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Ukraine was not destined to completely relinquish its nuclear capability: in 1992–1993, parliament linked nuclear disarmament to security guarantees and progress toward NATO membership. However, according to Yurii Kostenko, a five-term member of parliament, the executive branch effectively departed from Parliament’s position, and Ukraine’s strategic warheads were transferred to Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine must be prepared for any possible developments regarding elections, adding that the Parliament should soon develop options for how they could be conducted.

The imposition of fines on military conscripts who did not complete the Military Medical Commission (MMC) examination by February 5, 2025, is formally possible if Parliament fails to extend the deadlines in time. However, there is currently a political consensus that fines will not be applied.

The lower house of Romania’s Parliament approved a draft law allowing the donation of a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.

Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada’s Parliament, Greg Fergus, said that, considering the significant contribution of Ukrainian migrants to the development of Canada, all Canadians "can consider themselves a little Ukrainian."

President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to propose that the Parliament should equate corruption with high treason during the martial law regime.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament) has adopted in its entirety the draft law No. 8401, which returns the taxation system to the pre-war state. The law will come into force on August 1, 2023.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Parliament of Slovakia for recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people.

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy recommends that the Parliament passes at first reading the bill banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church and related religious organizations in Ukraine.

On September 23, at 1:00 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Challenges facing the Parliament: reactions of the Verkhovna Rada to "referendums" and "mobilization", budget 2023, restoration of statehood in the de-occupied territories."

Ukraine is already working on drafting a series of bills required for the country’s further European integration, and Parliament is set to adopt them soon.

The Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, held a conversation with the Chairman of the Parliament of .....