Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced on Monday evening that he had signed several decrees, including one that prohibits all civil servants, including MPs, from traveling outside the country for purposes other than official business.

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“There is a principled decision of the National Security Council regarding the trips of officials abroad. This applies to all civil servants of the central government and various other levels of local government. This applies to law enforcement officers, people’s deputies, prosecutors, and everyone who has to work for the state and in the state. If they want to rest now, they will rest outside of public office. Officials will no longer be able to travel abroad on vacation or for any other non-governmental purpose,” the Ukrainian president said in an address to the nation, which, as he does every evening, sums up the day, News.ro. quotation.

“Within five days, the Cabinet of Ministers will develop the procedure for crossing the border for civil servants, so that only a genuine business trip can be the basis for crossing the border,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian president, who the day before told his compatriots that he was preparing measures and decisions aimed at strengthening the state, after discovering some facts of corruption, also announced that he had signed “personnel” decrees that concern officials. of various ranks “from ministries and other central government bodies, from regions and from the law enforcement system.”

The president also announced that sanctions were imposed against 22 citizens of Russia, who supported “terror and the policy of genocide” under the guise of unspirituality. He specified that this decision was taken to strengthen the “spiritual independence” of Ukrainians, therefore, most likely, we are talking about representatives of the clergy.

At the end, the president again called for unity and joint efforts to achieve victory. “Tomorrow marks exactly 11 months of total war. It will be the 335th day. The day we will spend in the same way as the 334th, uniting all our forces for the sake of one thing – victory. For Ukraine’s victory. Not someone against someone among us, but for the sake of all of Ukraine, for the sake of the victory of our entire country in the war for the freedom and independence of all Ukrainians. It will happen. And for this, all necessary measures will be taken,” the president said.

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