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On 22 June, the Law of Ukraine № 3120-IX "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Regulation of the Competitive Procedure for Appointment of Heads of Municipal Cultural Institutions and Formation of the Basic Network of Cultural Institutions" of 29 May 2023 came into force. This Law provides that:

- Heads of municipal cultural institutions in settlements with a population of up to 5,000 inhabitants may be appointed without competition by concluding a contract with them based on the results of an interview with a person who has higher education, at least three years of experience in the field of culture, speaks the state language and is capable of performing the relevant job duties by their business and moral qualities, educational and professional level (in accordance with the first paragraph of part one of Article 21-1 of the Law "On Culture");

- exclusion of an institution from the basic network of cultural institutions, its reorganization or liquidation shall be carried out only upon agreement within one month with the relevant central executive body responsible for the formation of state policy in the field of culture and/or cinema and/or other areas to which the activities of this institution belong, with simultaneous notification of the central executive body implementing state policy in the fields of arts and specialized art education. Exclusion of an institution from the basic network of cultural institutions is allowed provided that the provision of cultural services to the population is provided by another cultural institution or cultural educational institution within the territory of the relevant territorial community in compliance with the requirements for accessibility and quality of cultural services.

On 30 May, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted two Resolutions: № 3135-IX "On the exercise by the heads of Hirske, Popasna and Sievierodonetsk town military administrations of Sievierodonetsk district, Luhansk region, of the powers provided for in part two of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law" and № 3134-IX "On the exercise by the heads of military administrations of settlements in Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk districts of Donetsk region of the powers provided for in part two of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law".

In accordance with these Resolutions, during the period of martial law in Ukraine and 30 days after its termination or cancellation:

- the heads of Hirske, Popasna and Sievierodonetsk town military administrations of Sievierodonetsk district of Luhansk region; Andriivka, Illinivka village, Novodonetsk, Oleksandrivka settlement military administrations of Kramatorsk district, Kryvyi Rih village, Hrodivka, Udachne settlement, Bilozersk, Novohrodivka town military administrations of Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region:

• in addition to the powers referred to their competence by the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law", exercise the powers of the relevant village, settlement, town councils, their executive committees, and the relevant village, settlement, town mayors;

• may approve the temporary structure of the executive bodies of the respective village, settlement, or town councils (for employees whose positions are not included in the temporary staffing lists, a simple idle period is announced, or they are transferred to an equivalent or lower position).

- the apparatuses of Bilozerka, Hirka, Novohrodivka, Popasna, and Sievierodonetsk city councils; Andriivka, Illinivka, Kryvyi Rih village, Hrodivka, Novodonetsk, Oleksandrivka, Udachne settlement councils and their executive committees, other executive bodies, their municipal enterprises, institutions, and organisations are subordinated to the head of the relevant military administration of the settlement.

On 6 June, Presidential Decree № 319/2023 "On the Establishment of a Military Administration" was issued, establishing the Natalynske Rural Military Administration of Krasnohrad District, Kharkiv Oblast.

On 27 June, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 651 "On Cancellation of the Quarantine Imposed to Prevent the Spread of the Acute Respiratory Disease COVID-19 Caused by the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 throughout Ukraine". This Resolution canceled the quarantine and, along with it, the regulations that had been in force exclusively during this period. It also reduced the basic rate of payment for housing and communal services, purchase of liquefied gas, solid and liquid heating oil in case of housing subsidies (from 20 to 15 percent of the average monthly total household income).

On 27 June, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution № 643 "On Redistribution of Certain State Budget Expenditures Envisaged for the Ministry of Health for 2023 and Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2023 to Support Certain Healthcare Facilities and Measures". This Resolution allocated the subvention from the state budget to all regional budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv in the total amount of almost UAH 377.5 million.

On 24 June, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 638 "On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Restoration of Critical Infrastructure Facilities under the Urban Infrastructure Development Project - 2 Joint Project with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development". This resolution sets out a new version of Annex 1 to the above-mentioned Procedure and Conditions, which updates the distribution of the above-mentioned subvention from the state budget between the local budgets of Zhytomyr, Brovary, Mykolaiv, Kremenchuk, Kharkiv, and Kherson town territorial hromadas under the Urban Infrastructure Development Project - 2 joint project with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2023 in the total amount of over UAH 2 billion.

