The Verkhovna Rada supported the law on a nationwide minute of silence in the first reading

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Oleksandr Bulin
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The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill on a nationwide minute of silence. The decision was supported by 303 MPs.

This is stated in the billʼs card on the parliamentʼs website.

The document was passed for a second reading. It is proposed to enshrine a minute of silence at 09:00 throughout Ukraine, and communities will be able to use notification systems for this.

  • Currently, a minute of silence is held daily at 09:00 by decree of President Volodymyr Zelensky. He signed this decree on March 16, 2022.

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