Ukraine Prolongs Martial Law and Mobilization

Martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine extended for another three months, until 6 August. The Verkhovna Rada has extended martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for three months. At a meeting on Wednesday, 16 April, MPs approved the respective decrees of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Holos MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said in Telegram. According to his data, 357 MPs voted for the extension of martial law, while 346 voted for mobilization. Oleksiy Goncharenko, an MP of the European Solidarity party, is the only one who voted against it, as he reveals. He announced this in advance, explaining his refusal to support the extension of martial law and mobilization by the fact that the authorities had not carried out demobilization and had not set deadlines for the rotation of the military at the front.