Ukraine closer to joining NATO, says Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Thursday for an unannounced meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The two leaders discussed Ukraine's air defense and the recent Russian drone attacks near the Ukrainian-Romanian border.

Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from January 2024, president declares

The president of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, Samvel Shahramanyan, issued a decree Thursday effectively dissolving the self-proclaimed republic, CNN reports.

Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kiev with the new British defense secretary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the new British Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps, who is on a visit to Kiev, informs RBC, cited by Rador.

Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after breakaway region’s defeat

More than 13,500 people had arrived in Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh by Tuesday, the Armenian foreign ministry told CNN.

Russia’s Wagner troops are back on the battlefield, Ukraine says

Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group are back fighting on the front line in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian military official told POLITICO on Wednesday.

A minute of silence will be observed throughout Ukraine on October 1

On Defender's Day, on October 1, a large-scale moment of silence will be held throughout Ukraine in memory of all fallen soldiers. This was announced by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, reports Ukrinform.

Russia targets Ukrainian Danube ports, causing casualties and damage

Russian forces have targeted Ukrainian ports along the Danube River in a series of devastating attacks, resulting in casualties and significant infrastructure damage.

Matteo Messina Denaro, head of the Sicilian Mafia, dies at 62

Matteo Messina Denaro, the long-hunted head of the Sicilian Mafia, died on Monday in a hospital in central Italy, the ANSA news agency reported. He was 62.

War crimes dossier to accuse Russia of deliberately causing starvation in Ukraine

Human rights lawyers working with Ukraine’s public prosecutor are preparing a war crimes dossier to submit to the international criminal court (ICC) accusing Russia of deliberately causing starvation during the 18-month-long conflict, The Guardian reports.

The ship Aroyat, with 17,600 tons of wheat on board, which left the port of Chornomorsk for Egypt, arrived in Istanbul

A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites, AFP reports.

The number of new COVID-19 cases increased more than 25 times in two months in Romania

From under 500 new cases reported per week two months ago, Romania exceeded 11,000 new cases of Covid reported last week. A 26-fold increase. In USA, the health authorities announced that they will resume the distribution of free Covid tests, in order not to get out of control of the infections, reports Digi24.

A landslide in Sweden causes a huge sinkhole on a highway

A landslide in western Sweden caused a huge sinkhole on a major highway to Norway early Saturday, and three people were injured when their cars and a bus skidded off the road, police said, AP reports.