Turkish fashion retailer Koton is closing its two stores and exiting the Ukrainian market, the Ukrainian Retailers Association reported.

According to the association, the retail spaces previously occupied by Koton in Kyiv's Lavina Mall are slated to be replaced by EVA Beauty and Marathon stores.
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Russian occupying forces have advanced in Hryshyne and near Kotlyne in Pokrovsk urban community, the DeepState OSINT project has reported.

"The enemy advanced in Hryshyne and near Kotlyne," the project analysts said on Telegram.
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KMZ Industries (Karlivka Machine-Building Plant, Poltava region) will manufacture and install a full grain elevator equipment complex for an oil extraction plant in the Lviv region, the company reported on its website.

"KMZ Industries has won a tender for the manufacturing and installation of a complete grain elevator equipment complex for an oil extraction plant in the Lviv region. As part of the project, KMZ Industries' in-house installation teams will carry out equipment assembly, while the company's automated process control (APCS) division will install software for elevator automation," the statement said.
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Ukraine's Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture plans to complete by the end of 2026 the creation of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) as a subsystem of the State Agrarian Register (SAR), Deputy Minister Taras Vysotsky said in an interview with delo.ua.

Vysotsky said that the government plan foresees the introduction of IACS to administer agricultural support in line with the principles of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. It is expected that as early as 2026, 80% of state support in Ukraine will be provided through the SAR. By that time, the organizational model of the Paying Agency must be prepared.
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Ukrainian authorities have evacuated another teenager from the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.

"The occupiers forced the 17-year-old boy to attend a so-called Russian school, threatening the family with deportation and the loss of parental rights. It got to the point where he was forcibly sent to a medical commission and handed a draft notice for the enemy army. To save their son, the family made the only possible decision – to leave. Thanks to the President's Bring Kids Back UA initiative, they are now safe and receiving the help they need," Prokudin said on Telegram.
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One person was killed and two others were injured in a Russian strike on Zaporizhia region on Tuesday, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.

"Unfortunately, one person was killed. Two others were injured," Fedorov said on Telegram.
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is launching a pilot project to transition to systematic planning of demand for specialists and skilled workers over a 10-year horizon, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine reported.

"The new mechanism foresees that the forecast will be updated annually in three stages: data collection and verification, development of baseline and alternative scenarios, and the execution of forecast calculations. For this purpose, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture will receive data from the State Employment Service, the State Statistics Service, the Pension Fund of Ukraine, the Institute of Demography, and other government bodies and institutions. Going forward, forecasts will be generated using the Obriy system," the ministry said.
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The transition of Ukraine's agricultural sector to European standards for the use of plant protection products (PPPs) will affect about 10 million hectares, or 40% of total sown areas, which could result in annual sector losses of at least $2 billion, Deputy Minister Taras Vysotsky said in an interview with delo.ua.

The deputy minister recalled that the gradual harmonization of legislation with European Union regulations foresee the withdrawal of risky active substances from the market and the introduction of integrated pest management. This will lead to a temporary decline in yields averaging up to 20%: in particular, corn yields are projected to fall by 13%, and sunflower by up to 26%.
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European Union Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova has welcomed the Verkhovna Rada's adoption of a package of important laws needed for Ukraine's European integration.

"I welcome Verkhovna Rada's votes today on important laws on Ukraine's EU integration. Law in enforcement and digitization of judgements and on energy market integration will unlock important financing from Ukraine Facility! Looking forward to more legislation coming from Rada," Mathernova said on X.
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Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has adopted, in the final reading, bill No. 14005 on optimizing and digitalizing procedures for the enforcement of court decisions. The measure is a benchmark under the Ukraine Facility and is aimed at modernizing asset recovery processes and implementing Council of Europe expert recommendations to ensure the right to a fair trial.

According to the live broadcast of the session, 250 members of parliament voted in favor of the decision during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, April 7, with 14 voting against and eight abstaining.
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Ukraine's Culture Ministry has set up an Expert Council on state information policy, the ministry's press service said, citing Order No. 450 issued on April 6.

"The Expert Council is headed by Deputy Culture Minister for European Integration Natalia Movshovych. It includes 23 members, among them media representatives and experts. The Expert Council is a standing advisory body that will prepare recommendations and proposals on shaping state information policy," the ministry said in a statement.
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Ukraine welcomes the agreement between US President Donald Trump and the Iranian regime to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and establish a ceasefire, as well as Pakistan’s mediation efforts, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X.

"We welcome the agreement between President Trump and the Iranian regime to unblock the Hormuz strait and cease fire, as well as Pakistan’s mediation efforts. American decisiveness works. We believe it is time for sufficient decisiveness to force Moscow to cease fire and end its war against Ukraine," the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said.
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US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that through active United States participation in increasing traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, significant economic benefits will be achieved, and the region could experience a "golden age" of development.

According to him, Iran supports this process and seeks a peaceful resolution to the situation in the region.
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NABU and SAPO have completed the pretrial investigation into the case of Batkivshchyna faction leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of offering an improper benefit to Members of Parliament of Ukraine.

"The investigation established that in December 2025, despite the discovery by NABU and SAPO of facts regarding MPs receiving bribes, the suspect began negotiating with individual parliamentarians on a system of rewards for loyal voting. It concerned a permanent cooperation mechanism with payments in advance. The people’s representatives were to follow instructions regarding voting (‘for’ or ‘against’), abstaining, or non-participation," the NABU press service reports.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have welcomed the agreement between the US and Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and establish a ceasefire.

"I welcome the two-week ceasefire that the US and Iran agreed upon overnight. We express our gratitude to Pakistan for its mediation. Our task now must be to reach an agreement on a final end to the war. In this regard, we are in close contact with our partners," Merz wrote on X.
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Only Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, and Donetsk regions, as well as the city of Kyiv, are currently maintaining records of mosaic works, regional administrations told Interfax-Ukraine.

In December 2025, Deputy Minister of Culture for Digital Development Anastasiia Bondar noted that the initiative for preserving mosaics must come from local communities. According to her, the state is responsible for preserving what is on its balance sheet and entered into relevant registers.
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A former first deputy minister of agrarian policy and food (now deputy minister of economy, ecology, and agriculture) and a former deputy minister of economy will stand trial for corruption in food procurement during the war, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reports.

In a Telegram post on Wednesday, NABU noted that the top officials are accused of abuse totaling nearly UAH 64 million during the procurement of food products by JSC Ukrzaliznytsia to meet state needs under martial law.
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by Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Ma Shengkun

At a time when global environmental governance faces many challenges, Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, grounded in the laws governing the development of human civilization, provides in-depth answers to major theoretical and practical questions such as why an ecological civilization should be built, what kind of ecological civilization is to be built and how to build such a civilization.
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