On 19 June, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution № 650 "On Regulation of Prices for Certain Types of Food Products and Ensuring Stable Operation of Food Producers under Martial Law". According to this Resolution, for the period of martial law and three months after its termination or cancellation, the maximum level of trade margin (mark-up) is set at up to 10%, including advertising, marketing services, services for preparation, processing, packaging, and other services related to the sale of the respective goods to the final consumer, for the following domestically produced food products (except for goods labeled as organic)

- wheat flour of the highest grade;

- pasteurized milk with a fat content of 2.5 percent;

- rye-wheat bread and loaf;

- chicken eggs of category C1;

- poultry (chicken carcasses, chicken carcass quarters);

- refined sunflower oil.

It should be recalled that in accordance with subparagraph 2) of paragraph b) of Article 28 of the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine", the delegated powers of executive bodies of village, settlement, and town councils include control over compliance with prices and tariffs.

On 19 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 625 "Some Issues of Household Waste Management in Special Conditions". This Resolution approves the "Procedure for Household Waste Management in Special Conditions", which is aimed at regulating relations in the field of household waste management:

- in the territories included in the list of territories where military operations are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, the list of which is approved by the Ministry of Reintegration;

- during liquidation of the consequences of man-made, natural or military emergencies.

This Procedure provides for the establishment of an authorized body - an executive body of a village, settlement, town council, or military administration of a settlement - to ensure that the relevant territory addresses issues of household waste management, establishes rules for the improvement of the territory of the settlement in accordance with the law, maintains cleanliness and order in the settlement, organizes the improvement and monitors its condition. An authorized body must be established in the following cases (clause 8 of the Procedure):

- limited provision of household waste management services in special conditions - places of temporary storage of household waste;

- the inability to provide household waste management services in special conditions - temporary storage sites for household waste on the adjacent territories of apartment buildings, public areas, territories of enterprises, institutions, organisations, and their assigned territories under the terms of the contract.

Temporary storage sites for household waste (specially equipped land plots intended under special conditions for temporary storage of household waste prior to its disposal or removal in a manner that does not pose a threat to human health and the environment) are organized in compliance with the requirements of environmental and fire safety, environmental protection, rational use and reproduction of natural resources, as well as sanitary and epidemiological requirements, in particular:

- at a distance of 2 km from water bodies, 0.5 km from residential and public buildings, social infrastructure facilities, 0.2 km from agricultural land, public roads and railway lines of the general network, 0.05 km from forests, 1 km from objects and territories of the nature reserve fund;

- if there is a solid and even base (coating), in particular, concrete, asphalt, or compacted soil covered with a layer of geomembrane with a thickness of at least 1.5 mm, protected from mechanical damage by a layer of at least 0.5 m thick;

- if there is a well-equipped entrance and access roads that ensure unimpeded passage of vehicles;

- if there is a system of organized drainage of water generated because of precipitation (if necessary).

Sites for the temporary storage of household waste (land plots on public areas, adjacent territories, territories of enterprises, institutions, organizations, and their assigned territories under the terms of the contract, intended under special conditions for the temporary storage of household waste before its utilization or disposal in a manner that does not pose a threat to human health and the environment) should be determined in compliance with the following requirements:

- the distance from the boundaries of land plots of educational and healthcare facilities, walls of residential and public buildings and structures, and playgrounds for children and recreation should be at least 30 m;

- the distance from the boundaries of household plots from the side of streets in the territory of estate development of settlements should be at least 8 m;

- the presence of a solid and even base (surface), in particular, concrete or asphalt;

- availability of equipped entrances and access roads that ensure unimpeded passage of vehicles;

- availability of a system of organized drainage of water generated because of precipitation (if necessary).

The executive bodies of village, settlement, town councils, and military administrations of settlements are recommended to take measures aimed at fulfilling the requirements of this Government Resolution.

