Censor.net: Ukraine stiffens punishment for domestic violence By Censor.net. Published Jan. 14, 2018. Updated Jan. 14 at 12:02 pm The photo shows Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, during speech of the President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv on Sept. 7, 2017. Photo by Volodymyr Petrov The amendments to the Ukrainian law on aggravating circumstances of a crime enter into force Jan. 12. Read more here