Journalists will regain access to the Verkhovna Rada's sidelines to cover the parliament's work during its sessions, just like during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Apparatus Vyacheslav Shtuchnyi.

He noted that journalists will be allowed into the parliament, as during the COVID-19 pandemic: 20-30 media representatives will be able to be in the parliament building during the session. Shtuchnyi said that the media have already applied for accreditation. And after Easter, they will be gathered for a briefing on how to stay in parliament.

Valentyna Savytska, a representative of the State Security Department, noted that it will be necessary to properly verify admitted media representatives, as more than 4,000 journalists have previously been accredited to the Verkhovna Rada.

The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, warned of the danger, as the parliament is the only legislative body in Ukraine that operates under martial law, so it can be considered by the Russians as one of the decision-making centers.

He also noted that there are risks that are “confirmed every month by relevant letters from the special services.”