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Verkhovna Rada deputy Volodymyr Kreidenko said Kyiv expects to receive at least two mobile bridges across the Dnipro from its Western partners. Installation may take three to four months, but the temporary crossings will not fully replace the destroyed bridges.
Aziz KarimovOleksandr Merezhko, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada committee on foreign policy, said that Ukraine and its European partners must take part in a possible trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, the United States and China, otherwise decisions could be made without Kyiv.
Otabek YusupovVolunteer and founder of the Center for Aerial Reconnaissance Support Maria Berlinska proposed sending more than 400 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada to the front for at least one year. She also spoke against reducing deferments for defense industry specialists. The initiative remains a public proposal, not a decision by the authorities.
Aziz KarimovOn October 26, 2026, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the extension of martial law and general mobilization from October 31, 2026 to January 29, 2027. The bills were submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The measures have been in effect since February 24, 2022 and are regularly extended.
Aziz KarimovThe Ukrainian outlet Oborrevatel, citing a source in the Cabinet of Ministers, reports that about 1.5 million people are exempt from mobilization through reservations, but there is no specific plan to lift reservations for 300–400 thousand of them. Ukraine's Defense Ministry links the revision of the rules to a shortage of personnel in the army. On October 13, the cabinet approved tightening the reservation rules.
Javlon TursunovVerkhovna Rada deputy from Servant of the People Bohdan Kitsak said Ukraine has enough resilience to continue hostilities for another ten years, without specifying the basis for such an assessment. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk conveyed words by Volodymyr Zelensky about readiness to fight for two to three years; Zelensky clarified that this concerned funding and that Ukraine does not intend to fight for decades.
Sevara AzamovaVerkhovna Rada member Maksym Buzhansky accused a group of activists and associated MPs of attempting to establish control over the Prosecutor General's Office and, in his view, over parliament. The reason was the initiative of a competitive selection for the post of Prosecutor General, which, according to the MP, is presented as a condition for EU integration, although Brussels, in his assertion, made no such demand.
Sevara AzamovaAlexander Dudchak, leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, told Izvestia that Ukraine retains its mobilization potential despite the destruction of enterprises. Rada deputy Maryana Bezuhla called the mobilization of women 'a matter of time'.
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