Although Volodymyr Zelensky claimed a reduction in bots, expert sources indicate that the published charts reflect only web service failures, not changes in social media.
Volodymyr Zelensky has once again reacted to Donald Trump's call, emphasising that the right to change the head of state belongs exclusively to Ukrainians.
Law enforcement officers found a handbag in a bus that a passenger had accidentally left under the vehicle's structure and handed the contents over to the owner.
An incident involving the use of automatic weapons and explosive devices was recorded in the regional centre of Kirovohrad Oblast. Law enforcement officers are working at the scene.
The President of Ukraine reported that Russian forces attacked six energy infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv refrained from strikes on Russia, hoping for adherence to the energy ceasefire.
The Verkhovna Rada supported a bill on the distribution of funds from arms exports in the first reading, but the Cabinet of Ministers is considering reducing the payment, which casts doubt on projected revenues.
The Lviv City Council announced the death of Olena Rybalko, who survived the Holodomor, served as a chief physician, and aided insurgents in underground hideouts.
Ukraine's President stated at the Warsaw Security Forum that Kyiv is ready to formally document its abstention from strikes on energy systems if Russia also demonstrates its agreement to such a ceasefire.
A joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) established that the Cypriot office of the international audit firm Deloitte was involved in document manipulation. The company's experts approved reports compiled with backdated dates, which created conditions for concealing a significant portion of the assets of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and avoiding tax payments in Cyprus.
According to published data, in 2006, assets with a total value of $672 million disappeared from the reports of the Cypriot structure Amiscan Investments. These included yachts, private jets, and elite real estate. Documents confirming the transfer of this property to the parent company in the British Virgin Islands were drawn up as if the deal had taken place back in 2003. Deloitte signed a report in which the residual value of Amiscan's assets was only $75,000.
Journalists also found documents indicating a probable tax evasion scheme through another of Abramovich's companies, Kravin Investments. In 2003, this structure's accounts held nearly $2 billion. Thanks to backdated documents, these funds were presented as the property of the parent company in the British Virgin Islands. This move allowed for the non-payment of taxes in Cyprus on interest income. According to BBC information, Deloitte was involved in developing this mechanism.
It was additionally established that the Cypriot firm MeritServus, which serviced Abramovich's businesses, also used backdated documents. This allowed for the concealment of Electus Investments' assets in the amount of over $10 billion. Its Cypriot subsidiary's public reports listed only a sum of $145,000.
Lawyer Andrew Mitchell, an expert in financial law, assessed the discovered practice as obvious tax evasion.
Representatives of Roman Abramovich rejected the accusations. They emphasised that the billionaire did not participate in the day-to-day management of the companies, was unaware of the document falsification, and had the right to rely on the recommendations of professional advisers.
Deloitte Cyprus stated that it complied with current legislation, but could not comment on specific accusations, citing that documents more than 20 years old were unavailable to it.
The investigation materials are based on a leak of thousands of documents from a Cypriot network of offshore companies that serviced Abramovich's assets between 1995 and 2022.
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