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The fire in the Chernobyl Reserve, which broke out on May 8, has been extinguished, but the spillage of individual peat smoldering areas over an area of about 2 hectares continues. This was reported on May 13 by the Chernobyl…
Detectives from the Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) of Kyiv Region announced the discovery of a scheme for the shadow sale of excise-free tobacco products of famous world brands. Law enforcement officers seized over 9,000 packs of counterfeit cigarettes. This…
The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has acquitted Yusuf Mameshev, a key witness in the case against NABU detective Ruslan Maghamedrasulov. The Prosecutor General's Office will appeal the acquittal. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine reported…
In the Kyiv region, rescuers in Irpen saved a man. He fell from a window of a high-rise building onto the roof of a store. He was hospitalized. This was reported today by the press service of the State Emergency…
A fatal traffic accident involving two vehicles occurred in the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv. The driver of the minibus died on the spot from his injuries. His body was extricated from the mangled car. This was reported by the Kyiv…
The Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office has reported a 20-year-old Kyiv resident on suspicion of fraud. According to the case materials, the young man offered a girl whose father died in the war to earn money on cryptocurrency, fraudulently obtained passwords to…
In the Buchanskyi district of the Kyiv region, a man set fire to a car due to a conflict with the family of a local resident. The car burned down completely. Law enforcement officers reported the suspect to the police.…
A foreigner will go on trial in Kyiv. He is suspected of robbing a pensioner's apartment of almost 155,000 hryvnias under the pretext of selling power tools. This was reported today, May 20, by the press service of the Main…
A large-scale fire is ongoing in the Chernobyl zone. The most difficult situation is near the Pripyat River and in the Opachytskyi Nature Conservation Department. This was reported in the reserve. The fire has now spread to the territories of…