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Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Ministry quietly working to convince MPs to vote for unpopular tax change
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Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Ministry quietly working to convince MPs to vote for unpopular tax change

by Luca Léry Moffat

Ukraine's Finance Ministry is hoping to convince Ukrainian lawmakers to vote for unpopular tax changes — needed to keep receiving cash for foreign donors — with improvements to electronic tax filing systems. Kyiv has agreed to a long list of reforms as part of large financing packages from international partners, including the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the World Bank. Ukraine relies on the cash to support its military and state services functioning. One of the most scrutinized r

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine strikes Russia's Tuapse oil refinery for 4th time; Zelensky announces major military reform

Key developments on May 1: * Zelensky announces pay raises, new service terms in army reform * Russian daytime drone strike targets Ternopil in Ukraine’s west, injuring at least 11 * Ukrainian drones hammer Russia's Tuapse oil refinery for 4th time, tanks ablaze again, military confirms * Ukraine strikes Russian airfield nearly 1,700 kilometers away, damages 4 fighter jets, military confirms President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on May 1 a major reform of Ukraine's armed forces focused on

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