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Reuters: Zelensky to compensate cafe fined for serving him during lockdown

By Reuters.

Published June 23, 2020 at 12:24 am

From left to right, head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak (L), First Deputy Serhiy Trofimov (C), Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko (background) , Governor of Khmelnytsky Oblast Dmytro Habinet, President Zelensky and Mayor of Khmelnytsky Oleksandr Simchyshyn (R) were fined on June 10 for sitting indoors in a coffee shop, despite the fact that restaurants were allowed to serve clients only at summer terraces until June 5.

Photo by President's Office of Ukraine

Ukraine’s president said on Monday he would compensate a cafe that was fined for serving him and his entourage during the coronavirus lockdown. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and some officials were photographed drinking coffee at the L’umore cafe in the western city of Khmelnytsky during a visit on June 3, at a time when cafes were barred from serving customers inside.