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Ukraine's prosecution service gets a low-profile boss amid high-profile scandals
Anton Kovalsky, who was appointed as Ukraine's acting prosecutor general on Sept. 17, is taking over a prosecution service mired in scandal and controversy. His predecessor, Ruslan Kravchenko, fled Ukraine on Sept. 14 amid a large-scale investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) into an alleged scam call center protection racket run from the Prosecutor General's Office. As a result of the investigation, a top prosecutor, described as a "confidant" of Kravchenko, was charged. P
Ex-defense minister Fedorov announces new 'Army of Robots' initiative in latest move since leaving office
According to Fedorov, the initiative will be not one company, but an "ecosystem," combining investment, native production, and R&D.
Russian strikes on Kyiv data centers disrupt operations at several Ukrainian media outlets
TV channels Novyny.Live and Armiia TV both temporarily suspended operations following Russian strikes on Kyiv.
'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Germany links arson attack near Ukraine-supplying drone maker Helsing to Russia's GRU
The arson attack took place in Munich on Sept. 3, when several incendiary devices were thrown from a passing car onto a construction site near the headquarters of Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing.
At least 5 injured in ongoing Russian drone strikes on Kyiv
The capital has been under near-continuous Russian attack for a second consecutive day. During the night and morning of Sept. 26 alone, air raid alerts were issued five times, some lasting several hours.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the disclosure during a speech to the United Nations on Sept. 23, saying Ukraine had recently "sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea" and that one of them had tried to kill himself after being captured.
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