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Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund are finalising discussions on the parameters for introducing VAT for sole traders. It is likely that a decision may be postponed until 2027.
Alexander Butyagin, a Russian national who had been conducting illegal excavations in Crimea, had previously been granted permission to be extradited to Ukraine.
Ukrzaliznytsia is set to receive €54 million in grant funding as part of a joint project with the European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Fifth Administrative Court of Appeal has upheld the decision to impose additional taxes and fines totalling over 1.7 million hryvnias on a resident of the Odesa region who received income from the OnlyFans platform but failed to declare it.
Ukraine is constructing a large-scale defensive line along its northern border – stretching from the Kyiv Reservoir all the way to Sumy. The aim is to prevent any further Russian offensive.
An international conference on security and defence issues has begun in Rzeszów, Poland, attended by government leaders from Ukraine and Poland. Among other things, models of Ukrainian ballistic missiles were presented during the event.
On the afternoon of 28 April, debris was reported to have fallen in the Shevchenkivskyi and Solomianskyi districts of the capital during a drone attack. One person was injured as a result of the incident.
The risk of a nuclear disaster has risen to a level not seen since the Cold War. At the same time, mechanisms for ensuring peace and security are under pressure.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that, in a potential peace agreement with Russia, Ukraine would have to accept the loss of part of its territory, but that this would facilitate the country’s accession to the European Union.
On the night of 28 April, the Russian town of Tuapse came under drone attack once again. According to Russian social media accounts and the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters, a fire broke out at the oil refinery.
North Korea has opened a museum dedicated to soldiers who died in the war against Ukraine. It features displays of captured military equipment, presumably seized from the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
28-year-old Oleg Karpa has set a world record, surpassing the achievement of the legendary Zombie Boy – the most famous figure in the world of body art. The Ukrainian has 230 tattoos in the form of bones on his body, recreating the anatomy of the human skeleton.
