The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a decision aimed at curbing the growth of electricity transmission tariffs.

The issue of forcing citizens to serve in the military is back as the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reviewed a report from SBU Chief Vasyl Maliuk on the agency’s work to counter occupiers and collaborators.

Deputy Head of the OSCE Secretariat Kate Fearon avoided directly answering a question on whether she considers Russia an aggressor killing innocent civilians in Ukraine, and whether the term Russian aggression against Ukraine is appropriate for the Secretariat.

There is evidence of extrajudicial killings, disappearances and the concealment of bodies, 17 embassies say.

In the coming years, Sweden will gradually phase out aid to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia, and Bolivia, using these funds instead to increase support for Ukraine.

On the Siversk axis, Russian forces shot a Ukrainian defender who approached with his hands raised to surrender.

The state has shifted the problem of mobilization onto the servicemembers of Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers (TCC) and cannot protect them from attacks. Solving this problem is the responsibility of the executive authorities, local self-government bodies, and law enforcement agencies.

The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe’s strongest conventional army.

Germany is introducing voluntary military service to boost national defences after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.