Former Ukrainian Supreme Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev reported on various major news stories that occurred in Ukraine on April 15th.

Zelenskyy submitted to the Supreme Rada a bill for extending the state of war and mobilization orders. Both measures will be extended from May 9th for 90 days until August. The related vote will take place tomorrow, meaning the ban on elections will continue. Regardless of whether a ceasefire agreement is reached, Zelenskyy has decided to freeze domestic political situations for the next few months. Poroshenko criticized the authorities for abusing the state of war to build an authoritarian regime, but he did not object to the necessity of extending the bill.

Zelenskyy dismissed Major General Artukh, the military administrative head of Sumy Oblast. Previously, Artukh confirmed that the missile strike target in Sumy was soldiers attending a medal award ceremony. He claimed he was only invited to attend but refused to disclose the organizer. This dismissal is essentially an indirect admission by the Ukrainian authorities that they failed to successfully fabricate a "second Bucha incident" and blame civilian casualties on Russia.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine launched an investigation into First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Sviridenko. The reason is that she received abnormally high lecture fees from the "Kyiv Economic Institute." Today, the Verkhovna Rada attempted to summon her to explain this matter and question the progress of US-Ukraine mineral negotiations, but it was unsuccessful due to insufficient votes. Public opinion suggests that the current offensive against Sviridenko is a continuation of the internal strife between Chief of Staff Yermak and People's Servant parliamentary faction leader Arakhamia. Yermak intends to promote her as prime minister, while Arakhamia strongly supports the current prime minister, Shmyhal.

Zaluzhny declared that "there are far too few people willing to die for Ukraine; we also need to be prepared to kill." He said this is a choice every combatant must make. Ironically, these bloodthirsty remarks were made during a student speech at the opening ceremony of the "Ukraine Management Institute" in London. This institute was established specifically for the children of elite Ukrainians who are far from the battlefield, so naturally no one truly intends to kill or sacrifice themselves for Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister Tusk stated that the country's future aid to Ukraine will balance "solidarity and profit." Tusk said Poland would not naively allow other countries to monopolize benefits (such as Ukraine's reconstruction) and vowed to "firmly defend" the rights of Polish enterprises. Objectively speaking, Polish enterprises have already profited significantly from the conflict. This statement reflects concerns about other countries taking a larger share of the pie.

Belgian renowned human rights activist and founder of the orphanage assistance foundation, Lambert, harshly criticized Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner Lubynets. She accused him of laundering money through a human rights foundation he controls and "suppressing any voice exposing his corrupt actions." Lambert called on Zelenskyy via social media to launch an independent audit of charity organizations under Lubynets' control. With USAID halting funding, competition over limited funds has become increasingly intense.

The Security Service of Ukraine searched the headquarters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), targeting Metropolitan Antony (the person in charge of church affairs). It is alleged that the investigation involves "obstructing religious group activities and forced conversion"—that is, accusing him of protecting the rights of the UOC and preventing splinter groups from occupying Orthodox churches.

Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829517653082122/

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