On October 30, Time magazine’s website reported that the online marriage service of the Ukrainian Diia App was one of the most innovative inventions for 2024.
Time editors have been highlighting the most influential products and ideas for more than 20 years in their Best Inventions magazine.
Digital Transformation Ministry launched the Diia app in 2020. It was used by over 20 million Ukrainians as of early August.
Ukrainians can choose a date and place to get married, propose and apply online. The couple may be hundreds of kilometers away or in the same location.
Ukraine was the first country in the world to fully digitalize this practice. Nearly a million people have defended the country since the start of the war. The app allows soldiers to get married on the front lines.
According to the Digital Transformation Ministry on Sept. 20, 25,1 couples were married in Diia and 3,200 couples had applied online for marriage. Nearly 830,000 marriage proposals were recorded with 106,000 “yes” responses.
The app also allows users to access their official documents such as their passports, drivers’ licenses or vehicle registrations. Users can also register a business and pay taxes in a few simple clicks.
Kyslytsya reported that the top officers of North Korea include two deputy chiefs: Colonel General Kim Yong Bok who oversees special operations, and Ri Chang-Ho, who is responsible for the Reconnaissance Directorate (North Korea’s spy agency), Kyslytsya stated.
Authorities said that the attack destroyed the entrance from the first to fifth floors of a nine-story building.
The Russian forces have suffered 1,310 casualties in the last day alone.
During a Tbilisi press conference, President Salome Zourabichvili showed footage that purportedly showed ballot violations. “It’s not the president’s job to provide evidence which already exists in society.”
“…The Danish Model allows us to attract financing from our partners in Ukrainian defence production. “We are now producing almost 20 ‘Bohdana artillery units per month, and we have made great progress in other areas,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The European Commission recently praised Ukraine for its progress on important reforms, such as those related to the judiciary system, rule of law and anti-corruption. However, it stressed that further reforms were still needed.
Following the suspension of operations at Arctic LNG 2, Russian LNG tankers have gathered off Russia’s east coast, indicating that Moscow has been unable to find buyers.
Serhii dobriak, the head of the Pokrovsk Military Administration, said: “Fortifications will be built in Pokrovsk and we have already entered the city. Certain areas of the town will be blocked so please leave those areas and don’t enter or leave the city.”
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated on October 30 that “the evidence now suggests that North Korea sent about 10,000 soldiers for training in eastern Russia.” “Some of these DPRK soldiers have already moved closer towards Ukraine, and we see them outfitted in Russian uniforms and equipped with Russian equipment.”
According to U.K. finance minister Rachel Reeves, London will provide guaranteed support for Ukraine in the amount of PS3 billion ($3.8billion) per year.
The European Commission cited recent legislative amendments affecting the election process. It also cited frequent compromises made on the secrecy of votes, procedural inconsistencies and intimidation. These have all negatively affected public trust in the electoral process.
Brussels expects Ukraine’s broadcasters to return their work to the format of the pre-war period, and questions the telethon’s objectivity.
The White House announced on October 17 that the next Ramstein format meeting would be held virtually in November, prior to Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement.
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the recent restrictions are applied to companies that are involved in networks of sanctions evasion in 17 jurisdictions including China, India Malaysia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Thailand and Turkey.
Serhii derkach, Deputy Communities and Territories Minister, presented a step-bystep plan for the partial reopening Ukraine’s airspace during a conference held in Warsaw.
“Russia thinks that they are very powerful, but if we had wanted to seize their power plant, then we would have done so, we could have done so, but we didn’t want to,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to Interfax the Russian banking giant offers interest at as low as 2% and plans to extend its offer to Kherson oblast and Zaporizhzhia as soon as housing constructions begin there.
The denial comes just a day after Financial Times reported that Ukraine, Russia and other countries are resuming talks about stopping the strikes on their energy infrastructures after the talks abruptly ceased in August after Ukraine’s Kursk invasion.
The prime minister of a NATO member and EU country discussed a number of topics with the propagandist sanctioned in the West, including the Nord Stream explosions and the supposed Western fatigue regarding the support for Ukraine.
It was a confidential information between Ukraine & the White House. How can we understand these messages? Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, said this during a press conference with journalists from Nordic nations.
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