KYIV, Aug 20 – The decision of the European Commission (EC) on the equivalence of the digital COVID certificates of the EU and Ukraine came into force on August 20, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov during a press briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

"Today is a historic moment for digital Ukraine, because we became one of the first countries in the world to join the EU's single digital market in the direction of COVID certificates. Today at 10:00 we joined the EU by technical means, after we had published the corresponding decision. We will be able to receive citizens of EU countries, and after updating the version of the Diia application, Ukrainians will be able to generate a certificate and travel to European countries," he said.