Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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Zelensky offers Zaporizhzhia OVA head Fedorov the post of Restoration Agency chief
President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, the position of head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development. Fedorov disclosed the offer during a report marking his 1,000 days in office and said the new role would combine heading the agency with continuing as co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council. As of reporting, no official decision on his dismissal from the OVA or his appointment to the new post had been made.
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Hungary's Magyar ties Ukraine's EU accession progress to minority rights implementation
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on 3 September that Budapest will support Ukraine's EU accession only if the standard procedure is followed and agreed-upon requirements are met, linking Hungary's position to the implementation of a bilateral agreement on Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine. Magyar also criticized the idea of accelerated accession, arguing that a country at war is "not ready" for EU membership. Ukrainian sources counter that Ukraine has fulfilled the conditions to open the second and third negotiating clusters, and that the minority rights issues Hungary cites belong to the already-opened first cluster.
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Ukraine adopts new civil-defense rules: differentiated air-raid alerts, shorter Kyiv curfew
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers adopted a package of decisions on 3 September to adapt civilian life, business, and infrastructure to what officials describe as new Russian air-attack tactics. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky announced recommendations to shorten Kyiv's curfew to 01:00–05:00, to differentiate air-raid alerts into 'yellow' (drone) and 'red' (missile) threat levels with associated rules for businesses and shelters, and to build a new state air-threat application on the 'Diia' platform.
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Ukraine's cabinet submits four EU/IMF-linked reform bills to unlock €1.45 billion tranche
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved and sent to the Verkhovna Rada four draft laws tied to the country's obligations to the EU and IMF. The bills are a condition for receiving the third tranche of EU macro-financial assistance worth €1.45 billion and cover VAT administration, transfer pricing, capital markets, and the High Anti-Corruption Court. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi announced the submission and said joint work by government and parliament is needed to secure a significant portion of $29.5 billion in expected partner assistance.