In Moscow, Markiv was arrested in absentia and the construction of Nord Stream 2 resumed. The highlight of the day



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The Hague court agreed to investigate crimes in Donbass and Crimea

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Fatou Bensouda, said that the court has reason to investigate the case of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Russian aggression against Ukraine. These are crimes committed in the context of the conduct of hostilities, crimes committed while in detention and crimes committed in Crimea. Bensouda noted that these crimes were committed different sides of the conflict.

KSU reacted to the conclusions of the Venice Commission

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared that the conclusions of the Venice Commission confirm the legitimacy of the judges’ decision on anti-corruption legislation. At the same time, the KSU undertook to study the commission’s comments on its work and take them into account in the future.

Furthermore, the KSU noted that the commission it did not conclude that the composition of the tribunal should be changed.

Construction of Nord Stream 2 resumed

On December 11, construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was resumed, which should double the capacity to supply natural gas transported from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea. Its construction has been frozen since December last year due to US sanctions. According to media reports, the pipeline is more than 90% ready.

The estimated date of the start of vaccination against COVID-19 in Ukraine is known

Vaccination against COVID-19 in Ukraine will tentatively begin on March 1, 2021, said the acting head of the Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Igor Kuzin. At the same time, he clarified that the actual dates for the start of vaccination may change.

The mayor of Kharkiv has kidney failure

Kharkov Mayor Gennady Kernes, who has received treatment for the coronavirus infection at a clinic in Germany since September, has already had a second kidney. Kernes is now on 100% dialysis. According to his friend Pavel Fuks, it will only be known next week when the mayor of Kharkiv will be able to return to Ukraine.

Ukraine has agreed with the EU “no industrial visa” for some types of products

Ukraine agreed with the European Union to sign an “industrial visa-free” agreement for some types of value-added products. In particular, we are talking about visa-free travel for low voltage and electromagnetic equipment, machines and mechanisms.

In Moscow, the National Guard of Ukraine Markiv was arrested in absentia

The Basmanny Court in Moscow arrested a member of the Ukrainian National Guard, Vitaly Markiv, in absentia. as well Russian investigators have declared the Ukrainian military man “on the international wanted list on charges of killing two people in Donbas.”

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, in response to the Moscow court’s decision, said that “pthe Uta regime effectively admitted its involvement in the attempt to falsify the case of the National Guard, “adding that Ukraine will never leave its soldier.



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