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Russia’s aggression
- Russia will offer its citizenship to residents of the occupied Donbas. Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy have reacted.
Presidential election results
- President-elect Zelenskiy’s administration has many options for key nominations. As a president in Ukraine, he can appoint the defense minister, the chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, the SBU chief, and the Prosecutor General, as well as the foreign affairs minister, and the head of the Presidential Administration.
- The town of Sloviansk, where the Donbas war started 5 years ago, sees a peaceful election.
Other political news
- Judges accuse President Petro Poroshenko of illegally interfering in their work. These same judges earlier ruled that the nationalization of Ukraine’s largest bank PrivatBank was illegal.
- Belarus suspends exports of light oil products to Ukraine. This could affect fuel prices.
- The Prosecutor General’s Office has softened the charges against five suspects in the case into the murder of whistleblower Kateryna Gandziuk.
Weird news
- The stolen French painting “Le port de La Rochelle” (very expensive!) reappears in Ukraine. Thanks to the Ukrainian police.
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