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Visit of the delegation of Hungarian officials to the Zakarpattia region on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine is unacceptable. This was announced by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko during a briefing on July.

"We are aware of our history and we have do all the necessary steps in order to find the opportunity to exist together. We have one common enemy and we need to live together in friendship and peace," he said during a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, July 16.

Ukraine carries out diplomatic work in the case of the National Guard warrior Vitaliy Markiv who was convicted in Italy. This was announced during a briefing by Deputy Heaf of the Office of the President of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko.

"I hope that soon our sailors will be released. I can not tell you the details of the negotiations, but believe me - we are constantly in contact with our negotiating team and we are aware of the chances to return our guys back in the near future," he said during a briefing on July 16.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President Vadym Prystaiko reported the results of the negotiations of the foreign policy advisers to the leaders of state and government of the Normandy format, which took place in Paris on July 12.

On July, Advisor to the Head of State Mykhailo Fedorov had a meeting with representative of the Support Group for Ukraine in the European Commission Frank Paul, representative of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine Martin Klaucke and coordinator of the "Public Administration Reform" sector of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Serhiy Ladnyi in the Office of the President of Ukraine.

On July 9, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Decree "On Certain Measures for the Conservation of Forests and the Rational Use of Forest Resources" aimed at combating the illegal circulation of wood. It was stated by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Goncharuk during the briefing.

Advisor to the President Mykhailo Fedorov had a meeting with the World Bank representatives concerning the initiatives and projects of digital economy development.

As stated by Andriy Bohdan, Head of the President’s Office, the given decision was made by Volodymyr Zelenskyy due to the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not inform the Head of State of the note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation of June 25 concerning the release of the captured Ukrainian sailors and the note from the Ukrainian side in response.

On June 26, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the appointment of eight heads of regional state administrations proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, namely of Kyiv, Donetsk, Zakarpattia, Kherson, Cherkasy, Luhansk, Odesa and Lviv regions.