Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada that will officially establish the status of English in the country as the language of international communication. According to the document, heads of local administrations, officers, police, and prosecutors must be proficient in English.
According to one of the articles, heads of local government bodies and their deputies, contract soldiers, prosecutors, employees of tax and customs bodies, middle and high-ranking police officers, and the leadership of other law enforcement bodies are obliged to speak English. Zelensky called the bill urgent.