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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

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TV channels Novyny.Live and Armiia TV both temporarily suspended operations following Russian strikes on Kyiv.

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'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.

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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.

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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.

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