Ukraine’s business police, known as the Bureau of Economic Security, searched and confiscated products from e-cigarette sellers in 12 regions, including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Zakarpattia, Pavlo Buzdyhan, the bureau’s deputy director, told the Kyiv Independent.
In a residential area on the eastern bank of the city, first responders' work is ongoing in an around a large pile of rubble, where 11 people have already been rescued.
The number includes 1,060 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the "aggressive action" was intended to test Poland's air defense systems.
Air raid alerts rang out across Ukraine as a massive swarm of attack drones crossed the Russian border shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time.
Ukrainian president's former right-hand man, Andriy Yermak, has descended from power to the courtroom, being implicated in a major corruption case. After a three-day-long hearing, on May 14, the High Anti-Corruption Court placed Yermak in custody for two months and set bail at Hr 140 million ($3.1 million). At least for the time being, Yermak will spend his time behind bars. "I don't have that kind of money for bail. Right now, my lawyer will be working with friends and acquaintances. I deny
The law allows the Russian president to order troop deployments abroad to "protect" Russian citizens facing arrest, detention, trial, or other perceived persecution by foreign nations and international courts.
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Although the target of the attack was not immediately clear, Volna, located just east of Crimea's Kerch Peninsula, is home to an oil terminal that has previously been the subject of Ukrainian strikes.
