Berlin has officially extended temporary protection for Ukrainian citizens. Meanwhile, newly arrived men of conscription age are now required to confirm the legality of their departure from the country.
Russian troops attacked Kharkiv and 15 settlements in the region. 19 people were injured in 24 hours, while a 59-year-old woman died following a strike on Izium on 29 October.
Oleg Varivoda, who previously headed the Odesa road service and now works at the Ministry of Defence, received nearly 11 million hryvnias from his mother in 2023.
Chernihiv Regional Military Administration reported casualties from UAV attacks in Bobrovytsia, Novhorod-Siverskyi, and the Snovshchyna area.
Civilian infrastructure and transport damaged during attack on Sumy region. One person killed, 12 injured in 24 hours.
Unmanned aerial vehicles struck Ufa's industrial zone, causing a fire at one of Russia's largest oil refineries. Reports suggest multiple facilities may have been hit simultaneously.
Two facilities of DTEK Dnipro Power Grids were damaged by the repeated strike, delaying the restoration of electricity supply in Dnipro and neighbouring areas.
Rescuers in Poltava region are extinguishing a fire at a private industrial enterprise that broke out as a result of a Russian attack.
Slovakia's Prosecutor General Maroš Žilinka has decided to reopen the criminal proceedings concerning the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and Kub surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine in 2023. He announced this on his social media channels.
According to Žilinka, he personally reviewed the case materials and the decisions made by police investigators and lower-level prosecutors who had previously closed the case. The Prosecutor General concluded that the investigation was terminated prematurely and that investigators had not established all the circumstances necessary for a decision.
In this regard, Žilinka instructed the Trenčín Region Prosecutor's Office to re-initiate the criminal case and conduct a pre-trial investigation.
In March 2023, the government led by then Prime Minister Eduard Heger decided to transfer 13 MiG-29 fighter jets and two Kub surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine. Ukraine received the first four aircraft on 23 March, and by mid-April, Slovakia had transferred all 13 fighter jets.
After Robert Fico returned to the post of Prime Minister in 2023, the new authorities began reviewing the previous government's decisions on military aid to Ukraine. In 2024, the Slovak Ministry of Defence opened a criminal case against former Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď.
They were suspected of sabotage, abuse of authority, and breach of duty in the management of state property. Representatives of the new government claimed that the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine could have harmed Slovakia's defence capabilities.
Last autumn, the case was closed because law enforcement agencies did not find signs of a crime. In particular, the prosecution noted that the transferred equipment was outdated, partially unfit for combat use, and that Slovakia lacked the pilots and missiles to operate it.
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