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On July 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy got acquainted with repairing of highway crossing through the dam of Dnipro Hydroelectric Station.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a Decree on awarding citizenship to individuals who participated in the protection of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.

Chairman of the Parliament Andriy Parubiy refused to convene an ad-hoc session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 18. So, in this way he withdrew from work for the benefit of Ukrainians and showed a criminal inaction, which leads to the loss of almost UAH 700 million from the state budget. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On Thursday, July 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy went with a one-day working trip to the Zaporizhzhya region.

New materials on deals in the defense sector were transferred to law enforcement agencies. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting of the National Anticorruption Policy Council.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes that the renewed composition of the National Anticorruption Policy Council will become a platform for a real fight against corruption in the country. He stated this during a meeting of the Council on July 18 in Kyiv.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to elaborate a mechanism for granting Ukrainian citizenship as the second to ethnic Ukrainian from friendly countries who seek to join the process of development of their historic homeland. Furthermore, the mechanism for granting Ukrainian citizenship under a simplified procedure to people who suffer from violations of rights and freedoms in their countries must be elaborated.

On July 17, during a working visit to the Kharkiv region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on combating illegal natural-resource economic activity in the region. Before the meeting, the Head of State inspected the areas of illegal logging and the development of a sand quarry near Kharkiv.

During a working trip to the Mykolayiv region, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspected the section of the road Mykolayiv - Kropyvnytskyi. Acting Head of the Highways Service in the Mykolaiv region Andriy Maksymenko said that in order to complete the repair of this highway they need UAH 1.5 billion. In addition, there is a need to rapair Road H24.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Mykolayiv RSA Acting Head Vyacheslav Bon to resign. It was stated by the Head of the State during an acquaintance with the infrastructure and conditions of functioning of Mykolaiv International Airport on July 17.