Estimated number of population in regions of Ukraine based on number of active mobile sim cards (mln)
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In Dubrovnik, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Croatian Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic met with Ukrainian children recuperating in Croatia, the press service of the head of state reported.
“Very pleased to be here today. Thanked the Prime Minister’s team for supporting our Ukrainian children, whose parents are heroes of our state, because they defend Ukraine. And there are, unfortunately, those who will remain in our hearts, in history, because they gave the most precious thing – life. We are very grateful to them. And none of us will never forget them,” – said Zelensky.
Currently, 90 Ukrainians are on vacation in the city of Split. All of them are children of soldiers of Kyiv region. Recuperation lasts 10 days and takes place within the framework of the program of the Embassy of Ukraine in Croatia for children of military men. The recreation is financed by the fund of the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Croatia Ivica Piric. In total, more than 800 children have been able to undergo such recuperation since the beginning of the year.
“I am very glad that Croatia helps our Ukrainian children. Such assistance is very important. Such recreation allows us to support our children so that they smile. I can see it,” Zelensky noted.
Plenkovic added that the Ukrainian president’s visit to Croatia is related to the third summit “Ukraine – Southeast Europe”.
“We are here today to support Ukraine, your people and your president in the fight for your territorial integrity. We very much appreciate the heroism of your parents, with which they have been defending your state for two and a half years,” the Croatian Prime Minister said.
Zelenski and Plenkovic gave the children presents, and the children gave them flags with their signatures.
Number of refugees from Ukraine in selected countries as of 30.06.2024
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Turkey has allocated Ukraine the last package of 1 thousand licenses for transportation to / from third countries in accordance with the agreement reached at the end of 2023, said the Deputy Minister of development of communities, territories and infrastructure Sergiy Derkach.
“Plus 1 thousand permits from Turkey for transportation to/from third countries. Ukrainian carriers can continue to perform transportation to / from third countries with Turkey. The corresponding forms of permits are already in “Ukrtransbezpek” and are available for ordering,” Derkach wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
According to him, the permits were issued in accordance with the agreement that was reached at the end of 2023, which will allow to close the need before the end of the year.”
“I will remind you that earlier this year, for the first time since 2018, we managed to agree with Turkey to increase the number of such permits by 40% – up to 3,500,” Derkach wrote, indicating that the market has already used 2,500 permits.
The Deputy Minister recalled that bilateral and transit traffic between Ukraine and Turkey do not require permits, as freight traffic between the countries is liberalized. “Visa-free” will be valid at least until the end of martial law.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, during the opening of the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit in Dubrovnik, assured continued support for Ukraine, which is suffering from Russian aggression.
“Today I want to focus on three points. The first is Croatia’s continued assistance to Ukraine, the second is the relations of Southeast European countries with Ukraine, and the third is why Ukraine, which is suffering from Russian aggression, matters to the world and how we behave in the international community,” he said during his opening remarks at the Ukraine – Southeast Europe summit in Dubrovnik on Wednesday.
Prime Minister pointed out that the total amount of aid to Croatia since February 2022 amounted to about 300 million euros. In addition, Croatia has received about 30 thousand Ukrainian refugees, as well as Ukrainian wounded soldiers, who are being rehabilitated in centers for veterans and specialized hospitals.
“In this context, President Zelenski and I signed an agreement on long-term cooperation and support between Croatia and Ukraine, which lays the foundation for our relations for many years to come, and its content is in line with what we believe we can best contribute,” Plenkovic emphasized.
According to him, “it is a natural reflex of Croatia, as a country that in the past survived aggression and war with much less international assistance, to stand today next to a country that defends the same values of freedom, democracy and peace.”
“We believe this is the right thing to do, and I am proud that today we are all gathered to reaffirm our joint support for Ukraine,” Plenkovic said.
The prime minister noted that Ukraine supported Croatia in 1991, becoming one of the first countries to recognize Croatia internationally, its independence, and provided the country with military equipment and weapons.
“Today Croatia supports Ukraine with equal strength and assistance,” Plenkovic emphasized.
Every tenth declaration was subsequently corrected
1,246,435 declarations were filed by September 11, 2024, according to the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. The number of corrected documents has almost doubled compared to last year.
As of mid-September, the number of all declarations (1.2 million) is already 2.8 times higher than in the same period in 2023, when there were 445 thousand. More than 134 thousand, or 11% of the submitted declarations were subsequently corrected.
This year, the NACP has started verifying 734 declarations of officials. In half of them – 392 cases – the checks have already been completed.
Among the fully examined declarations, 46% contain violations totaling UAH 1,856.1 million. In general, all errors are related to incorrectly stated amounts in the declarations. The difference is in the amount of inaccuracies: the amounts were less or more than 500 subsistence minimums.
In 30% of all audited declarations, the data totaling UAH 1,808.7 million were incorrect (Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code). On average, officials “made a mistake” in each such declaration by UAH 15.2 million.
In another 16% of the audited declarations, officials made mistakes, on average, by UAH 790 thousand per declaration (part 4 of Article 172-5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In total, such errors amounted to UAH 47.3 million.
The amount of errors was less than UAH 268 thousand or up to 100 subsistence minimums in every second audited declaration.
Only 1 declaration out of all those checked had no violations.
In some cases, the declarations violated 2 articles at once. 7 declarations also have signs of illicit enrichment totaling UAH 146.3 million (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code). In another 8 documents, officials could not explain the origin of money in the amount of UAH 30.1 million (Article 290 of the Civil Procedure Code).
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