Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Taras Kachka states that Hungary was not opposed to providing Ukraine with benchmarks (criteria) for the last three negotiating clusters on accession to the European Union.

"On March 17, we were given the second set of benchmarks for sections [Clusters] 3, 4, and 5… It’s very interesting that Hungarian Minister for European Affairs János Bóka was present there on March 17 – not even as a specialist – and he didn’t say anything about them not supporting these benchmarks or anything like that. We believe he also joined in handing them over to us, although he spoke about other issues," Kachka told reporters on Wednesday, commenting on the laws passed by parliament this week.
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The volume of customs duty exemptions for imported goods in March 2026 amounted to UAH 33 billion, which is 32.2% (or UAH 8 billion) more than in March of last year, the State Customs Service of Ukraine reported on its Telegram channel on Wednesday.

According to the report, the amount of preferences provided amounted to 41.7% of the total volume of customs payments transferred to the state budget for the month (UAH 79 billion).
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Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko discussed the combat situation, supply, and needs of units with commander of the 1st Corps of the National Guard "Azov" Denys "Redis" Prokopenko, and also appointed new heads of the National Police and State Emergency Service in Donetsk region.

"Today I am working in Donetsk region. I introduced new heads of the regional directorates of the National Police and the State Emergency Service. Mykola Matviienko has been appointed to lead the Donetsk region police. Yakiv Nemykiv will head the regional SES directorate," the interior minister wrote on Telegram on Wednesday.
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The Slobidsky district court of Kharkiv has chosen a preventive measure for the suspect in the attack on a Territorial Center for Recruitment (TCC) serviceman (Part 3 of Article 350 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) that took place on April 6.

"He has been placed under round-the-clock house arrest for 60 days," the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office press service told an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent.
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Only 16% of local targeted programs for internally displaced persons have clear and measurable indicators, with key performance indicators (KPIs) absent even from the documents themselves, said Vitaliy Kulyk, head of the Disinformation Countermeasures Laboratory at Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU).

"What is the main problem with these targeted programs? First, that special programs work better than mere mentions of IDPs in general programs. Only 16% of local targeted programs have clear and measurable performance indicators. Meaning there are no KPIs even in the documents. In 54% of programs the indicators are formal and declarative in nature," Kulyk said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.
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The state-owned Oschadbank has claimed that the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) falsified a video released as evidence in a case involving the illegal retention in Hungary of the bank's funds and valuables seized in early March, the financial institution reported on its website.

"Oschadbank officially states that the published video was falsified: for publication to a Hungarian audience, it was subtitled in Hungarian and the phrase ‘corrupt money,’ which was missing from the audio track and on which NAV based its conclusions, was added," the bank said in on Wednesday.
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A court has chosen preventive measures for suspects involved in the attack on a judge in the city of Dnipro - remand in custody without the right to post bail, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported.

"At the request of a prosecutor from the Right-Bank District Prosecutor's Office of Dnipro, the court chose preventive measures for four suspects in the attack on a district court judge - remand in custody without the right to post bail for a period of 60 days," the prosecutor's office's Telegram post reads.
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Ukraine plans to attract EUR 5.4 billion in 2026 for the restoration, protection, and modernization of the energy sector, the Ministry of Energy announced on Wednesday.

"We have an ambitious goal of attracting EUR 5.4 billion (...) To this end, the Ministry of Energy is developing the 'Energy Rammstein' format, which brings a new level of speed and efficiency to interaction," the ministry noted.
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Budapest systematically used the issue of Hungarian minority rights to obstruct Ukraine's EU accession negotiations while coordinating its actions with Moscow, investigative journalism network VSquare.org reported on Wednesday, citing records of conversations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó dating from 2023 to 2025.

"During their numerous phone calls, Szijjártó provided Lavrov with an invaluable stream of information about how the supposedly united Western coalition was preparing to increase pressure on Russia to stop its aggressive war. Hungary, as always, offered itself to Russia as something of a fifth column in Brussels: Szijjártó always sought to contact Lavrov and turn to him for advice (or permission) to take actions detrimental to the EU and Ukraine but highly beneficial to Moscow. As one intelligence officer noted… their relationship more closely resembled that of a spy and a field agent than that of two equal foreign ministers," the investigation's article reads.
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Logistics costs currently account for up to a third of the cost of bread due to the need for daily delivery to dozens of retail outlets and rising fuel prices, said Yuriy Duchenko, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers (AUB) and Director of Strategic Communications at Alviva Group (Kyivkhlib).

