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Ukraine plans to roll out enhanced military contracts for soldiers over 24, official says
The offer may also be made available to those already serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky's Deputy Chief of Staff Pavlo Palisa said.
Poltava Oblast authorities deny wrongdoing amid claims of $5 million in embezzled fortification funds
The statement came in apparent reaction to an investigation published by lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, who claimed that at least Hr 200 million (nearly $5 million) were embezzled in last year's fortification contracts.
Hot mic captures Putin musing about biotechnology, immortality at Beijing parade
Russia's male life expectancy is just 67 years, while most of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle is of similar age.
Ukraine's parliament backs bill to legalize, tax virtual assets in first reading
Ukraine has one of the world's highest rates of cryptocurrency ownership, with around 16% of the population holding crypto assets before Russia's full-scale invasion, comparable to the U.S.
UK sanctions Kadyrov's mother, others over Russian deportation of Ukrainian children
The new sanctions target figures and groups accused of organizing or facilitating the deportations, including the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation and its president, Aymani Kadyrova.
State agency files lawsuit to ban Moscow-backed church in Ukraine
The move does not mean the abolition of individual parishes, which can become independent or join another church, said Viktor Yelenskyi, head of Ukraine's State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience.
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While Moscow has publicly insisted on full control of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the map indicated possible plans extending to Odesa and Kharkiv, neither of which had been included in earlier demands.
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