Odesa Law Academy Transferred to Mechnikov University Amid Controversy

The Cabinet of Ministers decided to transfer the Odesa Law Academy to the Mechnikov National University. This event is likely to seriously shake the position of the former MP and his Ukrainian Maritime Party. Read about this, environmental crimes of the occupiers, digitization of exhibits of the Odesa Archaeological Museum and other main events of the week in the digest of Intent.

Kivalov is leaving the Law Academy

• The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to transfer the Odesa Law Academy to the Mechnikov National University. The Ministry of Education and Science explained that this is part of the modernization of education and assured that students will continue their studies without changes.
• People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko commented on his Telegram channel: "Yurka is Kivalov. He is in charge of everything there. He created this Academy. Yurka's joining Mechnikov is a response to the photo with Zaluzhnyi."
• Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Oksen Lisovyi on Facebook: "The decision made at the government meeting is logical in view of the changes that the Ministry of Education and Science is implementing in higher education, revising the network of institutions. The reorganization will not have a negative impact on students and teachers; however, the situation is different for the management of the institution, including Serhiy Kivalov, who, in my opinion, never had the moral right to remain in education after the facts in his biography are known to everyone."
• Serhiy Kivalov, President of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", is a member of the Parliament of 6 convocations. He was accused of participating in fraud during the 2004 presidential election; together with Andriy Portnov, he was the ideologist of the 2010 judicial reform, which was done "under Yanukovych"; in 2010, he voted for the ratification of the Kharkiv agreements; during the Revolution of Dignity, he voted for the "Dictatorial laws of January 16"; in January 2018, he was one of 36 MPs who voted against the Law on the recognition of Ukrainian sovereignty over the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Environmental crimes of the occupiers

Photo: rosmedia

• On February 10, an exhibition dedicated to Russia's environmental crimes in Ukraine was held at the University of Berkeley in the United States. The organizers presented evidence of ecocide: photo and video materials collected on the Svidok.org platform, where Ukrainians can document the environmental consequences of the war.
• The number of dolphins killed as a result of the invaders' tanker accident and fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait has reached 84.
• In the annexed Crimea, more than 1,300 tons of sand and soil contaminated with oil products were collected after the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. The Russian Emergencies Ministry also reported that 18 tons of oily waste had been collected in the Black Sea.
• On February 12, new emissions of fuel oil were recorded in the Black Sea as a result of the accident of two Russian tankers; pollution was found at 14 sites where work is underway to eliminate the consequences of the disaster.

Archaeological museum to become virtually accessible

• The Odesa Archaeological Museum is creating 3D models of artifacts after training with international experts. The museum plans to digitize 60 exhibits, including Egyptian relics and unique finds from the Odesa region.
• Oksana Hrytsiuta, a researcher at the Odesa Archaeological Museum who is participating in the project, was live on Intent.Insight and shared the details.

Scandals of the week

Photo: Odesa State University of Internal Affairs

• The unveiling of a memorial mural dedicated to the graduates and cadets of Odesa University of Internal Affairs who died in the war with Russia was marked by a scandal because a photo of a living person was posted on it. The cadet whose photo appeared on the mural saw it and was outraged. The university responded to the cadet's outrage by admitting that they had made a mistake and promising to punish those involved.
• Olena Buynevych, Director of the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council, accused one of the city's charitable organizations of having injured a 72-year-old woman, the mother of a fallen Ukrainian defender, as a result of a conflict with an employee and turned to former Deputy Mayor Dmytro Zheman to resolve the situation. Dmytro Zheman told Intent that he was looking into the situation because he knew about the conflict "a little differently," and that investigative actions were underway.

Fontanka council without a chairman and quarantine in schools

Photo: Fontanska ATC

• The Kyiv District Court of Odesa temporarily removed Natalia Krupytsia from the post of head of the Fontanska community. Krupytsia was notified of being suspected of two articles: misappropriation of another's property by abuse of office (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code) and forgery (Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code).
• In Odesa region, 45 schools, 5 vocational education institutions, and 4 kindergartens were quarantined due to the high incidence of influenza and ARVI among children. The restrictions affected 6.4% of schools in the region. Most educational institutions were closed in Berezovsky district (13), Odesa district (12), Podolsk district (6), Rozdilnyansky and B-Dnistrovsky districts (5 each), and Bolgradsky district (2).

The couple of the year

Photo: Odesa Zoo

Odesa Zoo held the traditional Couple of the Year contest. This year's winners were a couple of lamb Bublyk and cat Masazhyk.

Ігор Льов