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reinstatement of asset declarations," but fear the law as it stands will contribute to "undermining trust in reform efforts," the group of nine MEPs who signed the statement said.
Corruption cases in Ukraine don't involve foreign funds. In an interview with CNN published on Sept. 10, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that cases of corruption in Ukraine don't involve financial or military aid sent by Kyiv's partners.
High Anti-Corruption Court provides first monetary award to whistleblower. Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) announced on Oct. 2 that it had ruled to pay Hr 13.3 million (about $360,000) to a whistleblower in the case of a $6 million bribe attempted by a former first deputy head of the Kyiv tax service back in 2020.
Sumy officials arrested for taking $58,000 bribe. The mayor of Sumy and chief of the city council’s infrastructure department were arrested when receiving the last tranche of a Hr 2.13 million ($58,000) bribe, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Oct. 2.
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Russia opens its hunting season for Ukraine's energy infrastructure; 40 buildings are damaged, and 20 people are injured. The consequence of the first enemy attack on energy infrastructure in six months include damage to energy facilities in the western and central regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. Almost 49,000 consumers in 90 settlements remained without electricity. During the attack, electricity networks were damaged in the Rivne, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, and Kharkiv regions. On September 21, Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, and Drohobych. The aggressor state fired 43 cruise missiles at Ukraine, but Ukraine's air defenses shot down 36. As a result of the attack, almost 40 buildings were damaged, and two dozen people were injured, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. Fragments of the rocket hit the building of a Pepsi factory in the city of Vyshneve, Kyiv region.
Ukraine hit the Saka airfield in Crimea with a large-scale missile and drone attack. On the night of September 21, a joint action between the SBU and the Ukrainian Naval Forces struck the Saki military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. At the time of the attack, the airfield had at least 12 Russian Su-24 and Su-30 aircraft and Pantsir MANPADS. In addition, there was a training base for Mojaher UAV operators, which the Russians used for strikes in Ukraine. The Ukrainian military claimed that the occupiers' equipment was seriously damaged. To defeat the enemy, Ukrainian defenders used drones that overloaded Russian air defense and then launched Neptune missiles. Russian Telegram channels confirm destruction and casualties at the airfield and claim at least 30 dead. Russian information resources believe that this attack is the largest since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. A day earlier, Ukrainian troops launched a missile attack on the command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol. As a result of the attack, enemy troops and expensive military equipment have been destroyed.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' ongoing offensive campaign is rapidly approaching a critical weather-related limitation, according to statements made by US Chief of Staff, Mark Milley on September 10. Milley emphasized
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