Results 18.12: NABU against OP and the number of Ukrainians

NABU denounced the suspicion of the deputy head of the Office of the President in the case of a possible bribery; The State Statistical Service published data on the population of Ukraine. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.

NABU detectives reported suspicions to an official of the presidential administration

The National Anti-Corruption Office reported that it suspects that the deputy head of the President’s Office, Oleg Tatarov, could be involved in bribery in the Ukrbud case; the suspicion was reported in accordance with article 278 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine.

At the same time, the president’s office commented that there is no information that the suspicion has been duly handed over to Tatarov. The deputy director of the OP works as usual.

The population of Ukraine is 41.6 million people.

The State Statistics Service reported that in ten months of 2020, the population of Ukraine decreased by 231.6 thousand people and is, thus, as of November 1, 41 million 670.8 thousand.

According to the State Statistics Service, the excess of the number of deaths over the number of live births is still significant: there are 51 live births for every 100 deaths.

Premier announced plans for COVID vaccination

Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said Ukraine could receive the first vaccines starting in February and a national coronavirus vaccination plan will be approved next week.

On the morning of December 18, 944,381 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Ukraine, of which 561,222 ended in recovery and 16,256 ended in death. During the day 12 630 infected were identified.

The GBR mentioned the reason for the fall of the An-26 near Chuguev

The cause of the crash of the An-26 plane near Chuguev in the Kharkov region was a set of violations both at the flight preparation stage and at the time of a crisis. As specified in the RRT, the flight control chiefs should not have allowed a pilot with insufficient skills to fly, thus ensuring the safe flight and landing of the aircraft.

Woman appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs

Deputies from the Verkhovna Rada appointed Yulia Laputina, who has served in the SBU for almost 30 years, and in 2018 became the second female general in Ukraine’s history, the new Minister of Veterans Affairs. After the appointment, Laputina said that systematic government work is needed to solve the veterans problem.

The Security Service of Ukraine is included in the international list of wanted judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

The Security Service of Ukraine has included in the international wanted list the judges of the Constitutional Court of Russia, who are suspected of invading the territorial integrity of Ukraine. So, in March 2014, the judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, with their actions, contributed to the legitimization of the process of occupation of Crimea by Russian troops.

The president appointed the head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration

The head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a decree appointing Alexander Starukh as head of the Zaporozhye regional state administration. The new head of the region has already led the region, in 2008-2010.

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