"The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favor of ending Daylight Savings Time starting next year, citing firstly national security concerns. The move will result in awkward hours for residents of eastern regions.Verkhovna Rada chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk had proposed the measure as far back as 2020, but did not have the votes to get it approved. It was passed on Tuesday, with 261 deputies voting in favor.
“In the fall, we will switch to winter time and stay on it,” Yevgenia Kravchuk, a senior member of Vladimir Zelensky’s Servant of the People faction, said on Facebook. “No more disruptions of biological rhythms and ‘habits’ by the time change.”
While Kravchuk explained the reasoning in terms of minimizing the inconvenience to Ukrainians, Stefanchuk’s proposal had other priorities.
The change “is intended to ensure the protection of territorial integrity and strengthen the national security of Ukraine, since the aggressor state [Russia] has imposed its time in the temporarily occupied territories,” said the original explanatory note from 2020. “Therefore, the installation and consolidation throughout Ukraine of a single Kiev time, without exception, will strengthen the security position of Ukraine and will contribute to the de-occupation and reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.” RT
"As many as 144 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines in the past 24 hours.Over the past 24 hours, 144 combat clashes have been recorded. According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements with two missile strikes using one missile and 67 airstrikes using 104 guided aerial bombs. In addition, he launched 4,605 shelling attacks, including 94 using multiple rocket launchers. According to him, the aggressor carried out airstrikes near Hlyboke, Lyptsi, Mali Prokhody, Starytsia and Synkivka in the Kharkiv region; Terny, Lyman, Makiivka, Spirne, Chasiv Yar, Dobropillia, Pivnichne, Toretsk, Oleksandropil, Umanske, Pokrovsk, Zhelanne, Prohres, Arkhanhelske, Katerynivka, Urozhaine and Vodiane in the Donetsk region; Huliaipole, Lobkove, Rivnopil, Kamianske and Piatykhatky in the Zaporizhzhia region." Ukrin
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According to Axios, the delay "signals that the congressional leaders sympathize with rank-and-file Democrats who want more time to address concerns about Biden's ability to defeat former President Trump."
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