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[Regnum] The Russian government is preparing a series of measures in response to the increasing number of bear attacks. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev announced this on September 30
"Systematic measures are needed to establish a safe environment for people and animals and maintain the necessary balance. In this regard, the Russian government is currently preparing a series of priority measures," Patrushev's secretariat quoted him as saying.
The Cabinet of Ministers will consider removing the brown bear's status from the endangered species list to expand the tools for regulating its population. Furthermore, the government will compile a list of regions that will receive additional funding for bear population management.
According to government monitoring data, the brown bear population in Russia has more than doubled over the past 30 years. There are now over 300,000 individuals.
That night, the school custodian noticed a damaged drainpipe. He suspected that someone might be trying to break into the school and called a colleague.
"Luckily, our second employee immediately realized it wasn't hooligans, but a bear. Judging by the destruction left behind, the predator even tried to climb into the school building through a window," said school principal Larisa Zavodskikh.
While the guards were deciding what to do, the bear moved to an apiary on the school grounds. It was later shot there.
On August 31, a bear attacked two hunters in Kamchatka Krai. The incident occurred near the village of Khatyrka on the Kamchatka-Chukotka border. An air ambulance evacuated the victims from the Anastasia Bay area and transported them to a local hospital.
Even more from regnum.ru A high alert regime has been introduced in Transbaikalia due to bears.
A high-alert regime has been in effect throughout the Zabaikalsky Krai since September 29, 2026, due to wild animals, primarily bears, entering populated areas. This was announced by the region's governor, Alexander Osipov, on September 30.
"Fellow countrymen, please be extremely vigilant and cautious. If you spot a wild animal within a populated area, immediately report it to emergency services. Do not approach the predator or feed it," Osipov noted on the MAX messenger.
District heads have been instructed to form task forces, warn residents, strengthen waste disposal controls, which could attract bears, and prevent uncontrolled livestock grazing. Schools must conduct additional training and designate safe routes for children. Medical services have been instructed to prepare to provide assistance, including by air ambulance.
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[Korrespondent] 18.43 Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv and three regions. Ukrenergo reported this. Power engineers are doing everything possible to eliminate the damage as soon as possible and return the equipment to operation.
18.05 Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv. This was reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) with reference to the power grid operator.
A video of a targeted "shaheed" strike on power lines in Kyiv was published on social media.
17:43 Russian invaders launched six guided aerial bombs (CABs) on Sumy and the territory of the starostat in Sumy region. Six people were injured, the head of the Sumy MVA Serhiy Kryvosheyenko reported on Telegram.
Urban infrastructure facilities, private homes, and a civilian industrial enterprise were affected. There are power outages.
On July 17, Ukraine initiated an urgent consideration of the humanitarian situation in the temporarily occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga.
The issue "On the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation" will be considered on October 1.
The Ukrainian delegation will inform the participating states about the humanitarian catastrophe artificially created by the Russian occupation authorities, which are holding civilians, including children, hostage.
16.59 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Ukraine's needs in air defense and the provision of F-16 fighter jets. The head of the Ukrainian state reported this on Telegram.
16.43 Two Russian agents, whom the SBU exposed in August 2024 in Kramatorsk, were sentenced to life in prison with confiscation of property. The convicts were collecting information about military facilities and energy infrastructure to adjust Russian strikes. The SBU press service reported this.
As it turned out, traitors disguised as a married couple traveled around Donetsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, and Cherkasy regions to track the locations of the Defense Forces and energy facilities, on which the Russian Federation was preparing several series of massive attacks.
16.07 Russian troops struck the Dnieper River during the day. A man was killed as a result of the enemy attack. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha.
The victim of the attack was an employee of one of the city's enterprises.
"One person died due to an enemy attack on the Dnipro. This is a 33-year-old man who worked as a security guard at one of the enterprises," Ganzha noted.
15.49 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the Lymansky direction and met with soldiers of the 66th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Mstislav Khorobry. The head of state reported this on Telegram.
On March 15, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a conversation with President of Finland Alexander Stubb. The Ukrainian head of state reported this on Telegram.
"We discussed with Alex what could most significantly support our defense, strengthen our F-16s and air defense in general. Thank you for your willingness to help!", he wrote.
14.59 Belarus continues to assist Russia in carrying out drone attacks on Ukraine through repeaters and other technical means that amplify the signal for UAVs. This was stated by Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, during a briefing at Ukrinform.
14.48 The International Registry of Losses for Ukraine has opened the last three categories of the 43 categories of claims from the state of Ukraine – Other property losses, Environmental damage, and Theft and/or misappropriation of natural resources. This was reported by the Office of the President.
