Ukraine

The state budget of Ukraine for 2022 provides for an increase in the minimum wage to 6,500 hryvnias from January 2022. At the same time, GDP growth is projected at 3.8 percent and inflation at 6.2 %.  The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine generally supported the 2022 state budget with a deficit of 3.5 percent of GDP. On Thursday, December 2, 268 MPs […]

The country’s main Christmas tree on Sofiivska Square in Kyiv will traditionally be lit on December 19. A New Year’s and Christmas fair town will be open on Sofiivska Square and Volodymyrskyi Proizd until January 16. Festive locations will also be arranged in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation of Kyiv (Mariinsky Park, band shell in the City Park). […]

Ukraine – Russia war news from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of December 4, 2021 by Joint forces operation HQ data: Ukraine Front Lines highlights. (1) Russian hybrid forces launched 6 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine during the day of December 4, 2021. The enemy used of the following weaponry:  forbidden 122-mm artillery – near Stanytsya Luhanska, anti-tank rocket […]

Crisis around Ukraine: The U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington and Moscow have “deep disagreements” over Russia’s aggressive plans against Ukraine. The Kremlin keeps assuring that it is not interested in conflicts. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russia to seek a diplomatic exit from the Ukraine crisis.  He said this on Thursday, December 2, at the beginning […]

Thanks to Violeta Moskalu, Boryslav Bereza figured out what our current political leader offers in the issue of multiple citizenship. “It turns out that after returning to Ukraine they can only wash dishes or be security guards at the Kvartal-95 concert” – the politician admits. Because our President Volodymyr Zelensky  believes that a citizen of Ukraine who has citizenship (patriality) of a foreign […]

Ukraine – Russia war news from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of December 3, 2021 by Joint forces operation HQ data: Ukraine Front Lines highlights. (1) Russian hybrid forces launched 6 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine during the day of December 3, 2021. The enemy used of the following weaponry:  forbidden 120-mm mortar launchers – near Krasnogorivka, forbidden 82-mm […]

Ukraine’s shipbuilding companies have signed a contract with French partners to build five ships for the State Border Guard Service in Mykolayiv. According to Deputy Interior Minister  Serhiy Honcharov, “Within the framework of this project, it was important for Ukraine to localize and involve Ukrainian companies in production. As a result of the agreement, we will be able not only to create […]

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated that more than 7 000 Russian FSB officers destabilize Ukraine being involved into internal situation. “Today, about 7,000 FSB officers are working against Ukraine from the territory of Russia,” said Ilya Vityuk, Head of the SBU’s Cyber Security Department. This year, his department has uncovered 20 bot farms with more than 150,000 accounts and 15 networks […]

Ukraine – Russia war news from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of December 2, 2021 by Joint forces operation HQ data: Ukraine Front Lines highlights. (1) Russian hybrid forces launched 4 attacks in the war zone in eastern Ukraine during the day of December 2, 2021. The enemy used of the following weaponry:  forbidden 120-mm mortar launchers – near Shumy, manual anti-tank […]

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the submission of a bill on multiple citizenship for Ukrainians to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The President stated this on December 1, 2021 in his annual address to the Verkhovna Rada. “An important component of our international policy is to support Ukrainians worldwide. I know how important the issue of multiple citizenship is for Ukrainians […]

President Volodymyr Zelensky announces the introduction of the “economic passport of a Ukrainian” – accounts for Ukrainian children, which will accumulate money from the payment for the use of subsoil, and which children can use for education or housing after reaching adulthood. “By December 10, for the first time in history, I will introduce a bill on the economic passport […]

On December 1, there is a rally close to the Verkhovna Rada, where President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is to deliver his annual address. Hrushevskoho Street has not been blocked yet, but there are many law enforcers outside the Parliament. There are dozens of law enforcement officers in full riot gear, the National Guard and the Dialogue Police near the […]