On 19 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 621 "On Amendments to the Peculiarities of Public Procurement of Goods, Works, and Services for Customers Provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Public Procurement" for the Period of Legal Regime of Martial Law in Ukraine and within 90 days from the date of its termination or cancellation". This Resolution sets out in a new wording the subsection "Peculiarities of Procurement Procedures for Energy Services" (paragraphs 68-76) of the "Peculiarities of Public Procurement of Goods, Works and Services for Customers Provided for by the Law "On Public Procurement" for the Period of Martial Law in Ukraine and within 90 days from the date of its termination or cancellation", approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1178 dated 12 October 2022.

On 16 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 608 "On Approval of the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Design, Restoration, Construction, Modernisation, Arrangement, Repair of Public Construction Objects, Social Sphere, Cultural Heritage, Housing and Communal Services, and Other Objects Affecting the Life of the Population".

This Resolution approves the above-mentioned "Procedure and Conditions", which define the mechanism for providing budgetary funds provided for in the state budget under the budget programme "Subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the design, restoration, construction, modernisation, arrangement, repair of public construction facilities, social sphere, cultural heritage, housing and communal services, and other facilities that have an impact on the life of the population".

The Ministry of Infrastructure is the main subvention administrator and responsible executor of the relevant budget programme. Subvention managers for local budgets are determined by the decision of the relevant local council on such a budget. The subvention will be distributed among local budgets in the amount determined by the formula specified in paragraph 4 of the above-mentioned "Procedure and Conditions".

On 16 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 614 "On Approval of the Rules for Consumer Services". This Resolution approves the Rules, which define the basic requirements for consumer services and establish the specifics of regulating the relationship between the consumer and the provider of consumer services in Ukraine. The control over compliance with these Rules is vested in executive authorities and local self-government bodies within the powers established by law (paragraph 11 of the Rules).

On 16 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 612 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 391 of 25 April 2023 "Some Issues of Remuneration of Employees of State Bodies and Local Self-Government Bodies during Martial Law". So now:

- the location of the employee's workplace will be determined by the head of the state body (head of the civil service, appointing authority) by approving the relevant list of employees who exercise their powers directly in the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted;

- employees of state bodies for the period of their work in the territories that are not classified as the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, approved by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, shall be paid salaries based on the official salaries determined by law.

On 16 June, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution № 607 "On Amendments to the Procedure and Conditions for Providing Compensation for Utilities Consumed during the Accommodation of Internally Displaced Persons in Buildings (Premises) of State, Communal and Private Property during the Period of Martial Law". This resolution stipulates that the allocation of funds from the state budget reserve fund to provide compensation will be made on a non-refundable basis, in accordance with Government Resolution № 415 of 29 March 2002 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Use of the Budget Reserve Fund".

On 13 June, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution № 624 "Some issues of ensuring the functioning of the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroyed as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, and Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine". This Resolution approved the Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroyed as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, and Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine.

The purpose of creating the Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property:

- formation of a unified national geoinformation system for collecting, recording, and protecting data on property damaged or destroyed as a result of hostilities, terrorist acts, and sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine;

- providing individuals and legal entities, public authorities, local governments, enterprises, institutions, and organisations with reliable information for national and international protection of the rights of persons whose property is damaged or destroyed.

Local governments are recommended to ensure:

- entering information into the Register of damaged and destroyed property:

• on damaged and destroyed real estate objects;

• owners of real estate;

- uploading commission inspection reports, technical reports and other documents confirming damage or destruction of property.

On 13 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 619 "On Approval of the Procedure for the Use of Funds Provided for in the State Budget for Infrastructure Development and Restoration". This Resolution approves the above-mentioned Procedure, which defines the mechanism for the use of funds provided for in the state budget under the budget programme "Infrastructure Development and Restoration" to be directed by the Restoration Agency to ensure the design, restoration, construction, modernisation, repair of construction objects (public, social, cultural heritage, housing and communal services, engineering, transport, railway, energy infrastructure, other objects that have an impact on the living conditions of the population).

