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Poland

Border Service Responds to BBC Report on Ukrainian Draft Dodgers

Since the imposition of martial law, units of the State Border Service have apprehended 16,700 Ukrainian citizens attempting illegal border crossings.

By Kyiv Post

Nov. 17, 2023

Ukraine

Ukrainian Lawmaker Dubinsky Charged with High Treason, Linked to Russian Subversive Group

Security Service sources told Kyiv Post that a Verkhovna Rada member is implicated in a high treason case against Ukraine for spreading false info about the higher political and military leadership.

By Julia Struck-Feshchenko

Nov. 13, 2023

War in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Second Wartime Budget: Some Basic Figures

Kyiv has set aside $47 billion, 22 percent of the country’s GDP, for defense in Ukraine’s second wartime budget following Russia’s full-scale invasion.

By Viktoriia Stepanenko

Nov. 13, 2023

Will Budapest Block Ukraine’s Path to Joining the EU?

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Hungary

Will Budapest Block Ukraine’s Path to Joining the EU?

Budapest, which has maintained friendly relations with the Kremlin despite its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has categorically opposed Ukraine's EU membership.

By Viktoriia Stepanenko

Nov. 11, 2023

Legal

Donate to the Armed Forces Then You Can Go Abroad - Legislative Spam or Real Intent?

The Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights concluded that the proposed draft law to allow those of military age to go abroad is unconstitutional and too open to different interpretations.

By Julia Struck-Feshchenko

Nov. 10, 2023

War in Ukraine

Ukrainian Parliament Greenlights 2024 Budget with Record-Breaking Defense Expenditures

Priority funding in the state budget for next year is for defense, which in total will take about half of all expenditures. The Defense Ministry will receive Hr.1.155 trillion ($32 billion).

By Kyiv Post

Nov. 9, 2023

Ukraine

Ukraine Is Set to Legalize Medical Cannabis

Ukrainian lawmakers are poised to pass a bill making medicinal cannabis legal. However, amid fears of people getting high in the streets, they insist that recreational use will not be permitted.

By Julia Struck-Feshchenko

Nov. 8, 2023

Ukraine

Elections in Wartime: Could They Happen?

Ukraine’s international allies have stressed the importance of elections in Ukraine in 2024. But does the public support it, and is it legally possible or even practical in wartime?

By Maryna Shashkova

Nov. 8, 2023

Featured

Second Attempt: Defense Ministry Revises Mobilization Bill

Ukraine’s Parliament Supports Draft Law on Lobbying

Ukraine’s Second Wartime Budget: Some Basic Figures

Corruption Watch

Ukrainian Lawmaker Suspected of Abetting Draft-Dodgers

The Secret Services of Ukraine has placed a member of parliament under suspicion for having facilitated the departure abroad of men required to say in the country as per martial law.

By Alisa Orlova

Nov. 5, 2023

Ukraine

Ukrainian Lawmaker Acknowledges Involvement in Road Accident Leading to Death of 18-Year-Old

On Facebook, Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Nikolayenko acknowledged running over an 18-year-old girl with his Mercedes-Benz in the Zhytomyr region. He could face three to eight years in prison.

By Julia Struck-Feshchenko

Nov. 3, 2023

Ukraine

A Third of Ukrainian Pensioners Receive Less Than $80 a Month: How Do They Survive?

Kyiv Post asks pensioners how they get by on a Ukrainian pension that is barely higher than the official subsistence minimum and whether it has a connection with reality.

By Anna Neplii

Nov. 2, 2023

In 2024, Kyiv to Spend Everything on Defense – Budget Committee Chair

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Ukraine

In 2024, Kyiv to Spend Everything on Defense – Budget Committee Chair

In an interview with Kyiv Post, Roksolana Pidlasa, the chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s budget committee, said that inflation is slowing down.

By Viktoriia Stepanenko

Oct. 30, 2023

Ukraine

Poll: Ukrainians Strongly Oppose Holding Elections During Wartime

A poll released by the International Republican Institute (IRI) shows that Ukrainians remain quite optimistic. However, 85% oppose holding elections of any sort during the war.

By Jason Jay Smart

Oct. 29, 2023