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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy commissioned law enforcement bodies to assess the actions of employees of the State Bureau of Investigation who allowed the seizure of military equipment from the Air Force units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine endangering the combat readiness of Ukraine's air defense units.

The President thanked his interlocutor and the Italian government for the prompt allocation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine to overcome the consequences of floods in the western regions.

Over the past 24 hours, law enforcers together with representatives of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety (Ukrtransbezpeka) checked 18 size-weight control points in Ukraine. 6.6 thousand inspections of trucks were carried out. This was announced by Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy at a conference call chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

More than 19,000 inspections have been carried out at food and non-food trade outlets, food markets and public eating facilities since June 19, 2020. The number of inspections is increasing daily, and almost 12,000 have been carried out in the last three days.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held consultations with the leadership of the National Bank of Ukraine and financial market participants on the candidacy of the new NBU governor.

The incidence of COVID-19 in Ukraine has increased to 58 per 100,000 population. However, the use of ventilators is quite low - only 6.5%. This was announced to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a traditional conference call on preventing the spread of coronavirus.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President Yulia Kovaliv presented a bill on investment support and stimulation at a meeting of the National Council of Reforms chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

During a meeting of the National Council of Reforms chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the parties discussed the priority bills on reforming the sectors of the economy, which will be finalized by the Cabinet of Ministers and the Verkhovna Rada.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held the first meeting of the National Council of Reforms with the participation of the leadership of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Verkhovna Rada. Opening the meeting, the Head of State assessed the quality and dynamics of implementation of changes in Ukraine. According to him, one can talk about the effectiveness of any reform only if it brings a result.

The Lviv region has been the leader in the number of patients with coronavirus for the tenth consecutive day. Over the last 24 hours, 143 new cases have been detected there, three people died. This was reported by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a traditional conference call chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on preventing the spread of coronavirus.