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The Municipal Consultative and Diagnostic Centre in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv has found itself at the centre of several high-profile scandals: legal disputes with medical staff, complaints about fee-based services, concerns regarding access to dental care, and official responses and documents in which doctors are assigned not only medical but also financial targets.
Kyiv is set to become the next city in Ukraine to launch a 5G pilot scheme. The Ministry of Digital Transformation says there are no regulatory obstacles to this, and mobile operators have already moved on to the technical preparation phase.
In April 2026, the minimum cost of living in Ukraine will remain unchanged at the level set on 1 January. The minimum wage will also remain unchanged, whilst some of the other financial changes during the month will apply only to certain categories of citizens.
A pilot scheme to involve the private sector in air defence is already underway in Ukraine. One private company has carried out its first missions in the Kharkiv region and shot down several Russian drones, including Shahed and Zala models
Pensioners residing in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine or who have left those areas for government-controlled territory must undergo physical identification and, in certain cases, also submit a declaration stating that they have not received payments from the Russian Federation. Failure to undergo identification constitutes grounds for the suspension of pension payments.
For the first time in over half a century, NASA has launched a crewed mission to fly around the Moon. The Artemis II crew consists of four astronauts, who are set to fly around Earth’s satellite and return in around 10 days.
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has proposed introducing a so-called state of emergency into the country’s legislation following the crash of a Russian drone in Perechyn, Transcarpathia, which is located less than 10 kilometres from the Slovak border.
The forecast for geomagnetic activity for 1–2 April 2026 remains moderate, but an increase to G1 level is possible on the evening of 2 April. The highest Kp index values are currently expected in the afternoon.
2 квітня за новим церковним календарем в Україні вшановують преподобного Тита Чудотворця. У народі цей день називають Титом Льодоломом і пов’язують із пожертвою, прикметами про врожай та низкою заборон.
Fear of mobilisation in Ukraine has long been a lucrative opportunity for scammers. Now they are also cashing in on it on TikTok – through live streams, donations and fake verification services, which they pass off as access to restricted registers.
On 1 April, a protest against Rector Volodymyr Bugrov took place outside the Red Building of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. According to hromadske, several hundred students attended the rally following the appearance online of an intimate video featuring a man resembling the rector.
The Ukrainian project YEDNÁ, which has been the subject of lively discussion on Reddit and Threads in recent days, has launched a social network featuring verification via “Diyu”. The platform is already available on the App Store; it launched in Odesa and focuses on local content and registration exclusively for verified users.
