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Law enforcement officers have uncovered an organised group that was stealing citizens’ cryptocurrency via specially created malicious websites. According to the investigation, the suspects sought out victims in Telegram communities, promising to help them trade cryptocurrency, before tricking them into granting access to their digital wallets and siphoning off assets worth millions of hryvnias.
On 7 April, the Verkhovna Rada adopted European integration bill No. 12221, which harmonises the areas of accreditation and technical regulation with EU law. This represents one of the key steps towards the future DCFTA, but the ‘industrial visa-free regime’ for Ukrainian goods has not yet come into effect.
Over the past four years, direct losses incurred by state-owned enterprises due to exchange rate fluctuations during public procurement from non-residents have amounted to 2.8 billion hryvnias. This was stated by Dmytro Kysilevskyi, Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development, citing a study of procurement by the nine largest public contracting authorities.
The EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, welcomed the Verkhovna Rada’s adoption of a package of laws relating to Ukraine’s European integration and international financing. She said that the decisions on the digitalisation of the enforcement of court rulings and the integration of Ukraine’s and Europe’s energy markets would unlock vital support through the Ukraine Facility.
Ukrainian skier Viktoria Olekh, who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, has been suspended for 10 months for breaching anti-doping rules. The NADC’s list states that canrenone was detected in her sample, and the suspension period runs from 18 March 2026 to 17 January 2027.
In the run-up to Easter, it’s often not the Easter cake itself that causes the most stress, but a failed icing that cracks, crumbles or runs down the cake. ThePublic has put together a few tried-and-tested recipes for Easter cake icing for you – from classic egg white icing to versions using gelatine, chocolate and marshmallows.
According to The Telegraph, Ukrainian marines used British Malloy T-150 logistics drones in an operation to destroy a bridge. The mission lasted two months, and the final blow to the already weakened structure was delivered by a missile.
Cameroon has stated that the Russian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 16 of its citizens who were fighting against Ukraine. It is reported that this is the first time the Central African nation has officially acknowledged the involvement of its citizens in this war.
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme whereby men liable for military service were illegally sent abroad under the guise of being members of music bands. According to the investigation, the organiser set up a sole trader business specifically for this purpose, and a ‘place in the band’ cost between $7,500 and $13,000.
The Artemis II mission crew recorded a message to the public before the Orion spacecraft flew behind the Moon and temporarily lost contact with Earth. NASA emphasised that this was a planned phase of the flight, and that after circling the Moon, the crew re-established contact with Mission Control
On 7 April, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill No. 15110 at its second reading and in its entirety, extending the military levy for a further three years following the termination or lifting of martial law. The bill was passed by 257 MPs.
NASA has released new images from the Artemis II mission, during which the crew completed the first manned flyby of the Moon in over half a century. The astronauts photographed the far side of the Moon, observed a solar eclipse from space and reached a record distance from Earth for humankind — 406,773 km.
