Visits to Bucha on anniversary of liberation, electronic prescription for medicines: highlights of the day
On the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of four other European countries visited the city, the IMF approved a $15.6 billion loan to Ukraine, and medicines can now be obtained not only by paper but also by electronic prescription. We have collected the main news for the day.
Visits to Bucha
On the anniversary of the de-occupation of Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, the leaders of four other European countries visited the city along with Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Moldovan President Maia Sandu, as well as the prime ministers of Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, Eduard Heger, Robert Golob, and Andrej Plenković.
Sale of medicines
Since the beginning of April, Ukraine will be introducing innovations: prescription drugs can be obtained not only by paper but also by electronic prescription. However, you will have to buy the same drugs with a prescription as before: The Ministry of Health is not expanding or changing the list of prescription drugs.
Loan for more than $15 billion from the IMF
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a four-year, $15.6 billion financial package for Ukraine to help meet its immediate financing needs.
This loan is the largest for Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion. Also, as Reuters notes, it is the first major package approved by the IMF for a country in active conflict.
Ministry of Culture commission is again not allowed to enter Lavra
The clergy and faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow Patriarchate again did not allow the commission of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy to enter the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. According to Radio Liberty, the commission plans to return to the monastery on April 3.
Due to the UOC-MP's obstruction of the transfer of the Lavra's property, the National Reserve Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra has filed a lawsuit.
Belarus and Russian nuclear weapons
Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Western countries are trying to drag Belarus into a war and that is why the country needs nuclear weapons.
At the UN Security Council meeting, Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia was transferring Iskander to Belarus and setting up a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons for the security of the "Union State". Belarus' permanent representative, Valentin Rybakov, called on other countries not to interfere in internal affairs and to take care of their own countries.
And President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would indicate an unsuccessful meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping — and also about Lukashenko's complete loss of any identity.
Other news:
- The Wall Street Journal demands the expulsion of the Russian ambassador and all Russian journalists from the United States over the arrest of American reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia.
- Power engineers tripped a Russian mine in Kherson Oblast: two dead, one wounded. They hit the mine while working to restore the power grid.
- Vitaliy Merinov, a four-time world kickboxing champion, died of wounds sustained in combat.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on the British government to deny visas to Russian and Belarusian players who were allowed to participate in the tournament by Wimbledon.
- hromadske was once again included in the list of the highest quality Ukrainian media.
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