- Ukraine’s new parliament was sworn in. Without delay, the lawmakers held the first plenary session on the same day
- Dmytro Razumkov became the speaker of the parliament
- Oleksiy Honcharuk named Prime Minister
- Avakov remains Interior Minister despite calls for his dismissal from the civil society
- Ruslan Riaboshapka replaces Lutsenko as prosecutor general
- Ukrainian journalists are unhappy with the decision to give the chairmanship of a free speech committee to a lawmaker from the pro-Russian Opposition Platform
- Here’s every member of Ukraine’s new Cabinet of Ministers
- In a preliminary vote, 363 lawmakers supported stripping lawmakers of parliamentary immunity
Moreover,
- Ukraine, Russia prepare for the first major prisoner swap
- U.S. President Donald Trump holds up $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, Politico reported. Trump asked his national security team to review the funding program to ensure the money is being used in the best interest of the U.S.
- Trump also canceled his trip to Poland to attend commemorative events for the start of WWII where he was supposed to meet with President Zelensky for the first time before Zelensky’s planned visit to Washington
- Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent summarizes why Trump is one big headache for Ukraine
- 8 killed in an apartment building collapse in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast; Zelensky promises action on improving housing safety and quality around the country
- Ukraine submitted Crimean Tatar drama ‘Homeward’ for the Oscar’s best foreign-language film category
- Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
- Kyiv Post staff writer Oleg Sukhov: Reformer and anti-reformer of the week
- Vox Populi: What about Zelensky’s first 100 days?
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