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Laenemets said that if Ukraine needs it, Estonia can search for and transfer people to Kyiv. Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets said that his country is ready to extradite men liable for military service to Ukraine to replenish the Defense Forces. His statement is quoted by ERR. According to him, if Ukraine needs it, Estonia […]
Members of the Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law on medical cannabis in the second reading on Thursday, December 21. This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak. The decision was supported by 248 MPs. The law will come into force six months after its publication, approximately in the second half of 2024. It provides for […]
Kyivstar cancels the next scheduled tariff fee for its users. The company also allocates UAH 100 million for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the company’s press service. Tariff exemptions apply to: subscription, contract and contract subscribers with the Home Internet service from December 22, 2023 to January 21, […]
Ukraine is planning to increase the maximum and minimum pensions starting from January 1, 2024. This initiative will apply to those pensioners whose payments are currently limited to 10 subsistence minimums. The maximum pension will increase by UAH 2.6 thousand. UAH, moving from UAH 20,930 to UAH 23,610. The subsistence minimum will also increase from […]
Members of the Verkhovna Rada propose to zero out customs clearance of cars for soldiers and other civilians affected by military aggression against Ukraine. The respective draft laws 10353 and 10354 are registered on the Parliament’s website. The draft law proposes, inter alia, a temporary exemption from import duty from January 1, 2024 (or the […]
On the morning of Wednesday, December 20, users of Kyivstar mobile operator reported another outage, namely a lack of connection, inability to check account status and use other services in the app. The company noted that it was aware of the problem and was working to fix it. This is said in the comments under […]
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, hackers hacked into a radio station: a song about the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine was broadcast for an hour and a half. This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel. It is stated that Max TT’s song about the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine was broadcast on the radio […]
For the New Year holidays, Ukrzaliznytsia has scheduled Christmas express trains in Kyiv and Lviv, retro-style trains with steam-powered locomotives. Such trains will run across the country for 4 days. This is reported by the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia. Christmas express trains will run on December 23, 24, 30 and 31. In the capital, holiday […]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers mistakenly killed three Israelis who were kidnapped by militants of the Hamas terrorist group. The IDF published a message about this on its official Telegram channel on Friday, December 15. According to the statement, the incident occurred during fighting in the Shejai area in the northern Gaza Strip – the […]
Kyivstar is currently being cautious about the timeframe for restoring communication after the outage on December 12. Several scenarios are considered. This was announced by the company’s president Alexander Komarov in an interview with Forbes. “This is the most difficult question today, because I don’t want to speculate on it. We have several scenarios. The […]