The United States is holding consultations on how to respond to the potential involvement of the North Korean military by Russia. According to the State Department, the DPRK has sent about 10,000 soldiers to Russia.
The assistant head of the Podil Military Commissariat was detained for taking a bribe of UAH 25,000 and USD 4,000. The official could help avoid mobilization by manipulating military records.
A 35-year-old foreigner is suspected of organizing a scheme to smuggle conscripts across the border by boat. He was detained while receiving part of the money from two men.
Hedgehogs are listed as “critically endangered” due to a 30% decline in their population over the decades. The main reasons are urban development, intensive farming, and the use of pesticides.
The heating season for residential buildings in Kyiv will start on October 30 due to the forecasted cold snap. The full deployment of the heating system will take about 7 days.
Due to the sunny weather, electricity consumption decreased by 3. 4%, but there is still a shortage during peak hours. Ukraine imports electricity from 5 countries.
Ukrainian farmers planted 5. 7 million hectares of winter crops, including 4.1 million hectares of wheat and 1.05 million hectares of rapeseed. Five regions have fully completed sowing of winter grains, and 12 regions have sown winter rapeseed.
Oleh Makarov, Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the IX convocation, has passed away. He was the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy and a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association's Ethics Commission.
Three powerful explosions were recorded in Luhansk, probably at an ammunition depot. A column of smoke from the explosions is visible from all over the city.
In Stanislav, two children and two adults were injured in a night attack. Over the past day, 2 people died and 16 were wounded in the region, and the occupants shelled 26 settlements.
As a result of the night strike of the Russian Federation on Kharkiv, 4 people were killed, including two young men and two elderly women. Three private houses were destroyed, 17 residential buildings and 6 cars were damaged.
The ancient Mayan city of Valerian was discovered in Mexico thanks to a random Google search and laser survey. The city could accommodate up to 50,000 inhabitants and was the second most dense after Calakmul.
At a rally in Atlanta, Donald Trump rejected critics' accusations of authoritarianism and Nazism. Tensions in the election race between Trump and Harris are growing amid incidents with ballot boxes.
The occupants carried out 93 air strikes and fired over 4,800 times at Ukrainian positions. The situation was the most intense in the Kurakhove sector, where the enemy tried to break through the defense 48 times.
A 39-year-old man is killed and 14 people are injured in a rocket attack on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih. 11 high-rise buildings, a school, a clinic and other infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Mostly no precipitation in Ukraine, with light rain in the west. Temperatures at night will be 2-11° C, during the day 9-18° C, with partly fog and cloudy skies.
China's Ministry of Commerce has warned the EU against holding separate negotiations with electric vehicle manufacturers. China emphasized that such actions could undermine mutual trust and hinder overall negotiations.
The first still of the Bear series star in the role of the legendary rock musician has been released. Deliver Me From Nowhere, a biopic about the creation of Nebraska, will be released in 2025.
US Vice President Kamala Harris suggested that Donald Trump take a cognitive test in response to his comments about her IQ. She also pointed to the criticism of Trump by his former employees as evidence of his unfitness for the presidency.
Israel plans to commission a new Iron Beam laser system in 2025. The system will be able to destroy missiles and drones for $5 instead of the $60,000 spent on intercepting Iron Dome.
The President of Switzerland is in favor of revising the ban on the re-export of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine. The current embargo harms the defense industry and the country's security.
Erik ten Gag has resigned as Manchester United's head coach after the defeat by West Ham United. Ruud van Nistelrooy has been appointed as interim coach, and the club is looking for a permanent coach.
The concentration of the three main greenhouse gases reached new highs in 2023. Current measures will only reduce emissions by 2.6% by 2030 instead of the required 43%.
Iran has announced the use of “all available tools” in response to Israel's attack on military targets. The nature of the response will depend on the assessment of Israeli actions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
The longest air alert since the beginning of the war, lasting 11 hours, was recorded in Khmelnytsky region. Air defense forces destroyed 10 enemy UAVs and damaged civilian facilities.
A DAF truck collided with a parked Mercedes Sprinter on the Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky highway. A 5-year-old passenger of the minibus was injured in the accident and taken to hospital.
The Prosecutor General's Office is conducting an internal investigation into the legitimacy of disability for prosecutors in Khmelnytsky Oblast.
Forecaster Natalia Didenko warned of magnetic storms and the possibility of seeing the aurora borealis. A comfortable temperature of +10...+16°C is expected until November 2-3, after which a significant cold snap will come.
Emergency blackouts have been introduced in Sumy and Poltava regions due to damage to the power grid caused by nighttime attacks. Electricity consumption is 3.5% lower than the previous business day.
On November 2, from 9:00 to 21:00, there will be no electricity at the Rososhany-Briceni checkpoint on the border with Moldova. Customs control and transport clearance will be temporarily suspended.
