Exposure of Territorial Defense unit commander, for whom soldiers were building estate, dismissal of NACP deputy head: June 3 highlights
In Odesa, the State Bureau of Investigation exposed the commander of the regional administration of the Territorial Defense Forces, who involved his subordinate fighters in the construction of an estate. Artem Sytnyk, the deputy chairman of the NACP, resigned. We have collected the main news for June 3.
Exposure of a commander of the Territorial Defense Forces
The State Bureau of Investigation exposed the commander of the regional department of the Territorial Defense Forces "South" in Odesa, who involved his subordinate fighters in the construction of an estate. For their work, they received extra pay as for performing combat tasks on the front line.
The commander was charged with exceeding his official powers, which caused significant damage in the conditions of martial law - Part 5 of Art. 426-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
The Cabinet of Ministers is asked to book employees of the State Emergency Service
A petition to the government with a call to ensure reservation from mobilization for all personnel of the fire protection and emergency services, operational rescue service and other civil defense workers received the necessary 25,000 votes.
Reservation is currently removed from some of the civil defense workers, but the employees of the State Emergency Service carry out an important mission in the rear, protecting citizens from fire and other emergency situations, and therefore require reservation.
Dismissal of the deputy chair of the NACP
Artem Sytnyk, the deputy head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, was dismissed from the position he had held since May 2022. The reason for the dismissal is still unknown.
Before his appointment, Sytnyk headed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). He was the first head of this body and managed it in 2015-2022.
Detention in connection with the attack on Ukrainian volunteers in the Czech Republic
Czech police detained four foreigners at the Prague airport who are suspected of attacking Ukrainian volunteers who were collecting donations for Ukraine.
Investigators opened a criminal case against them on suspicion of committing several crimes. The police say that, based on newly discovered facts, the case will most likely be reclassified.
The new spelling will be finalized
The new Ukrainian spelling, to which Ukrainians were supposed to finally switch this year, contains "dozens of gross errors." The final modified version of the spelling is planned to be published at the end of 2024.
According to Pavlo Hrytsenko, director of the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the story of Ukrainian spelling in 2019 is "the story of volunteerism in solving language issues." He claims that that version of the Ukrainian spelling was not prepared in a high-quality manner.
The detention of the State Guard employee was extended
Artem Kosov, an employee of the Department of the State Guard, who is suspected of murdering a young man at the Kyiv funicular station, has been remanded in custody for another two months – until August 1. The court's decision can be appealed.
In the courtroom itself, relatives of the deceased 16-year-old Maksym Materukhin turned to Kosov, showing him the photos and posters they had brought.
Biden will not attend the Global Peace Summit
The White House announced that Vice President Kamala Harris and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will attend the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16. The two of them will represent the United States at the summit.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that if American President Joe Biden is not at the Peace Summit, "Putin will give this a standing ovation."
Other news
- The military medical commission of Poltava Oblast issued the most conclusions about the unfitness of conscripts. NACP suspects corruption.
- In Odesa, a policewoman was washed into the sea by a wave. Divers are looking for her body.
- The President’s Office will not turn to the Constitutional Court to confirm Volodymyr Zelenskyy's legitimacy as president.
- The government will soon adopt a resolution on the "maximum fair" reservation, where the list of positions will be determined.
- The Poles are again planning to block the Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne checkpoint.
- KyivPride announced that it could hold the "Equality March" in the subway even without the permission of the authorities.