The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to reorganize the structures of several ministries in accordance with the Verkhovna Rada’s decisions, Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi announced.
“We are reorganizing the structure of the ministries in accordance with the parliament’s decisions. We are reinstating the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and are establishing a separate Ministry of Community Affairs, Territories, and Internally Displaced Persons. We have separated the areas of economy and environment and recovery, as well as infrastructure and transportation,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 963 issued on Friday, the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture has been renamed the Ministry of Economy and Environment of Ukraine; the Ministry of Community Development has been renamed the Ministry of Recovery, Infrastructure, and Transport of Ukraine; the Ministry of Community Affairs, Territories, and Internally Displaced Persons has been established; and the decision to liquidate the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has been revoked.
As previously reported, on July 16, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Koretskyi, chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, as Prime Minister of Ukraine and, upon his recommendation, approved the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers.
The number of deputy prime ministers in the new Cabinet has been reduced from four to three, while the number of ministries has increased from 15 to 17 due to the division of large agencies.
This increase in the number of ministries is due to the latest split of the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture into the Ministry of Economy and Environment and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The government also no longer has the position of Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine—Minister of Community and Territorial Development—nor the corresponding ministry. In the new Cabinet, these functions are divided between the newly created Ministry of Communities, Territories, and Internally Displaced Persons and the Ministry of Reconstruction, Infrastructure, and Transport.
The Cabinet of Ministers has set new deadlines for foreigners with expired residence permits to apply for exchange of the document.
According to the decree № 141 from February 5, it is established that foreigners and stateless persons, except for citizens of the Russian Federation, who have a residence permit, the term of application for the exchange of which came after February 24, 2022, should within 90 days from the date of entry into force of this decree to apply for the exchange of such a residence permit.
It is determined that this Decree shall enter into force three months after its publication.
In addition, the State Migration Service is instructed within three months from the date of entry into force of this decree to provide information and awareness-raising work aimed at informing foreigners and stateless persons about the procedure and terms of exchange of temporary residence certificates, the deadline for applying for the exchange of which came after February 24, 2022.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko has named prosthetics as one of the main tasks of Ukrainian social policy and announced the launch of grants for manufacturers of bionic prostheses.
“Prosthetics is one of the main tasks in social policy today. Our task is to ensure that everyone who needs it, both military and civilian, receives a high-quality prosthesis on time,” Svyrydenko wrote on Facebook on Sunday morning.
She reported that last week she held meetings with rehabilitation specialists, manufacturers, and center directors. “We see that many people are forced to wait for prosthetics or face poor-quality care. Therefore, we have tasked the Ministry of Social Policy and the Ministry of Health with developing a clear plan to resolve these issues,” the head of government wrote.
Svyrydenko also visited the Ukrainian production facility Esper Bionics and called it “an example of technology that is truly changing lives.”
“We want this market to develop. We want to see more Ukrainian manufacturers. Therefore, the government plans to launch grants for bionic prostheses,” she said.
The government has authorized foreign companies operating on the territory of Ukraine through separate subdivisions and representative offices to obtain the right to conduct construction of objects with medium (CC2) and significant (CC3) categories of consequences, the press service of the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories reported.
According to the message, the right to construction activity foreign companies will be able to obtain by free submission to the licensing authorities of the declaration of economic activity. In this case, there is no need to obtain a license for construction, the Ministry notes.
Such changes, introduced in Government Decree No. 314 of March 13, 2022, will be valid for the duration of martial law.
“The adoption of this act will improve the legal regulation of the activities of foreign companies in Ukraine, in particular, will allow representative offices of Polish companies in Ukraine to carry out work on the equipment of checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border,” – stated in the message of the Ministry of Regional Integration.
It is noted that works on the construction of checkpoints are planned within the framework of the implementation of the agreement between the Ukrainian and Polish governments on the provision of a loan on the terms of tied aid from September 9, 2015.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has banned all types of advertising of gambling business, follows from the government decree № 583.
Thus, amendments were made to paragraph 1 of the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 566 of May 17, 2024 “Some issues of counteraction to the negative consequences of the functioning of gambling on the Internet”.
“Subparagraph one after the words ‘order of restriction’ is supplemented with the words ‘of all forms’, and after the words ‘by restriction’ – with the words ‘namely a ban’, – stated in the resolution.
According to the document, the ban will be in force until the entry into force of the law on combating game addiction, which is now under consideration by the Verkhovna Rada.
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Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers is considering raising electricity tariffs in the wake of Russia’s new attacks on the energy sector, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said in an interview with Bloomberg.
“Depending on the situation in July and August, we will ask people to save as much as possible. The Russians will not be able to cause a repeat of the blackouts of 2022 and 2023. Even in the event of huge losses, we will have a basic generation that will cover 30% to 50% of our needs,” the minister said.
At the same time, Galushchenko did not rule out an increase in electricity tariffs for households and said that the government is exploring various ways to finance the repair of its energy assets.
“Today the situation is even more complicated than last year, as we have lost a lot of hydropower production and are forced to carry out scheduled repairs of nuclear power units,” he said.
The minister emphasized that Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian energy facilities in recent weeks was more extensive and better planned than the attacks of the previous two years, disabling generating capacity and limiting electricity supplies. As a result, restoring equipment and protecting the power grid have become key priorities for the government, although it is struggling to assess the extent of the damage.
“The destruction was extensive – in power generation and transmission. The situation is complicated. We still do not understand the extent of the damage, as many facilities are still in ruins and we cannot get to them,” explained Galushchenko.
In addition, in the spring of 2024, thermal and hydroelectric power plants became the main targets of Russian strikes. These attacks threaten not only electricity losses but also environmental disasters, Galushchenko said.
“Attacks on hydroelectric power plants are terrorist acts and war crimes, as they affect not only energy production but also the operation of dams on rivers,” the minister said.
Russia’s goal is to destroy Ukraine’s economy, Galushchenko said, adding that more damage to the power system would make it harder to overcome this summer’s consumption peaks.
“We will definitely communicate with people. Everyone wants to live comfortably, but we have to take into account the fact that there are restrictions now,” the minister concluded.
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