Poltava Regional Military Administration head Vitaliy Dyakivnych announced two days of mourning for those killed in Russian strikes on Naftogaz of Ukraine facilities overnight Tuesday.

"May 5 and 6 have been declared days of mourning in Poltava region," he wrote on Telegram.
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Investments by individuals in domestic government bonds in April 2026 increased by more than 61.3% compared to April 2025, while those by legal entities increased by 28.5%, the Ministry of Finance reported on its website.

"As of today, Ukrainian citizens have invested over UAH 137.2 billion in government securities—a historic high—while legal entities hold over UAH 221.7 billion," the release notes.
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Russian strikes on energy infrastructure facilities have left some consumers in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Sumy and Kharkiv regions temporarily without electricity, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said.

According to its Telegram post, energy workers are operating in an enhanced mode to restore electricity supply to all consumers as quickly as possible.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following reports from the defence minister and military, said Russia is suffering significant personnel losses every month, while Ukraine has significantly increased the number of strikes at distances exceeding 20 kilometres.

"There was a report from our military and the defence minister on April’s results. We have strong results in destroying the occupant. Russia suffers significant personnel losses every month, and for April over 35,000 killed and seriously wounded. There is clear confirmation for each strike… The number of mid-range strikes has also grown substantially. Strikes at distances of 20+ kilometres are now twice as many compared to March and four times as many compared to February," the president wrote on Telegram.
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On Wednesday, May 6, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency  (8/5a Reitarska Street) will host a presentation and expert discussion of the study entitled "The labour market after 50: what employers really think – and what to do about it."

The results of the first stage of the study will be presented as part of the public initiative "Silver Economy of Ukraine: the potential of the 50+ generation" – an examination of employer attitudes toward barriers to engaging people aged 50+ in the Ukrainian labour market, conducted by the Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Quality of Life Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Building up strike capabilities at distances of 20-150 km is leading to a twofold monthly increase in their number, Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.

"A separate focus is middle strike. On the president’s instructions we are building up this direction. Strikes at distances of 20-150 km on enemy warehouses, headquarters, air defence and logistics deliver quick results for our units at the front. We already have results: in April, strikes at 20+ km doubled compared to March and quadrupled compared to February," Fedorov wrote on Telegram Tuesday.
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Russian forces attacked Kharkiv on Tuesday morning using drones, preliminarily of the Geran-2 type, with hits recorded at two railway infrastructure facilities, leaving two people injured.

"A man was wounded and a woman suffered an acute stress reaction," the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office press service said.
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State Language Protection Commissioner Olena Ivanovska has stated that the Secretariat of the Language Ombudswoman will stand in defense of the language law provisions regarding the language of education. Speaking at a press conference in KYIV on Tuesday, Ivanovska responded to an Interfax-Ukraine inquiry about whether bill No. 13072 might narrow the current language law provisions. She emphasized that the Secretariat will continue to uphold the statutes asserting that the state language is the language of instruction and education.

As previously reported, bill No. 13072, "On Amendments to Certain Laws Regarding the Use of Language in the Educational Process," was registered in the Verkhovna Rada in March 2025. The bill proposes several key measures, including granting parents the right to propose or approve an expanded list of subjects to be taught in the state language within classes using European Union minority languages for instruction. It also mandates that parents of students participate in creating and maintaining a Ukrainian-speaking educational environment within educational institutions. Furthermore, the project provides students who received secondary education in another language the right to receive External Independent Evaluation (ZNO) tasks translated into that language, with the exception of language-related subjects and the history of Ukraine.
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State Language Protection Commissioner Olena Ivanovska has stated that the Secretariat of the Language Ombudswoman will stand in defense of the language law provisions regarding the language of education. Speaking at a press conference in KYIV on Tuesday, Ivanovska responded to an Interfax-Ukraine inquiry about whether bill No. 13072 might narrow the current language law provisions. She emphasized that the Secretariat will continue to uphold the statutes asserting that the state language is the language of instruction and education.

As previously reported, bill No. 13072, "On Amendments to Certain Laws Regarding the Use of Language in the Educational Process," was registered in the Verkhovna Rada in March 2025. The bill proposes several key measures, including granting parents the right to propose or approve an expanded list of subjects to be taught in the state language within classes using European Union minority languages for instruction. It also mandates that parents of students participate in creating and maintaining a Ukrainian-speaking educational environment within educational institutions. Furthermore, the project provides students who received secondary education in another language the right to receive External Independent Evaluation (ZNO) tasks translated into that language, with the exception of language-related subjects and the history of Ukraine.
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Natalia Aliushina, Head of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service (NACS), stated that a primary cause of the staffing deficit in the civil service is the 50% limit on the reservation of conscripts. There are currently 30,600 vacancies in the civil service that remain unfilled for various reasons, including salary fund savings and the inability to find suitable specialists. Aliushina noted that potential employees frequently inquire about reservations, and the lack of such availability significantly reduces interest in these positions.

The 50% reservation quota for conscripts in the civil service has been fully exhausted across all departments. Aliushina highlighted this as a significant problem, particularly in technical fields like IT and cybersecurity. She pointed out that state resources face aggressive cyberattacks daily—up to 20 attacks per day on NACS resources alone—making the loss of information security specialists particularly problematic.
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