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During a working trip to the Luhansk region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspected the areas affected by forest fires in the Novoaydarsky district and got himself acquainted with the course of liquidation of the consequences of the emergency.

The Head of State will inspect the places of fire and hear a report by the Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration and representatives of the State Emergency Service on the elimination of the emergency situation.

Units of the National Guard and the Armed Forces of Ukraine were involved in extinguishing the fire on Tuesday pursuant to the instruction of the President. Additional SES forces from the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions were also sent to the areas of fire. About 360 people and 85 units of equipment were involved in the firefighting.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally informed the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of his violation of the law due to the failure to submit notifications of significant changes in property status.

The government is carefully studying the practices of overcoming coronavirus abroad, as well as the experience of other countries in preparing for the start of the new school year on September 1. This school year is especially important for first-graders. This was announced to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a traditional conference call held under his chairmanship.

More than 5 thousand Ukrainians are waiting for organ transplantation. Conditions for the development of this branch of medicine in Ukraine have not been provided, so many citizens are forced to conduct operations abroad. This was announced by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a traditional meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Despite the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine in June, the dynamics of the pandemic is stabilizing. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal reported this to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a traditional conference call.

During a working trip to the Odesa region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with representatives of veterans' NGOs. Congratulating the veterans, the President stressed the importance of returning people and territories.

On the Day of the Ukrainian Navy, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspected the passage of warships and equipment on board the Hetman Sahaidachny frigate.

"We bow to everyone who returned Slovyansk and Kramatorsk to Ukraine," the President said during the festivities on the Day of the Naval Forces of Ukraine in Odesa.