In Kyiv, classes are planned to resume on September 1 / Article

The most important task of the new school year is the safety of students and teachers, the officials emphasized, noting that areas adjacent to schools will be checked for explosives, and school bomb shelters will be replenished with water, medicines and other necessary goods.

Also, at the beginning of the school year, all schools will hold training for teachers and children on what to do during an air raid alert. Those children who could not return to Kyiv will be able to study remotely.

European Union support to Ukraine

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed the Parliament of Ukraine on Friday. Leyena praised the Ukrainian parliament and government for the fast and successful path to the EU candidate state.

She also emphasized that Brussels and the European Union members strongly support Ukraine both in its fight against Russian aggression and in its efforts to join the European family.

But she also called on Ukrainian parliamentarians to continue the reforms that began after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych’s regime in 2014, and urged to speed up the fight against corruption and the influence of oligarchs in the economy.

“Your European path and national renewal will go hand in hand. Ukraine will be in the lead. Big investments will be needed. But to increase their impact and boost business confidence, investments will have to be combined with a new wave of reforms.

And you have set your reform agenda and have already made significant progress. For example, the fight against corruption. Preventing and fighting corruption has been high on your agenda since the self-respect revolution.

You have built an impressive anti-corruption machine. But now these institutions need teeth and the right people in high positions.”

It will be possible to mobilize business in Russia

Friday was a significant day in the Ukrainian parliament not only because of Leyen’s speech. Accompanied by applause, the flag of the European Union was brought and placed in the parliament hall.

Meanwhile, the “Unian” agency reports that the Russian government has announced its intention to mobilize business in the interests of the military. In particular, a draft law has been submitted to the State Duma, which gives the authorities of the Russian Federation the right to impose “state defense orders” on Russian commercial structures abroad during the war.

According to the draft law, the customers – in this case the Ministry of Defense, special services and other state institutions – will have the right to change the conditions of execution of the state order, increase its volume or change the costs of the works.

CONTEXT:

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to start invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine. Putin claimed that NATO was going to use Ukraine as a springboard for aggression against Russia, although there was no evidence for these claims. Ukraine believes that Putin’s real goal is to destroy Ukrainian statehood and bring the territory under Moscow’s control.

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has caused a general condemnation of the international communityagainst Russia more and more sanctions are introduced. Many western companies have decided to leave the Russian market.

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