The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe instructed the Secretary General to draft documents that will lead to the conclusion of an agreement with Ukraine on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Russian crime of aggression.
On April 30, 2024, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine raised UAH 7.236 billion to the state budget at an auction for the placement of domestic government bonds (DGBs).
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed gratitude to the Latvian government for the decision to provide a new military assistance package with a special emphasis on the supply of additional air defense systems and drones.
Senior National Security Advisor to the President of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys believes that Lithuania can help Ukraine return men of military age to the country, but to ensure the effectiveness of such political decisions, it is worth considering solutions at the regional level.
For 2024, the government has allocated UAH 1.5 billion for grants for developers of defense-tech solutions. Over the past year, more than 1,600 such developments were registered.
The public prosecutor general’s office in Munich has taken over the investigation into the murder of Ukrainian soldiers in Bavaria, as a political motivation for the crime cannot be ruled out.
The Latvian government has approved a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, which will include, among other things, short-range anti-aircraft systems and surveillance drones.
In the temporarily occupied Dzhankoi, on the night of April 30, missiles attacked a military airfield where the helicopter regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is stationed.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with officers who are undergoing professional military training courses in accordance with NATO standards.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Major General Serhii Deineko, head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, to the rank of lieutenant general.