The Recovery Agency is the main administrator of budget funds and the responsible executor of the budget programme. Recipients of budgetary funds are state-owned enterprises and organisations that fall under the management of the Recovery Agency. However, in accordance with clause 5 of this Procedure, budget funds may be used, among other things, to provide financial support to local governments for the implementation of measures to alienate land plots and other real estate located on them for public needs or for reasons of public necessity, as well as to perform design and survey works.

On 13 June, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution № 601 "On Implementation of the Pilot Project to Improve the Procedure for Providing Subsidies to the Population to Reimburse the Costs of Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel". This Resolution approved the "Procedure for Implementing a Pilot Project to Improve the Procedure for Providing Subsidies to the Population to Reimburse Expenses for Housing and Utility Services, Purchase of Liquefied Gas, Solid and Liquid Heating Fuel".

In accordance with the above Procedure, to receive a housing subsidy under the pilot project, a citizen of Ukraine, a foreigner and a stateless person who are legally residing in Ukraine shall personally submit an application for the appointment and provision of a housing subsidy:

- to the bodies of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, including in case of sending them by post or in electronic form (through the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, mobile application of the Pension Fund of Ukraine);

- to authorised officials of the executive body of the village, town or city council of the relevant territorial community or military administration and officials of the administrative service centre, who submit them in the form of an electronic file within three business days from the date of their receipt by the Pension Fund of Ukraine;

- if technically possible, in electronic form by means of the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services (‘Diia’ Portal).

To establish the eligibility of an applicant's household for a housing subsidy, the Pension Fund of Ukraine bodies checks households for compliance with the requirements set out in the Regulation on the Procedure for Awarding Housing Subsidies within 10 working days and prepares a completed application and declaration for each household. Based on the results of reviewing the simplified application, the completed application and declaration, and determining the amount of the housing subsidy, the Pension Fund of Ukraine decides to grant or refuse to grant the housing subsidy.

The Pension Fund of Ukraine shall notify the insured person of the decision, the amount of housing subsidy (in case of housing subsidy), the reasons for refusal, and the procedure for appealing the decision within three working days from the date of such decision:

- through the personal electronic account of the insured person on the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine - to the applicant who submitted a simplified application through the web portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine;

- via the Pension Fund of Ukraine mobile application - to an applicant who has submitted a simplified application using the Pension Fund of Ukraine mobile application;

- via the ‘Diia’ Portal - to an applicant who submitted a simplified application via the ‘Diia’ Portal;

- by e-mail - to an applicant who submitted a simplified application in paper form.

The relevant notification is sent together with the application and declaration prepared by the Pension Fund of Ukraine.

On 13 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 596 "Some Issues of Implementation of the Law "On Guaranteeing Real Rights to Real Estate Objects to be Constructed in the Future". This Resolution approved the "Procedure for Extension of the Law "On Guaranteeing Real Rights to Real Estate Objects to be Constructed in the Future" to Construction Objects and their Component Parts, which, after acceptance into operation of the completed construction object, will become independent real estate objects (apartment, garage box, other residential or non-residential premises, parking space, etc.), the right to perform construction works in respect of which was acquired before the entry into force of the said Law".

On 9 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 588 "On Approval of the Procedure for Determining Losses of Forestry Production". This resolution approves the above-mentioned Procedure, which establishes the procedure for determining and compensating for forestry production losses caused by the withdrawal of forest land and shrubs (forested land covered with forest vegetation, unbroken forest crops, forest nurseries, plantations, sparse forests, burns, dead plantations, log cabins, glades, forest roads, clearings, firebreaks, etc.) for use for purposes other than forestry.

On 6 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 568 "On Amendments to the Procedure for Providing Employers with Compensation for Labour Costs for Employment of Internally Displaced Persons as a Result of Hostilities during Martial Law in Ukraine". According to this Resolution, the term "internally displaced person" means a person who, after the introduction of martial law by the Decree of the President of Ukraine № 64 "On the Introduction of Martial Law in Ukraine" dated 24 February 2022, received a certificate of registration of an internally displaced person in accordance with the "Procedure for Issuing and Issuing a Certificate of Registration of an Internally Displaced Person" approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 509 "On Registration of Internally Displaced Persons" dated 1 October 2014.

