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HEALTHOct 6Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's deathThe risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.Sky News World
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 6Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing twoAl Jazeera [en]
SCI & TECHOct 630 years ago some horses were released in Chernobyl to see if they would survive: today there are more than 300In 1998, about 30 horses were released in Chernobyl as an experiment. They wanted to see if they would survive and today there are more than 300.Clarín
MILITARYOct 6Air Force is 75% staffed with pilots, says deputy commanderThe Ukrainian Air Force is currently about 75% staffed with pilots; however, the main bottleneck in air defense today is not a shortage of personnel, but rather technological solutions.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 6Russia’s neighbor backs push to lift ban on nuclear weapons, prompting outcry from MoscowCNBC
CONFLICTOct 6Russians strike road in Odesa region several times: Five injured, vehicles damagedRussian forces struck a road in Odesa region several times during the day on October 6.Ukrinform [en]
HEALTHOct 6How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker diesThe World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the countryThe Independent World
HEALTHOct 6How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies - AP NewsHow Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies AP NewsAP News
HEALTHOct 6Rubio calls on Russia to be more open about plague lab worker's deathThe World Health Organization says public risks are low after a plague center worker's death, but Marco Rubio says Moscow should "share more information with the world."CBS News
WORLDOct 6Farewell to Russia: The View From KazakhstanKaraganda and its environs are home to some of the largest-scale coal-mining on the planet. And once, the home to an immense gulag.The Diplomat
HEALTHOct 6The WHO asks Russian authorities for more information about the possible case of plague in a high-security laboratory worker: this is what is known so far about the potential threatEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 6Berlin police detain leader of Russian art group ‘Voina’ Oleg Vorotnikov and his sonOleg Vorotnikov, also known as Vor Voiny, the leader of the Russian art group “Voina,” has been detained in Berlin.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6United States pressures Russia to share information on alleged fatal plague case in SiberiaClarín
HEALTHOct 6Russia takes measures to curb speculation about the plague in SiberiaThe country's consumer protection authority has merely indicated that «an employee of a plague-fighting institute in the Irkutsk region» contracted pneumonia.Clarín
HEALTHOct 6Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague deathThe death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely. UN News
WORLDOct 6« They form their own communities and don't even try to integrate with the local population »: the Georgian city of Batumi faces an influx of RussiansVU D’AILLEURS - En l’espace d’une décennie, la population de l’agglomération est passée de 152 000 à 235 000 habitants. C’est la plus forte progression démographique enregistrée dans l’ensemble des communes de ce pays de 3,9 millions d’habitants.Le Figaro International
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]
WORLDOct 6Ukraine apologizes for revealing North Korean POWs’ transfer to South Korea. Seoul says apology isn’t enough, vows ‘firm measures.’South Korea has received an apology from Ukraine over its disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul but considers the apology insufficient, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6Suspected Russian Plague Death: How Much Should We Worry?RFE/RL
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]
HEALTHOct 6Russia plague quarantine following lab death: Should we be worried?Plague is still endemic to Siberia, the location of the first known prehistoric human outbreak.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 6Estonia moves troops to Russian border as fears grow of Putin attack on Nato: reportThe Independent World
CONFLICTOct 6Zelensky warns of next Russian massive strikeukrinform · ukraine
CONFLICTOct 6Zelensky warns of next Russian massive strikeUkrinform [en]