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Facing personnel shortage, Ukraine passes bill to recruit convicted prisoners into the military, murderers and rapists excluded
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excluded from eligibility are individuals convicted of sexual violence, multiple homicides, severe corruption, and former high-ranking officials, clarified Olena Shuliak, a leader of Zelenskyy's party.
Ukraine gets rid of Soviet-era hammer-and-sickle sign from Kyiv statue, replaces it with trident coat of arms
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Ukraine has taken down Soviet-era signs from a hilltop monument in Kyiv and replaced the hammer-and-sickle symbol with a trident coat of arms, CNN reported.
Ukraine: 18 people including the interior minister and senior govt officials killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv
Along with Denys Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Yenin and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovich were among 8 government officials who were travelling in that helicopter.
American journalist Brent Renaud shot dead in Ukraine, here is what we know
Brent Renaud, an American video journalist covering the Ukraine war, has been confirmed dead by the head of Kyiv police department in Russian shooting.