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Global warming in Ukraine is affecting biodiversity, creating conditions in which local flora and fauna are being displaced by new species from other regions.
The Verkhovna Rada has passed Bill No. 6506-1 at its second reading and in its entirety; under the bill, the salaries of State Emergency Service rescuers and police officers will be increased.
The Security Service, the 1st Brigade of the National Guard’s ‘Azov’ unit, Special Operations Centre ‘A’ and the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a joint operation and destroyed critical infrastructure at the Mariupol Commercial Port.
New EU members may have their voting rights temporarily restricted on certain issues. Five member states are pushing for this proposal.
Over the past 24 hours, 234 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. Russian forces were most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 assaults.
Law enforcement officers have dismantled six schemes involving illegal evasion of conscription in the Kyiv and Mykolaiv regions. The organisers of these schemes have been served with notices of suspicion.
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has spoken out against the strengthening of the rouble, stating that the current exchange rate is already causing serious problems for the Russian economy
The Ukrainian human rights organisation Truth Hounds has documented dozens of cases of torture, enforced disappearances, sexual violence and unlawful detention at the former ‘Izolyatsia’ art centre in occupied Donetsk, which militants turned into a torture chamber on 9 June 2014.
Anna Derevianko stated that over 40% of Ukraine’s economy operates in the shadow economy. And due to a relaxation of controls, grey-market schemes have even spread to the healthcare sector. Yet it is precisely the formalisation of the economy that would make it possible to avoid tax increases.
The Iranian-backed Yemeni group Ansar Allah, known as the Houthis, has announced a blockade of shipping in the Red Sea for Israeli vessels.
US President Donald Trump cut short an interview with NBC News presenter Kristen Welker following a heated discussion about the 2020 election and accusations levelled at the American media.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a vaccine against all types of coronavirus using artificial intelligence. They are also working on developing new treatments for Ebola and influenza.
