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The Austrian Foreign Ministry has summoned Russian Ambassador Dmitry Lubinsky in connection with a missile attack on a cafe in the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region, which killed 52 people.  The Austrian foreign ministry reported this on its page on the social network X, Ukrinform reported. “Russia’s Ambassador in Vienna was just summoned because of yesterday’s heinous rocket attack on a village in Kharkiv Oblast, claiming dozens of innocent lives. Attacks on civilians are a war crime. Those responsible must be held accountable”, said the Austrian Foreign Ministry. According to the Austrian Foreign Office, the agency also emphasized…

Seventy-two buildings in Kharkiv were damaged in a Russian missile strike on the city on Friday morning. The press service of the Kharkiv City Council reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "As a result of the Russian missile attack on the central part of Kharkiv city, 72 buildings have been damaged. Of them, 69 are residential buildings," the report says. According to the city council's preliminary calculations, 681 windows in apartments and 107 windows in other buildings, four roofs, have been damaged. "Utility workers have already checked 12 buildings, the works are ongoing," the city council said. As reported,…

The Ukrainian side has managed to bring back 64 more bodies of the fallen defenders. The relevant statement was made by the Coordination Headquarters on the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Today, following the results of registration procedures, the Ukrainian side has managed to return 64 bodies of the fallen (deceased) defenders of Ukraine to the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine,” the report states. At the same time, in compliance with international humanitarian law, Ukraine handed over to the Russian side the bodies of the mercenaries eliminated in view of Russian armed…

The White House has condemned the Russian attack on a civilian facility in the Ukrainian village of Hroza, in the Kharkiv region, which killed 52 people, calling it 'horrifying'. This was stated at a briefing by White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, according to Ukrinform, CNN reported. "Can you imagine just walking to the grocery store with your kids, trying to figure out what is it that you're going to make for dinner, and you see an explosion happen? Where bodies are everywhere? And it's horrifying," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing. The press secretary said that,…

The Canadian Armed Forces showed how Canadian infanteers teach Ukrainian defenders tactical urban warfare. "Canadian Army infanteers from the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment deployed on Operation UNIFIER demonstrate tactical urban warfare drills to Ukrainian recruits in the southeast of England during Rotation 16," reads the post of the Operation UNIFIER on X. 🇨🇦@CanadianArmy infanteers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR) deployed on #OpUNIFIER demonstrate tactical urban warfare drills to Ukrainian recruits in the southeast of England during Rotation 16. pic.twitter.com/wu7pEnHq8C — CAF with Ukraine (@CAFwithUkraine) October 3, 2023 As reported, Canadian service members…

U.S. President Joe Biden stated that everything requested by President Zelensky regarding the transfer of ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine had been worked out. Biden said this after his speech on the Administration’s efforts to cancel student debt, Ukrinform reports. "I have spoken with Zelensky, and everything he asked for, we worked out," Biden noted. In this way, he answered the reporter's question about whether he promised the President of Ukraine to deliver ATACMS missiles. As reported, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Douglas Bush said that the U.S. Department of Defense was ready to…

Ukraine starts working on the production of howitzers with a British company, cooperation with a German company has already been launched, and a Turkish company has already started building a factory. "We start working on the production of howitzers with a British company, it will be a licensed production and it will be launched next year. We started working on a joint venture with a German company, and a Turkish company has already started building a plant," Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin told the Voice of America in an interview during a recent visit to Washington as…

The United States has transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces more than a million seized rounds for Soviet types of small arms in order to strengthen the Ukrainian military on the front line. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said this in a press release on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports. "On Oct. 2, 2023, the U.S. government transferred approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds to the Ukrainian armed forces," the press release reads. The government obtained ownership of these munitions on July 20, 2023, through the Department of Justice's civil forfeiture claims against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Read also: U.S.…

In Irpin, a damaged house with more than 140 families is being repaired at the expense of the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Ukrinform reported.  "The reconstruction of residential facilities at the expense of the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression continues in the Kyiv region. One of them is an apartment building in Irpin on Kotlyarevsky Street. The building has 149 apartments and 380 people lived there before the full-scale invasion," the statement said. It is noted…