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Monday, 12 April 2021, 09:32
U.S. President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his support for Ukraine's sovereignty and integrity and expressed his intention to revitalize the strategic partnership with Ukraine in the context of reforms and the fight against corruption, the White House has said in a statement following a phone call between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden had a 30-40-minute phone call on Friday, April 2, according to Politico journalist Natasha Bertrand.
Co-chairs of the joint Ukrainian-French intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation – Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire – have discussed intergovernmental interaction as part of cooperation between Ukraine and France, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service has reported.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna believes that Ukraine should be granted EU candidate country status.
Ukraine’s exports to the UK grew by 38 percent in the first quarter of 2021, while IT services exceed traditional export groups.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed heads of Kamianske District State Administration in Dnipropetrovsk region and Loziv District State Administration in Kharkiv region.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov has signed a law providing one-time financial assistance in the amount of UAH 8,000 to individual entrepreneurs and employees of enterprises, Ukrinform reports referring to the parliament’s press service.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is not currently considering imposing tough COVID-19 restrictions across the country, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov has told the Ukraine 24 television channel.
Ukraine’s overall progress in the implementation of the Association Agreement with the European Union has reached 54% since 2014.
The United Kingdom, which has its own independent sources of information, is very concerned about the escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, which will be the subject of talks between the defense and foreign ministers of both countries on April 2, according to Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Vadym Prystaiko.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a decision to establish the National Investment Fund to support large-scale and socially significant investment projects.
New temperature record was set in the city of Kyiv on April 1, 2021, Ukrinform reports with reference to the website of the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Borys Sreznevskyi.
JSC Ukreximbank has successfully completed testing and joined the BankID remote identification system of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the press service of Ukreximbank reports.
The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) is monitoring the situation around the clock and is developing various scenarios to respond to Russia's attempts to destabilize the situation, the NSDC's press service has reported.
The city of Kyiv has confirmed 1,164 new coronavirus cases in the past day, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Algeria Maksym Subkh and Director General of the National Library of Algeria Munir Behadi signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between the libraries of the two countries, Ukrinform reports referring to the Ukrainian Embassy in the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.
The European Union condemned the start of “conscription” into the Russian armed forces in the occupied Crimea.
The Embassy of Ireland will open in Ukraine this year.
Two trucks from the International Committee of the Red Cross carrying humanitarian aid have passed through the Shchastia entry-exit checkpoint and entered the temporarily occupied territory, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has reported.
Ukraine will significantly reduce the use of lead, which has a detrimental effect on human health, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Roman Abramovsky has stated.
Representatives of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) and the Italian Space Agency have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of space activities, the SSAU's press service has reported on Facebook.
In March 2021, Ukrainian mining enterprises produced 2,708,078 tonnes of coal, which is 28% higher than the production plan, the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported with a reference to the Energy Ministry.
The United States is ready to support Ukraine if Russian aggression escalates.
Deputy Head of the President's Office Roman Mashovets has said that Ukraine-NATO military exercises could be one of the ways to improve the security situation due to Russia's aggressive actions, the presidential press service has reported.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group on the return of assets of insolvent banks on April 1.
During a meeting with Defense Minister of Ukraine Andriy Taran and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the defense attaches of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom assured Ukraine of the support in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
As many as 19,097 people in Ukraine were vaccinated against COVID-19 yesterday, April 1, Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov wrote on Facebook.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has condemned Russia's aggressive and provocative actions aimed at escalating the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Pentagon has reported, following a phone call between the defense ministers of the United States and Ukraine.
Russia’s current escalation in the Ukrainian territories occupied by it is the largest in recent years. Moscow must cease escalating military tensions and reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the so-called "muscle-flexing" in the format of military exercises and possible provocations along the border is a traditional affair of the Russian Federation, which is trying to create an atmosphere of threat and pressure during the peace talks.
Over the past day, April 1, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation area in eastern Ukraine 13 times.
Ukraine has recorded 19,893 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 1,711,630, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said.
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate has warned that Russia is ready for large-scale provocations against Ukraine.
Roman Mashovets, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, discussed with Alexander Vinnikov, Head of the NATO Representation to Ukraine, the escalation in eastern Ukraine, build-up of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border and MAP prospects.
The Institute of Mass Information (IMI) has published a report on monitoring of compliance of Ukrainian online media outlets with professional standards.
The U.S. military's European Command has raised its combat readiness to the maximum possible level amid the deployment of Russian troops to the border with Ukraine, according to The New York Times.
The increase in the number of ceasefire violations and the general security situation in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine were the subject of extensive discussions in the Security Working Group and in the Trilateral Contact Group.
In the first quarter of 2021, 21,100 new passenger cars were registered in Ukraine, which is 4% more than in the same period last year, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Ukrautoprom).
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid have discussed the escalation by Russia of the security situation in eastern Ukraine and in Russian-occupied Crimea.
The vast majority of the population of Ukraine believes that the country lacks order.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy considered bill No.5104, which introduces another tool to support farmers - agricultural insurance with state support, the press service of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Development reports.
Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has declared $5.491 million in cash for 2020, according to her income declaration published in the register of declarations.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Tech StartUp School, which operates at Lviv Polytechnic National University, have agreed to develop and implement educational programs and trainings for developing digital skills, Ukrinform reports referring to the ministry’s press service.
David Arakhamiya, the leader of the Servant of the People party faction, has stated that the support provided by the United States of America strengthens Ukraine's defense capabilities.
Kyiv city and 10 regions in Ukraine have been included in the red zone of the COVID-19 quarantine, Ukrinform reports with reference to data published on the Ukrainian Ministry of Health’s website.
JCB, the largest payment system of Japan, is entering the Ukrainian market, Ukrinform reports with reference to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
On March 31, Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk visited the Israeli company EMTAN, a leading manufacturer of small arms, guns, and weapons, Ukrinform reports with reference to the Ukrainian embassy’s press service.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has responded to anti-Ukrainian provocations in Moscow, the ministry has said in a statement in connection with provocations against the staff of the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow.
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to establish Ukraine’s State University of Science and Technology, according to government’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Mokan.
European Solidarity party leader and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko keeps more than $51 million and UAH 423 million in cash, according to his asset declaration published in the register of declarations.
First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar took part in the 12th UNESCO information meeting on the situation in the occupied Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
Today, April 1, spring conscription campaign kicks off in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation with President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid on March 31.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has documented 43 cases of enforced disappearances in Crimea since the Russian occupation of the peninsula started in 2014.
Kyiv has confirmed 1,150 new coronavirus cases in the past day, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Zhytomyr Armored Vehicle Factory (AVF), a state-owned company incorporated with the Ukroboronprom defense industries conglomerate, has completed refurbishment and upgrading on a batch of BMP-2 armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) and delivered the vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The global COVAX Facility has decided to provide an additional 947,700 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech, according to Deputy Minister of Health - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko.
Aselsan radios will equip Territorial Defense units, while Harris systems will be geared to active military units in the field, Security Talks has reported in its issue titled "State-of-the-art radios for the Ukrainian military."
Ukraine has played out a 1-1 draw with Kazakhstan in a 2022 World Cup qualifier.