used against Ukraine.
The architects of the National Military Memorial Cemetery in Ukraine decided that the monument to the unknown defenders should look like a knight in armor, abandoning the more traditional image of an empty helmet.
Another Russian serviceman has been identified who opened fire on a civilian car in February 2022 in occupied Hostomel, along with other Russian guards.
President Zelenskyy and European Parliament President Mecola met in Kyiv to maximize efforts to protect lives in Ukraine and Europe from Russia's ongoing invasion and attacks.
The Security Service of Ukraine has served a notice of suspicion to a subdeacon of the UOC (MP) in Kherson, who campaigned for the region's accession to Russia, painted the entrance stele in Russian colors and agitated believers to support the pseudo-referendum.
Due to the electricity shortage, Kyiv plans to reduce the brightness of street lighting by at least 20% to reduce the load on the power grid while maintaining power supply to residential buildings.
"Kvartal 95 aired a story ridiculing the head of the Rivne TCC and JV caught kissing women in his office. Because of this, MPs requested law enforcement agencies to "defame the authority of the Armed Forces" and "humiliate the honor and dignity of Ukrainian servicemen" during martial law.
Satellite photos confirm damage to an oil depot in Russia-occupied Luhansk after explosions: at least three fuel storage tanks were destroyed by fire.
Poroshenko's 27 elected representatives in the Rada earned as much during the war as the other 374 MPs combined.