- President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin had their first phone call.
- Ukrainian parliament passed a long-anticipated package of election laws, changing the way the legislature is elected. It only took 17 attempts.
- President Zelensky proposed to ban top officials who served under his predecessors Oleksandr Turchynov and Petro Poroshenko from holding any government and lawmaking positions.
- Ex-president Petro Poroshenko was summoned for questioning by the State Investigation Bureau
- Ukrposhta, state postal service, threatens to halt delivering pensions next year.
- Ukraine’s liquor producers can’t get raw ethanol due to a snare in the excise tax policy and miscommunication with state alcohol monopoly, Ukrspyrt.
- Vox Populi:Do you support Zelensky’s decision to cancel Independence Day military parade?
- Kyiv Post staff writer Oleg Sukhov: Reformer and Anti-Reformer of the week
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