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Photo: https://www.facebook.com/zahidnuy.kordon The Bila Tserkva–Sighetu Marmatiei international road crossing on the Ukraine-Romania border has opened, the State Customs Service said Thursday. The border and customs infrastructure has six passenger-car lanes, two bus lanes and six truck lanes. Daily capacity is up to 700 passenger cars, 60 buses carrying 2,000-3,000 passengers, and 400 trucks. The service said that, for now, round-the-clock border crossing is available only to passenger cars.

The National Agency for Asset Recovery and Management (ARMA), following an online ranked voting process held from September 29 through October 2, 2026, has approved the membership of its Public Control Council, the agency said on Thursday.

The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to keep electricity prices unchanged for households through the 2026/27 heating season, Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretsky said. "Following the decision on natural gas, the government has retained the current preferential electricity tariffs for households for the 2026/27 heating season. The decision was made taking into account the country's current socioeconomic situation," Koretsky said on Telegram.

Bail of UAH 20 million set by the court as an alternative to detention has been paid in full for former deputy head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, who is suspected in cases involving money laundering and raiding, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) told Interfax-Ukraine. "The bail has been paid in full," the court said on Thursday. On August 25, the HACC ordered Mudra's detention with an alternative of UAH 20 million bail. Mudra said she would try to raise the amount.

The Ukrainian negotiating delegation is in Europe on Thursday and is scheduled to be in the United States on Friday and Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. "Our negotiating team is in Europe today and will be in the UA tomorrow and the day after; I hope that all the relevant signals will be conveyed to the USA," Zelenskyy told reporters in Pryluky on Thursday.

Epicentr has launched a Ukrainian fashion section on its epicentrk.ua marketplace, which currently features more than 100 Ukrainian clothing, footwear and accessories brands, the company's press service said. "The scale and infrastructure of Epicentr give Ukrainian fashion brands access to millions of potential buyers (...) We want to break the stereotype that designer fashion cannot be represented on a large marketplace.

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) has helped organize a trip for the children of Ukrainian defenders to Trnava (Slovakia) for a UEFA Nations League football match.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to help protect Ukrainian airspace, noting that if Ukraine dominates the skies, it could force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. "We are talking about protection. The USA has the capability. It costs them nothing—absolutely nothing—to help Ukraine. And I say this frankly: help us protect the skies and dominate them. Then Putin will come to the negotiating table. Why?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Russian strike on Kramatorsk, which killed at least 30 people and injured another 18, would not go unanswered by Ukraine. "Doctors are now fighting to save the lives of people injured in the Russian strike on Kramatorsk. As of now, 30 people have been confirmed killed, and sadly, that number may rise," Zelenskyy wrote in a post published on Facebook on Thursday. According to him, a Russian bomb struck two commuter buses.

MP Serhiy Hryvko (Servant of the People faction) has proposed that the Verkhovna Rada introduce the status of Army Volunteer of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine. A corresponding bill (No. 16129) on amending certain legislative acts regarding the introduction of the status of volunteers of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, according to the parliament's website.