Uman
Three Ukrainian universities were damaged in Russian attacks. There are no injuries among students or staff.
On the night of October 21, Russia attacked energy facilities in four regions and civilian infrastructure. At least four people were killed.
Russia attacked several regions of Ukraine with drones: people were killed, and there were casualties and fires. Homes, hypermarkets, a university, and transport facilities were damaged.
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones: there are casualties in Cherkasy and Sumy regions, fires in Khmelnytskyi region, and power outages in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
After 52,000 Hasidic Jews arrived in Uman, Ukrainians reported garbage, overflowing bins, and the pilgrims’ loud behavior.
Russian sources are spreading fake claims about privileges for Hasidic Jews in Ukraine, including AI-generated photos. The goal is to incite antisemitism and conflict.
More than 31,000 Hasidic Jews have already arrived in Ukraine, with the largest flow coming through Poland and Romania. More than 40,000 pilgrims are expected in total.
Security, medical services, and emergency response have been reinforced in Uman for Rosh Hashanah. More than 15,000 Hasidic Jews have arrived in the city, with up to 40,000 expected.
In Uman, a checkpoint regime and reinforced patrols are in effect at the entrances to the area where pilgrims stay during the pilgrimage of Hasidic Jews. Ukrainian and Israeli services have been involved in security.
The U. S. Embassy recommended that Americans refrain from making a pilgrimage to Uman due to the threat of strikes and a lack of shelters. Travel to Ukraine is prohibited under State Department advisories.
Around 2,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Uman for Rosh Hashanah. Approximately 40,000 are expected in total, and a special regime will be in effect from September 4 to 17.
Pilgrims will arrive in Uman for Rosh Hashanah starting September 6. Violators may be banned from entering Ukraine in the future.
Uman is preparing to receive pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, which will take place on September 11–13. The authorities have synchronized security, medical, and transportation tasks, taking martial law into account.
A passenger of a Skoda Octavia car threw an object resembling a grenade toward patrol officers near Uman. He was detained, no one was injured.
Patrol officers helped a 70-year-old widower from Donetsk region fix his car. It is currently known that the man has already settled in a house in Kirovohrad region.
In Uman, seven individuals established a large-scale production of counterfeit cigarettes. Law enforcement officers seized equipment and goods worth approximately 30 million hryvnias.
In Uman, a boiler house shut down аварійно (emergently) on the morning of February 2, 2026, due to a voltage surge. This halted heat supply in the railway station area and the central part of the city.
Due to difficult weather conditions in Ukraine, 899 road accidents occurred in the past day, 153 of which involved casualties. Transport restrictions are in effect in Rivne, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Volyn, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
Today, Russians hit a residential area of Uman with a missile. The police are documenting the consequences of Russian war crimes, and the SBU Directorate in Cherkasy Oblast is conducting an investigation.
The enemy launched a missile attack on Uman, as a result of which six people were injured, including two children. There is destruction of residential infrastructure, all victims are being provided with assistance.
A large-scale scheme for reselling cars imported from the EU as humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been exposed in the Lviv region. The organizer from Cherkasy region and his accomplices used the details of charitable foundations to avoid customs payments, selling cars for cash or dismantling them for spare parts.
MP Nagornyak stated that Ukrainian water utilities are in a critical financial state. This could lead to their disconnection from the power grid and the cessation of water supply in large cities.
During the attack on Ternopil on November 19, Russian occupiers could have used a strategic X-101 air-to-surface cruise missile, Yuriy Ihnat reported. As a result of the enemy attack, 16 people were killed and 64 were injured.
Law enforcement officers have blocked new schemes of evasion from mobilization, detaining 20 organizers who, for 3-14 thousand US dollars, offered fictitious certificates, enrollment in studies or work, as well as escape routes abroad. Among those detained are a radiologist, employees of a transport company, and a specialist from the land department of the city council.
Two commanders of Russian Armed Forces units have been notified of suspicion due to the missile strike on Uman on April 28, 2023. The attack killed 24 civilians, including 6 children, and injured 9 others.
A group of four individuals who organized an illegal drug laboratory in a nature reserve in Vinnytsia region has been exposed. The perpetrators cultivated cannabis and produced amphetamine, and the value of the seized drugs is estimated at UAH 5 million.
After celebrating Rosh Hashanah, almost 40,000 Hasidic pilgrims left Ukraine. The largest flow was recorded on September 25, when about 25,000 people left the country.
After celebrating Rosh Hashanah, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims are leaving Ukraine, which has led to an increase in passenger traffic at the borders with Moldova and Poland. Queues have formed at a number of checkpoints, and border guards have deployed additional patrols to speed up processing.
In Ukraine, 11 members of three interregional drug groups that operated in Zhytomyr and Dnipropetrovsk regions will be tried. They organized the production and sale of the particularly dangerous psychotropic substance alpha-PVP throughout Ukraine.
In Uman, during the celebration of the Jewish New Year, police seized substances resembling drugs and opened a pre-trial investigation. A ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol is in effect in the pilgrimage area, where a joint detachment of law enforcement officers, including Israeli police, is working.