Results 08.02: Ukraine 30 and KSU problems

The All Ukraine Forum Ukraine 30 has started in Kiev; the Constitutional Court reported on a series of problems in its work due to the dismissal of the head of the Constitutional Court. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.

Zelensky opened a fully Ukrainian forum Ukraine 30

The first of the 30 announced events of the Ukraine Forum was held in Kiev Ukraine 30dedicated to the anniversary of the country’s independence. President Vladimir Zelensky delivered a speech at his inauguration.

The head of state said that the new forum is the beginning of a great public dialogue with the participation of the authorities, the public, international and Ukrainian experts, scientists and journalists.

The CCU pointed out the problems that arose in court over the removal of Tupitsky

The Constitutional Court said that in connection with the dismissal of the head of the court, Alexander Tupitsky, the payment of salaries and payments for public services was blocked at the KSU. As a reason for this situation, the court mentioned the fact that Tupitsky does not have access to the press.

According to a representative of the KSU, the debt for non-payment of utility bills is five million hryvnia per day.

WHO listed Ukraine in first place for supply of COVID vaccines

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that Ukraine is one of those countries that will be included in the first wave of the COVAX initiative to vaccinate health workers, the elderly and those who communicate directly with infected patients.

Twitter verified the account of the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Crimea”

The social network Twitter verified and flagged the account of the representative office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in annexed Crimea. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demanded that the company immediately block the account.

There are 1.25 million cases of coronavirus in Ukraine

On the morning of February 8, 1,246,990 cases of coronavirus were registered in Ukraine, of which 1,075,743 ended up in recovery and 23,644 died. During the day, 2,141 infected were identified, most of them in the Ivano-Frankivsk region (398).

The president signed a law on military exercises on the territory of Ukraine

The head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a bill that allows foreign troops to enter the territory of Ukraine to participate in exercises in 2021. According to the document, eight multinational exercises are planned for this year on Ukrainian soil.

The National Space Center has registered new military facilities of the Russian Federation in Crimea

Ukraine’s National Space Media Testing and Control Center has released images from space, indicating a double increase in Russia’s military potential in annexed Crimea.

According to the images in particular, new radar stations have recently appeared near Kerch, and a huge radio antenna with a diameter of about 30 meters has been built on the outskirts of Yevpatoria.

Germany announced its support for Ukraine on the path to EU membership

Successor to Angela Merkel as party leader Christian Democratic Union Armin Laschet expressed the opinion that Germany should support Ukraine and open the prospect of EU membership. In his opinion, Kiev and Brussels should continue their rapprochement.

Snowfall disrupted traffic in several regions

Due to the weather conditions, the metropolitan administration decided to close the entrance to Kiev for large vehicles in order to minimize the occurrence of traffic jams.

In addition, the movement of trucks was limited on some roads in the Kiev, Poltava, Rivne, Zhitomir, Cherkasy and Chernigov regions.

Heavy snowfall, meanwhile, has caused the cancellation of two and delays of three flights at the international airport. Lvivand in Kiev, due to bad weather, 248 accidents occurred overnight.

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