All news for 5.04.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

In Kyiv, about 300 applications from those interested have already been submitted to the “Beach Patrol,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv utility company Pleso. “Already 300 applications. The selection of (rescuers - ed.) in the pool is already underway,” the press service reported. The company also noted that this year there will be more stringent requirements for rescuers and...

Today in Kherson, near the court, in which the measure of suppression was to be determined against the behavior of a deputy of the Yevpatoria City Council of the Republic of Crimea, recently captured by the SBU, a scuffle occurred, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the local publication Embankment. In the video, a woman who calls herself the wife of a deputy says that at 12:00 the detainee was supposed to be released, but this did not happen. Advocate…

An unknown person started shooting in the center of Kherson, as a result of which there was a casualty, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the communications department of the Kherson region police. “Today at approximately 14:45, the 102 service received a message that in the center of Kherson on Freedom Square an unknown man fired several shots and there was a wounded person. The attacker fled in a black Nissan car,” noted the...

The Verkhovna Rada has authorized the recruitment of persons declared unfit for military service, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Parliamentarians supported the corresponding bill in general in the second reading with 241 votes, reports the Verkhovna Rada website. According to the law, for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations (except for the State Border Service of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine), military servicemen...

In the Kirovograd region, local residents, after drinking alcohol together, entered the home of a pensioner and rolled out an old Moskvich passenger car from the garage, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the region. The attackers were unable to drive far in the stolen car. First, the Moskvich’s battery failed. In its place, one of the hijackers brought...

The United States of America intends, as part of military assistance, to transfer weapons to Ukraine to protect against snipers, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was announced by American Senator Robert Portman, who is now in Kyiv. Additions to American legislation will make it possible to offer a sniper package - defensive weapons for the Ukrainian army. Currently, amendments are being made to US legislation that will allow us to offer a sniper…

Today the Verkhovna Rada voted to amend the draft law to clarify issues of military service under a contract, according to which all those who want to start serving in the army will have to undergo a test for separatism, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andrei Parubiy presented this bill for discussion. People's Deputy from the Popular Front faction Tatyana Chernovol said: “You...

Today, the Verkhovna Rada has decided to rename the highly mobile airborne troops (Airborne Forces) into the air assault troops of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During his speech, First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Rusnak presented a draft law amending some provisions of the law “On the Defense of Ukraine”. “This bill provides for amendments to three laws of Ukraine: the law “On the Armed Forces”, the law...

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has uncovered a scheme to embezzle millions of hryvnias of public funds by the administrations of correctional colonies in the Odessa and Lvov regions, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Prosecutor General’s Office has exposed a scheme of multi-million dollar theft of budget funds by the administrations of correctional colonies in the Odessa and Lvov regions. The same energy company, in collusion with representatives of correctional colonies, issued bills for allegedly supplied electricity,”...

The head of the State Committee for Television and Radio of Ukraine Oleg Nalivaiko appealed to the administration of the social network Facebook with a request to delete his fake page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Nalivaiko told Detector Media about this. According to the head of the State Committee for Television and Radio, the page on the social network was not created by him. Nalivaiko’s account appeared on Facebook in March 2018. During this time, 261 people became friends with the fake account,...