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PM Shmyhal announces U.S. registration of Recovery Fund with account to open in Ukraine

The Ukrainian-American Recovery Investment Fund will be registered in the U.S., but its contribution account will be opened in Ukraine in hryvnia, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, according to Interfax-Ukraine on May 2.

2 May 2025, 03:39 PM

Ukraine fast-tracks U.S. minerals deal for ratification

The Ukrainian Cabinet has submitted the U.S.-Ukraine agreement on the establishment of the Reconstruction Investment Fund to the Parliament for ratification, the government's permanent representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, reported on Telegram shortly before midnight on May 1.

2 May 2025, 08:58 AM

US expects Ukrainian parliament to ratify resource extraction deal within days

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) could ratify the U.S.–Ukrainian resource exploitation and infrastructure investment agreement in the coming days, Sky News reported on May 1.

1 May 2025, 11:38 PM

European Solidarity calls for talks with Zelenskyy on minerals deal

The European Solidarity faction has called for a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and parliamentary representatives to discuss the minerals agreement with the United States, the party said in a statement on May 1.

1 May 2025, 01:16 PM

Ukraine may let citizens over 60 volunteer for military service

Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a bill in parliament that would allow citizens over the age of 60 to voluntarily sign contracts with Ukraine’s Defense Forces. The legislation was announced on April 30 by lawmaker Roman Kostenko, secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence.

30 April 2025, 04:17 PM

Critical minerals agreement moves forward, but fund structure may shift — Ukrainian MP

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal accurately said that Ukraine and the United States agreed not to count prior U.S. aid toward the critical minerals agreement, but he left out a key detail, Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak wrote on April 28.

28 April 2025, 10:16 AM

Rada extends martial law and mobilization for 90 more days, with Honcharenko the lone vote against

Ukraine’s parliament extended martial law and general mobilization for 90 more days until Aug. 6, Holos MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on April 16 via Telegram.

16 April 2025, 12:43 PM

Ukrainian opposition lawmaker rejects bill on martial law and mobilization extension

Oleksiy Honcharenko, MP from the European Solidarity party will vote against bills to extend martial law and general mobilization, he wrote on Telegram on April 15.

16 April 2025, 10:18 AM

Parliament backs bill to join EU’s roaming-free zone

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) approved a bill that aims to integrate Ukraine into EU’s agreement on abolishing mobile roaming surcharges, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on April 15.

15 April 2025, 09:39 PM

Parliament speaker proposes reducing members to 300, citing demographics

Ukraine may reduce its parliament from 450 to 300 members due to a shrinking population, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said in an interview with news agency Ukrinform on April 11, reviving a 2019 proposal from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stalled by judicial pushback.

11 April 2025, 05:02 PM

Over 11,000 complaints on human rights violation filed in March — Ukrainian Ombudsman

The Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights received 11,139 complaints from citizens regarding their rights violations, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on April 7.

8 April 2025, 08:07 AM

Former president Poroshenko criticizes Zelenskyy’s negotiations with US

Petro Poroshenko, leader of the European Solidarity party and Ukraine’s fifth president, criticized President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s approach to building relations with the United States.

31 March 2025, 10:57 PM

Ukraine's national debt sees modest growth amid external pressures

As of Feb. 28, 2025, Ukraine's state and state-guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 7,019.5 billion, or $169.1 billion, Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy head, Danylo Hetmantsev, reported on Telegram on March 28.

28 March 2025, 02:59 PM

New draft agreement deepens US demands for Ukraine’s mineral resources

The new draft agreement on Ukraine’s resources represents a shocking escalation of the Trump administration’s attempt to take control over the country’s natural resources as the price for ceasefire, The Times wrote on March 28.

28 March 2025, 12:18 PM

Parliament approves bill to bolster Ukraine’s cyber defense

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) approved a bill establishing dedicated cyber defense departments across the country’s state agencies, according to the parliament’s website on March 27.

28 March 2025, 12:49 AM

Rights violations by military recruiters becoming more widespread, ombudsman warns

Human rights violations by the employees of Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRC) “have become systemic and widespread,” Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on March 26.

26 March 2025, 09:52 PM

Ukraine approves law on sending troops to other countries in wartime

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law allowing troops to be deployed abroad during martial law, the Verkhovna Rada reported on March 17.

17 March 2025, 12:19 PM

Poroshenko barred from another overseas trip, party says

The European Solidarity party said the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) canceled the Brussels trip of Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s fifth president and party leader, party’s press service reported on March 14.

15 March 2025, 12:44 AM

Over 21,000 troops return to service under new law

Approximately 21,100 Ukrainian servicemembers returned to duty between Nov. 29, 2024, and March 1, 2025, according to Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

3 March 2025, 05:46 PM

Ukrainian Parliament blocks request to summon officials negotiating U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has rejected a motion to summon government officials involved in negotiating a minerals agreement with the United States, MP Iryna Herashchenko reported, following the Feb. 26 parliamentary session.

26 February 2025, 02:09 PM

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