Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised his troops for waging powerful counteroffensive battles in a number of areas throughout what he described in his nightly deal with as a “crucial week.” Ukrainian forces continued to make restricted positive factors in at the very least 4 sectors, the Institute for the Research of Battle assume tank mentioned in an evaluation.
Deputy Protection Minister Hanna Maliar reported a number of offensive actions within the south and mentioned that whereas preventing within the east is ongoing, the general depth decreased final week.
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Final month, anti-corruption investigators mentioned they caught Vsevolod Knyazyev, chief justice of the nation’s Supreme Court docket, receiving a cost of about $450,000 as a part of a $2.7 million bribery scheme. “That is large. … This isn’t an unusual decide in a neighborhood court docket taking a bribe — it’s the very best decide within the system,” mentioned Tetiana Shevchuk, a lawyer with the Anti-Corruption Motion Middle, an anti-graft watchdog in Kyiv.