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Ukraine's parliament passes law allowing territorial defense forces to use small arms.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has introduced amendments to the legislation on national resistance and allowed voluntary formations of territorial communities to use small arms, in addition to hunting rifles.
A total of 278 MPs voted for a respective decision at a parliament meeting on Thursday, January 27, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
"Members of voluntary formations of territorial communities have the right to use personal hunting weapons, small arms, other weapons and ammunition while performing territorial defense tasks, in accordance with the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine," the amendments read.
The most significant changes currently made to the law include clearly defined powers of the Special Operations Forces, which will lead the resistance movement, as well as giving volunteer fighters the right to use small arms and, according to an order by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, other weapons if necessary.
The law enters into force on the day following the day of its publication.
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Yermak and Szijjártó agree on bilateral meeting next week.
The head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, agreed by phone to hold a bilateral meeting next week.
State Property Fund held eight successful privatization auctions in week.
From April 15 to 19, the State Property Fund held eight successful online privatization auctions in the Prozorro.Sale system for a total of UAH 28.5 million.
Since February 2022, Ukraine has attracted $72 billion in budget support from G7 countries and EU.
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has attracted about USD 72 billion in budget support. The country has received about USD 72 billion in budget support from the G7 countries and the European Union.
Woman's body recovered from rubble of high-rise building in Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a woman's body has been recovered from under the rubble of a high-rise building damaged by a Russian missile strike.
Russians attack port infrastructure in Odesa region, one injured.
The Russian army launched a missile attack on the port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on the afternoon of Friday, April 19, injuring a man.
Cat clinching on car door rescued from Dubai floods.
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New effort tackles drug overdose epidemic in US
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Trump campaigns at NYC bodega as crowd erupts: '4 more years!'.
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Columbia University president testifies on antisemitism on campus.
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Dubai hit by record rainstorm; flights suspended at one of world's busiest airports.
Dubai got more than 5.5 inches of rain over a 24-hour span. That's more rain in one day than the emirate gets in an entire year. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio looks at the flooding situation in the United Arab Emirates. CBS News Streaming Network is th...
Deadly Russian missiles hit Ukraine
At least a dozen people have died and more are injured after three missiles hit the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the Associated Press reports. BBC News Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has the latest from Kyiv. CBS News Streaming Ne...