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Facing personnel shortage, Ukraine passes bill to recruit convicted prisoners into the military, murderers and rapists excluded

ANI - 9 May, 2024

excluded from eligibility are individuals convicted of sexual violence, multiple homicides, severe corruption, and former high-ranking officials, clarified Olena Shuliak, a leader of Zelenskyy's party.

World

Ukraine gets rid of Soviet-era hammer-and-sickle sign from Kyiv statue, replaces it with trident coat of arms

ANI - 8 August, 2023

Ukraine has taken down Soviet-era signs from a hilltop monument in Kyiv and replaced the hammer-and-sickle symbol with a trident coat of arms, CNN reported.

News Reports

Ukraine: 18 people including the interior minister and senior govt officials killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2023

Along with Denys Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovich were among 8 government officials who were travelling in that helicopter.

Media

American journalist Brent Renaud shot dead in Ukraine, here is what we know

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2022

Brent Renaud, an American video journalist covering the Ukraine war, has been confirmed dead by the head of Kyiv police department in Russian shooting.