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Since the start of 2026, the number of sole traders in Ukraine has increased by 11,297. During this period, 63,920 people started their own businesses; however, Danylo Getmantsev, chair of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, stated that this trend does not in itself indicate either a business boom or a rapid economic recovery.
The Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine has begun updating the e-Queue system, which involves the launch of an electronic queue for passenger cars and new features for lorries and buses. Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery of Ukraine and Minister of Community and Territorial Development, stated that the service for passenger cars is scheduled to launch as early as June.
Ukraine is currently losing around 300,000 people a year, excluding the effects of the war. According to Vasyl Voskoboynik, an expert on demography and labour migration, 450,000 to 500,000 people die in the country each year, whilst 200,000 to 250,000 are born.
During their meeting in Gdańsk, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed the possibility of joint exercises as part of a French initiative to involve allies in nuclear deterrence. Macron stated that the parties would consider information sharing and joint exercises, whilst Tusk confirmed that Poland had decided to join the group of countries invited by France to participate in such cooperation.
Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, responded to statements made by the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzya, at a meeting of the UN Security Council and accused Russia of spreading disinformation about the Ukrainian army. He also spoke of heavy losses among Russian troops and the Kremlin’s difficulties in manning its forces.
The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Centre has urged the public not to trust misleading weather reports that have appeared in certain media outlets in recent days. The agency stated that some of these reports take phrases from the official forecast out of context, distort them and exaggerate them for the sake of clickbait.
Ukrainian poet Daria Lisich has found herself at the centre of a scandal following a public row involving blogger Yulia Verba. During a discussion on Threads, Lisich referred to Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier Maria Haievska as a “chicken”, sparking a wave of outrage on social media.
On 21 April 2026, moderate geomagnetic activity is forecast, with readings of 3–4 on the scale. On this day, people who are sensitive to weather changes are advised to pay closer attention to how they feel, avoid overexertion and refrain from making sudden changes to their usual routine.
On 21 April 2026, Orthodox Christians celebrate Radonitsa – the main day of remembrance following Easter. On this day, they commemorate the deceased, pray for the repose of their souls and observe a number of church and folk traditions.
The Halytskyi District Court in Lviv has imposed pre-trial measures on two individuals implicated in a case involving the sale of psychotropic substances through the U420 and Green State retail chains. The individuals in question are a sales assistant at one of the shops and a woman whom investigators believe to be the manager of the Lviv branch of the chain. Both have been remanded in custody until 12 June, with the option to post bail.
Yevhen Zhukov, Head of the Patrol Police Department of Ukraine, has stated that he has submitted his resignation following the terrorist attack in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv.
На фронті ліквідовано колишнього українського футболіста Олександра Половкова, який після 2015 року виступав за так званий “Шахтар” із Свердловська в псевдочемпіонаті “ЛНР”. Першими про його смерть повідомили пов’язані з окупаційною владою футбольні ресурси Довжанська, після чого цю інформацію поширили українські спортивні медіа.