On 2 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 556 "Some Issues of the Functioning of the Web Portal Diia. Digital Hromada". This Resolution approved the "Regulation on the web portal "Diia. Digital Hromada" web portal, which was created to provide local state administrations, local self-government bodies, individuals, and legal entities with the information necessary to plan and implement measures aimed at digital development, digital transformation, and digitalisation at the local and regional level.

This Resolution recommends that local governments:

- appoint responsible officials to work with the web portal "Diia. Digital Hromada web portal";

- to publish information on planning and implementation of the "Diia. Digital Hromada web portal"; publish information on the planning and implementation of measures aimed at digital development, digital transformation, and digitalisation of the territorial hromada.

On 2 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 559 "On Approval of the Procedure and Conditions for Providing a Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2023 for the Establishment of a Network of Specialised Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence and/or Gender-Based Violence". The aforementioned "Procedure and Conditions" define the mechanism for providing a subvention from the state budget to local budgets in 2023 to create a network of specialised support services for victims of domestic and/or gender-based violence. The subvention will be allocated to:

- reconstruction, restoration, completion, overhaul and current repair of existing premises and/or purchase of items, materials, equipment and supplies for the arrangement of new shelters for victims of domestic and/or gender-based violence, day centres for social and psychological assistance to survivors of domestic violence and/or gender-based violence, and specialised primary social and psychological counselling services for survivors of domestic violence and/or gender-based violence;

- reconstruction, overhaul and current repair of shelters, day centres and counselling services damaged as a result of hostilities;

- creation of civil defence structures, dual-purpose structures and simple shelters in shelters, day centres and counselling services;

- reconstruction, restoration, completion, overhaul and current repair of existing premises and/or purchase of items, materials, equipment and inventory, including long-term use, to increase the number of beds in shelters and day centres;

- ongoing repair of vehicles of mobile teams of social and psychological assistance to victims of domestic and/or gender-based violence, formed at shelters, day centres and counselling services, damaged because of hostilities.

On 2 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 553 "Some Issues of Organising Employment of Persons with Disabilities". This Resolution approved the "Procedure for Providing the State Employment Service with Information Necessary for Organising Employment of Persons with Disabilities", which defines the mechanism for providing an enterprise, institution, organisation, individual using hired labour, or a branch of an interregional/regional employment centre with information necessary for organising employment of persons with disabilities.

On 1 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 576 "On Amendments to Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the Implementation of Adoption and Placement of Orphans and Children Deprived of Parental Care in Families of Ukrainian Citizens during Martial Law". This Resolution amended the following acts of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine:

- "Regulations on Family-type Children's Homes", approved by Resolution № 564 of 26 April 2002;

- Regulation on Foster Care, approved by Resolution № 565 of 26 April 2002;

- The Procedure for the Conduct of Activities Related to the Protection of Children's Rights by Guardianship and Trusteeship Authorities, approved by Resolution № 866 of 24 September 2008;

- The Procedure for Conducting Adoption Activities and Supervising the Observance of the Rights of Adopted Children, approved by Resolution № 905 of 8 October 2008.

On 1 June, the CMU adopted Resolution № 546 "On the Temporary Relocation (Evacuation) of Children and Persons Residing or Enrolled in Institutions of Various Types, Forms of Ownership and Subordination for a Twenty-Four-Hour Stay, and Their Return". This Resolution approved the Procedure for Temporary Relocation (Evacuation) of Children and Persons Residing or Enrolled in Institutions of Various Types, Forms of Ownership and Subordination for Twenty-Four-Hour Stay and Their Return to the Place of Permanent Residence (Stay), and in the Case of Travelling Outside Ukraine - to Ukraine. Temporary relocation (evacuation) of children and persons from institutions will be carried out based on the results of an assessment of the safety of children and persons in institutions, which will be carried out by the regional and Kyiv city military administrations in cooperation with the relevant district military administrations, executive bodies of village, town, and city councils (military administrations of settlements) at the place of permanent location of the institutions.

