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DISASTEROct 6Five things to know about the death at Russia’s anti-plague laboratoryIn light of Russia’s record on biological weapons and lab accidents, the death of an anti-plague researcher raises questions to consider. The post Five things to know about the death at Russia’s anti-plague laboratory appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
DISASTEROct 6Oil tanker burns off coast of Sochi, blanketing the city in black smokeResidents of Sochi reported a fire aboard a vessel in the Black Sea. “The fire is visible from all along the coast,” one local resident told the Telegram news channel Ostorozhno, Novosti.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 6Power outage schedules to be introduced in several regions on Wednesday — UkrenergoElectricity consumption will be restricted in parts of Ukraine on Wednesday, October 7.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 6Critical drop in water level: Odesa region forcibly replenishes Katlabuh ReservoirWork is underway in the southern Odesa region to forcibly replenish the Katlabuh Reservoir with water from the Danube River.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 6Search and identification of remains continue in Nepal despite end of rescue operation — Ukraine's Foreign MinistryUkraine has contacted the competent authorities in Nepal following the launch of procedures to legally declare people who went missing in the floods dead, including 56 Ukrainian citizens. Rescue services, meanwhile, continue searching for and identifying human remains.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 5Plague may have resurfaced in Russia. But this isn’t the Black Death.On October 1, 2026, the inpatient unit at the district hospital in Shelekhov, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, closed because of a suspected “especially dangerous infection.” Media outlets later reported that 28-year-old Darya Shipilova had died there of pneumonic plague. According to one account, she was a laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute and accidentally broke a test tube containing the bacterium that causes the disease. There has been no official confirmation that she died of plague; the authorities say she had “pneumonia of unknown cause.”Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 5Two dead after ship sinks off Romania following fireTwo dead after ship sinks off Romania following fireAl Jazeera [en]
DISASTEROct 5U.S. monitoring suspected plague case in RussiaSecretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Monday that the U.S. is monitoring a possible plague outbreak in Russia after a lab worker died.CBS News
DISASTEROct 5Two Dead After Ship Catches Fire, Sinks In Black SeaDrone activity has become increasingly frequent in recent months across eastern European countries as Ukraine, which borders Romania, fights off a Russian invasion launched in 2022, with both countries increasingly relying on drone warfare. The post Two Dead After Ship Catches Fire, Sinks In Black Sea appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
DISASTEROct 5Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plagueNew Scientist
DISASTEROct 5Inside mysterious Russian lab where worker died of suspected plague ‘that escaped from broken test tube’The Independent World
DISASTEROct 5Two dead and 11 rescued after fire breaks out on sinking ship in Black SeaAuthorities confirmed that two people died in the serious incidentThe Independent World
DISASTEROct 5White House says it’s monitoring reports of plague in Russia, ‘assessing options’A White House official told Axios that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is aware of a suspected plague outbreak in the Irkutsk region.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 5Parts of Odesa temporarily lose power due to equipment failureOn the morning of October 5, an equipment failure temporarily left residents of parts of Odesa's Kyivskyi, Prymorskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi districts without electricity.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 5Parts of Odesa temporarily lose power due to equipment failureOn the morning of October 5, an equipment failure temporarily left residents of parts of Odesa's Kyivskyi, Prymorskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi districts without electricity.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 4Alert in Russia: a scientist died due to a bacteria accident in a laboratory and 200 people had to be isolatedClarín
DISASTEROct 4Fires break out at two solar power plants in occupied Crimea – social mediaA fire broke out at the Nikolaevka solar power plant in the Simferopol district in temporarily occupied Crimea.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 3Minibus crashes into barrier near Odesa: One person killed, seven injuredA traffic accident involving a minibus occurred on the Kyiv–Odesa highway near the village of Nerubaiske in Odesa region during the day on October 2, leaving one person dead and seven injured.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 2Fire guts historic Miller Mansion near St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. PetersburgFirefighters have extinguished the flames at the Miller Mansion in central St. Petersburg, the local news outlet Fontanka reported. The historic building near St. Isaac’s Cathedral caught fire on the evening of October 1.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 1Major fire breaks out at historic St. Petersburg mansion slated for conversion into luxury housingA major fire broke out at the historic Miller mansion in central St. Petersburg, near St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Fontanka reported.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 1Air pollution recorded in three cities in Kyiv regionDeterioration in air quality has been recorded in three cities in the Kyiv region — Vyshhorod, Vasylkiv and Obukhiv.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTERSep 2913-year-old boy stabs teacher to death in SlovakiaNOS Buitenland
DISASTERSep 28Fire at pyrotechnics warehouse kills 14 in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, damages nine apartment buildingsMeduza [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 28More than 650,000 people left without water in Russia’s Far East after substation outageMeduza [en]