"Flour was once a key component, accounting for 60% of production costs. Today, it's only 35%. The industry is responding to rising costs by optimizing routes, introducing new logistics models, and using modern electric transport for transportation," he wrote on LinkedIn.
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One person was wounded and a State Emergency Service vehicle was damaged in an enemy attack on Zaporizhia district, regional military administration head Ivan Fedorov reported.

"Russians are striking civilians in Bilenke with FPV drones. They hit a private car driving down one of the streets. The vehicle was destroyed, a 58-year-old man was wounded. He is receiving all necessary medical assistance," Fedorov said on Telegram on Wednesday evening.
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The value of passenger car imports into Ukraine, including cargo-passenger vans and racing cars (UKT VED code 8703), in January-March 2026 amounted to $949.5 million, which is 16% lower than the same period in 2025 ($1.13 billion).

According to statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in particular, in March, imports of passenger cars decreased by 12.5% ​​compared to March of last year, but compared to February of this year, they increased by 13.8% - to $359.6 million.
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The F-16 aircraft that Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre promised to donate to Ukraine during his visit to Kyiv in August 2023 have still not been commissioned in Ukraine or deployed in the war, Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported on Wednesday, citing its own sources.

"Two of the six aircraft were previously used to train Ukrainian pilots in Denmark but are now in a workshop in Belgium. They are said to have been there for over a year. The other four F-16s could not fly on their own when they were sent from Norway. They were shipped as parts in crates by cargo aircraft in April 2025. They are also at the same Sabena workshop in Belgium," the article reads.
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According to statistics from the State Customs Service, imports of trucks to Ukraine in January-March 2026 decreased by 18.3% in monetary terms compared to the same month in 2025, to $175.73 million.

According to published data, in particular in March, imports of this type of vehicle increased by 15.6% compared to March 2025 and by 48.6% compared to February of this year – to $80.5 million.
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Russian forces attacked Zaporizhia, killing one person and injuring four others, Regional Military Administration head Ivan Fedorov said.

"The enemy attacked Zaporizhia district. It carried out at least 8 strikes," he wrote on Telegram on Thursday morning.
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Russian troops shelled Kherson region, wounding four people, including two children, regional military administration head Oleksandr Prokudin said.

"Due to Russian aggression, 4 people were wounded, including 2 children," he wrote on Telegram on Thursday morning.
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A man was killed in a massive Russian shelling of a settlement in Zaporizhia district on the outskirts, with four more people wounded, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on its Telegram channel.

"Firefighters from the local fire service rescued a woman from under the rubble; she was hospitalised at a stabilisation point," the statement read.
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Russians attacked a branch of Ukraine’s express delivery leader Nova Poshta in Novomykolaivka, Zaporizhia region, with a strike drone overnight into Thursday, destroying over 150 parcels, the company said.

"As a result of a Shahed-2 strike drone hit, the Nova Poshta branch in Novomykolaivka was destroyed. None of the staff were hurt, as the branch was closed overnight," Nova Poshta wrote on Telegram.
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The contribution of a 15% increase in mobile communication tariffs in January–February of this year, one of the causes of which was the energy deficit, to annual inflation amounted to 0.25 percentage points, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Deputy Governor Volodymyr Lepushynsky said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

According to him, this is an example of how the energy deficit in January–February, through the pass-through of higher business costs, partially affected inflation.
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The adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of reform-related bills called for by the European Union and serving as structural benchmarks under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing programme will enable Ukraine to attract over EUR 2 billion for its needs, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos believes.

"I welcome the positive progress in the Verkhovna Rada, as Ukraine’s parliament has adopted important laws related to EU and IMF reforms. This will help unlock over EUR 2 bln of key financing to stabilise Ukraine’s liquidity needs until summer. It also demonstrates the Rada’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s path to the EU," Kos wrote on X.
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