Air alert interrupts Ukrainian parliament session
Ukrainian parliament session was interrupted by an air alert in Kyiv, prompting deputies to move to a basement shelter. The speaker invited them to test a new voting system using QR codes during the evacuation.
Consensus
- An air alert was announced in Kyiv.
- Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada were instructed to move to a basement shelter.
- The parliamentary session was paused during the air alert.
- A new voting system using QR codes was proposed for use in shelters.
- The session resumed after the air alert ended.
Points of divergence
- Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk asked deputies to test the new voting system in the basement. — vesti
- The new procedure will allow voting to continue in shelters without automatically interrupting sessions, with deputies having about 10 minutes to reach the shelter. — tg_astrapress
- The system will be tested in groups of about 20 deputies, with 330 seats prepared in the shelter. — tg_astrapress
- Ex-president Petro Poroshenko criticized the proposal as unconstitutional, opposing voting via phones in basements. — tg_astrapress
- There are plans to introduce a 'yellow' alert for drone attacks, allowing venues to decide whether to continue operations. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (2 sources)
- Air alarm in Kyiv interrupted Rada session, deputies descended to basement — Вести
- In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine plans to change the order of work during air alerts — ASTRA
Key entities
- Kyiv
- Verkhovna Rada
- Ukraine
- Moscow
- Ruslan Stefanchyk
- Rade
- Olga Vasilievskaya-Smagliuk
- Servant of the People
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