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The Ministry of Finance is preparing an updated version of the Customs Code, which is intended to grant law enforcement powers to customs authorities. This does not involve investigating all criminal cases, but rather offences and violations falling directly within the remit of customs.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted the National Security and Defence Council’s decision on sanctions against Belarusian companies which, according to the Ukrainian side, supply the Russian defence industry. The sanctions package also includes individuals from Alexander Lukashenko’s inner circle, notably his sons Viktor and Dmitry Lukashenko.
The Office of the Prosecutor General has sent a request to Israel for international legal assistance regarding the arrest of the vessel PANORMITIS and its cargo. According to the investigation, the vessel may be carrying grain, some of which was illegally exported from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
EU countries are preparing a package of short-term benefits for Ukraine, designed to bring it closer to the bloc even before full membership. This involves greater access to the EU market, deeper involvement in programmes and institutions, as well as other integration tools, following the rejection by EU capitals of the idea of accelerated accession.
The US will allocate up to $100 million for the repair of the new safe confinement at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged by a Russian drone. According to Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Denys Shmyhal, the total cost of restoring the structure is currently estimated at around €500 million.
According to media reports, an assassination attempt has been made on Major General Azatbek Omurbekov in the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. In 2022, he commanded the Russian Army’s 64th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, which has been linked to the killings of civilians during the occupation of Bucha in the Kyiv region.
On 29 April, the Verkhovna Rada approved in principle draft law No. 13478-1 on the resumption of competitive selection processes for the civil service and local government. The bill aims to repeal the simplified appointment procedure introduced at the start of the full-scale war and restore more transparent rules for recruitment to the public service.
У Могилів-Подільському районі Вінницької області зафіксували спалах африканської чуми свиней серед диких кабанів. У мисливських угіддях знайшли 11 загиблих тварин, а лабораторні дослідження підтвердили діагноз АЧС.
On 30 April, according to the new church calendar, Ukraine commemorates Saint James the Apostle, brother of John the Theologian. In folk tradition, this day is associated with omens regarding the summer, the harvest and the weather in May, as well as taboos against long journeys and returning to old ways.
The government has allocated an additional 2 billion hryvnias to the e-Recovery programme. With these funds, a further 20,000 families will be able to receive non-repayable grants to repair homes damaged as a result of Russian aggression.
Detectives from the State Bureau of Investigation in the Poltava region have secured the recovery of over 5 million hryvnias for the state budget in a tax evasion case. According to the investigation, a businessman from the Kharkiv region, who is involved in the wholesale trade of clothing and footwear, failed to record some of his transactions in his accounts whilst fulfilling government contracts.
У Київському водосховищі, яке часто називають Київським морем, різко впав рівень води. Через обміління до ДОТа №581 у Лютежі, який зазвичай перебуває у воді, тепер можна підійти пішки.