On 30 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 600 "On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Compensation for Destroyed Real Estate". The above Procedure defines the mechanism for providing compensation for destroyed real estate and its use in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Compensation for Damage and Destruction of Certain Categories of Real Estate as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the State Register of Property Damaged and Destroyed as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine".

On 30 May, the CMU adopted Resolution № 565 "On Amendments to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 381 of 21 April 2023 "On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Compensation for the Restoration of Certain Categories of Real Estate Damaged as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, Sabotage Caused by the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation Using the ‘eRestoration’ Electronic Public Service". According to this Resolution:

- the executive bodies of village, settlement, town, district councils, military administrations of the settlement are recommended to take measures to organise waste management in accordance with the requirements of the "Procedure for Waste Management Generated Due to Damage (Destruction) of Buildings and Structures as a Result of Hostilities, Terrorist Acts, Sabotage or Works to Eliminate Their Consequences", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 27 September 2022 № 1073;

- the recipient of compensation for the restoration of certain categories of real estate damaged as a result of hostilities, terrorist acts, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation is an individual citizen of Ukraine who has reached the age of 18 and has submitted an application via the ‘Diia Portal’, in particular using the ‘Diia Portal’ mobile application, or in any other way, and is the owner (co-owner) of the damaged property, the ownership of which has been confirmed;

- the compensation shall be used only for repair works that have not been carried out as of the date of the checklist, except for emergency works or urgent conservation works. Within twelve months from the date of receipt of the compensation, the recipient of the compensation must use it for the activities provided for in the first paragraph of this clause in accordance with the checklist. The construction products purchased with the compensation shall be used exclusively for repair works at the damaged facility and may not be sold, donated or otherwise alienated;

- to consider the issue of compensation, the executive bodies of village, settlement, town, district councils, military administrations of the settlement shall establish a commission to consider the issue of compensation for damaged real estate because of hostilities, terrorist acts, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The commission is composed of representatives of the authorised body and the public. The commission must include a specialist who has obtained a higher education in the field of knowledge "Construction and Architecture", except for the speciality "Geodesy and Land Management", or a person with experience in the field of construction.

On 9 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 504-r "On Amendments to the Annex to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 523 dated 16 May 2014 "Some Issues of Provision of Administrative Services through Administrative Service Centres". This Order amended the list of administrative services provided by local governments in the exercise of delegated powers, which are mandatory for provision through administrative service centres.

On 9 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 503-r "On the Allocation of the Reserve of Educational Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets in 2023". This order allocates the reserve of the educational subvention from the state budget to certain local budgets in 2023 in the total amount of almost UAH 75 million.

On 2 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 491-r "On Amendments to Annex 23 to Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 8 of 3 January 2023 "On Approval of the Distribution of Additional Subsidies for the Expenditures Transferred from the State Budget for the Maintenance of Educational and Healthcare Institutions between Local Budgets in 2023". This order allocated the subsidy between the local budgets of Chernivtsi region for 2023 in the total amount of almost UAH 115 million.

On 1 June, the CMU issued Resolution № 482-r "On Redistribution of the Subvention from the State Budget to Local Budgets for Support of Certain Healthcare Facilities and Measures Provided to the Ministry of Health for 2023", which redistributed the amount of the above subvention between the regional budgets of Ternopil and Chernivtsi oblasts and the city of Kyiv.

On 30 May, the Cabinet of Ministers issued Resolution № 478-r "On the Distribution in 2023 of Subventions from the State Budget to Local Budgets for the Payment of Monetary Compensation for Housing for Internally Displaced Persons Who Defended the Independence, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine", which allocated over UAH 2 billion of the above subvention between oblast budgets and the budget of the city of Kyiv.

On 31 May, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine issued Order № 164 "On Approval of Amendments to the List of Territories Where Military Operations are (Were) Conducted or Temporarily Occupied by the russian federation". This order updated the List of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted.