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The memo stipulates that Ukraine and the victims’ families shall not pursue criminal and judicial action against Iran in return for monetary compensation and publication of black box data. REUTERS Radio Farda has learned that Iran is pushing Ukraine to…
On Tuesday night, law enforcers conducted searches at the premises of the Kyiv State City Administration. / tsn.ua On April 14, Security Service operatives detained First Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznyk upon receiving unlawful profit…
The new rule applies to buses and vans, freight and utility vehicles, as well as any vehicles carrying more than three persons (including driver). mvs.gov.ua Temperature screening routine is being introduced at the checkpoints on motorways leading to Kyiv, manned…
The president calls on Ukrainians to stay home on Orthodox Easter. REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that almost 100 people from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. “As for the situation in the Kyiv-Pechersk…
Two different shockers are affecting the Russian economy, namely the pandemic itself and the quarantine measures associated with it, as well as the fall in oil prices. REUTERS Ex-employee of the Russian Presidential Administration, economist Dmitry Nekrasov has said Russia’s…
Three girls and three boys aged three to seven have contracted the coronavirus. REUTERS Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city rose by 56 in the past day, to 551 cases. In…
Ukrainian authorities have called for calm as firefighters battle a blaze near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. A senior emergency service official said there was “no threat” to the plant or its storage facilities, while deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko…
Videos are to be posted on social networks. REUTERS Italians are being offered EUR 200 for starring in a video to be shot by “Russian media”, thanking Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, for humanitarian assistance. Such proposals are being…
Almost 50 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital now. The number of confirmed cases nears 50
Forest fires that have been burning for several days in northern Ukraine are now no more than a few kilometres from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant, reports say. Tour operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said one had reached the abandoned town of…