Government of Ukraine
The Government of Ukraine (Уряд Ukrainy) is the highest executive body in the system of state power of Ukraine, headed by the Prime Minister. It exercises executive authority through a system of central executive bodies: ministries, services, inspectorates and agencies. It shapes and implements state policy in economics, finance, defence, social protection and other fields, and ensures execution of the State Budget.
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Ukraine Simplifies State Property Leasing for Businesses and Digital Infrastructure
The Ukrainian government has allowed businesses affected by Russian aggression, digital infrastructure providers, and telecommunications operators to lease state and communal property without auctions. The mechanism is intended to speed up the relocation of equipment and help businesses resume operations amid attacks on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure.
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Kyiv plans 1 billion hryvnia for water crossings across Dnipro after bridge strike
Kyiv’s Defence Council reviewed plans to build combined water crossings and access roads across the Dnipro, with the city allocating 1 billion hryvnias. The proposal follows a Russian strike on Pivdennyi Bridge that disrupted road and metro traffic between the Dnipro’s two banks. The council also discussed protecting bridge structures and installing mobile shelters.
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Konotop Without Power for Fifth Day After Russian Strikes on Energy Infrastructure
Konotop, a city in Ukraine's Sumy region, remained largely without electricity for a fifth day after Russian drone attacks damaged several energy facilities on the night of October 24. Emergency crews worked around the clock while the government ordered the Ministry of Energy and Ukrenergo to restore power and supplied diesel for generators powering the hospital, boiler room, and water utility. No clear restoration timetable had been announced by October 28.
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Ukraine introduces category-based limits for reserving workers liable for military service
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers adopted and published updated rules for reserving workers liable for military service during mobilization and martial law. The resolution sets category-specific limits, requires full reservation for workers in key production and operational roles, and creates a coordination centre to review enterprise criticality and reservation compliance.
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Ukraine tightens worker-reservation rules and prepares mechanism for full reservations
Ukraine’s government has finalized changes that remove unconditional 100% worker reservations for critical enterprises while planning a separate mechanism allowing full reservations when firms regularly and voluntarily enlist staff for military service. The government says the changes aim to curb abuses, clarify which enterprises are genuinely critical and create conditions for military rotations, not trigger an immediate mobilization surge.
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Ukraine's finance minister tells Rada country is in liquidity crisis, blames $29.5bn shortfall in partner aid
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko told the Verkhovna Rada on 12 October that Ukraine's state budget has fallen roughly 50 billion hryvnia short of planned revenues over nine months of 2026, with 39 billion hryvnia in payments deferred to year's end and capital expenditures blocked. He attributed the squeeze to a $29.5 billion shortfall in expected partner support tied to delayed reforms under IMF, EU and World Bank programs. Marchenko said military pay and social programs remain fully funded, but the Rada must now pass dozens of reform-related bills to unlock the rest.
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Ukraine suspends non-priority spending as PM warns of critical fiscal squeeze
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved a decision on 28 September prioritizing state expenditures toward defense, pensions, social payments and public-sector salaries, while suspending non-critical construction, reconstruction, capital repairs and beautification projects until the end of the war. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said part of the pressure stems from delayed international financing, in part because Ukraine has not fulfilled some of its commitments to international partners. The government has identified about $7 billion through internal optimization against a reported $27 billion Ministry of Defense deficit.