In total, there are 21 categories of applications for individuals, 11 categories for legal entities, and 11 categories for the state of Ukraine.
14:45 Russian forces launched a strike with a combat drone on a shopping mall in the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv. One person was previously injured.
14.21 A former mercenary of the Wagner PMC, who fought in Mali, spoke about the abuse of prisoners and local residents by Russian fighters. His interview was published by the Hochu Zhit GUR project. According to the mercenary, Russian instructors used prisoners as "living dummies" during tactical medicine training. He claims that one of the local men was blown up in the leg with a TNT bomb, after which they practiced applying a tourniquet on him. Later, this man was shot in the arm to retrain him in skills to stop bleeding. After that, the wounded man was left to die, the former "Wagner" soldier testified.
13.45 Trypilska TPP in Kyiv region was damaged as a result of the Russian attack. The generating equipment of the station was damaged. The priority task now is to assess the condition of the equipment and determine the scope of necessary work, reported Centerenergo.
13.41 Law enforcement officers have exposed another henchman of the Russian Federation - a former guard of the "regional department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs" - who worked for the enemy during the temporary occupation of Kherson. The SBU press service reported this.
It was established that the defendant took a direct part in the repressions carried out by the Rashists in the regional center that was captured at that time.
While serving as the so-called "assistant on duty" of the occupation institution, the perpetrator kept records of kidnapped resistance members.
Until 2022, the detainee worked as a handyman at a local metal processing company.
13.20 Russia is preparing to stage dozens of propaganda videos in the temporarily occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region. According to Ukrainian intelligence, local residents may be forced to talk on camera about the supposedly prosperous life in the city. This was reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga.
13.13 Ukraine has lost "more than half" of its F-16 fighter jets, which are currently the most effective means of combating Russian jet drones. The Wall Street Journal reported this the day before.
And at the current pace of operation and maintenance, Ukraine risks being left without all its F-16 fighters by the end of the year, sources say.
12.18 On September 29-30, units of the Defense Forces struck a number of important facilities of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
On September 12, the State Bureau of Investigation completed a special pre-trial investigation into Viktor Zubrytsky, the former creative producer of the 112 Ukraine TV channel, who is accused of high treason and working in an illegal government body in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region. The indictment was sent to the court.
11.48 The main target of new Russian attacks on Kyiv and Kyiv region was energy infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported this on Telegram.
Five people have died in racist attacks so far. A child is among the victims. Another 14 people have been injured.
11.42 On the morning of September 30, a drone flew at a low altitude over Bender in Moldova, after which it crashed and exploded near the village of Khyrbovets in the Anenii Noi district. According to preliminary data, there were no injuries. According to the Moldovan police, the report about the drone was received by the police at around 05:40. A few minutes later, the device crashed outside Khyrbovets, where the explosion occurred. Moldovan police officers and specialized units surrounded the scene and began examining it.
According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred at a height of approximately 40 meters near a communications antenna belonging to a civilian operator. Metal deformations and traces of thermal effects were found on a 12-meter section of the structure.
11.28 Military counterintelligence officers detained a machine gunner from one of the brigades of the Unmanned Systems Forces (UAS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who worked for the FSB and was firing at the enemy's positions in the Kramatorsk direction. The SBU reported this.
The serviceman was recruited by racists through a Telegram channel seeking close relationships.
10.45 As a result of Russian attacks on Kyiv, the death toll has risen to three. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on Telegram. An employee of Kyivteploenergo was killed. The company's specialists were working on a location in Solomyanskyi district.
10.41 Russian troops attacked an agricultural enterprise in Borzna, Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, the day before yesterday. The strike damaged a granary and destroyed 200 tons of grain. According to the head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, rapeseed was stored in the damaged granary. After the strike, a fire broke out at the enterprise, which was extinguished by rescuers.
10.23 GUR published information about 23 Russian enterprises involved in production cooperation to create 95Ya6 anti-aircraft guided missiles for Pantsir complexes. According to intelligence, enterprises that manufacture individual components of the missile are involved in its production - from non-contact target sensors and electronic equipment to the solid-fuel engine, warhead and control systems.
The key role in the production of 95Ya6 is played by the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau, the main developer and manufacturer of the missile. Tulamashzavod also participates in the cooperation, which, in particular, carries out the final assembly of individual missile components and manufactures components.
10.19 On Wednesday morning, power outages were recorded in Kyiv and five regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported this. Wherever security conditions currently allow, emergency and restoration work has already begun. In some regions, the air alert continues.
10.01 In the Obukhiv district of the Kyiv region, a supermarket building was damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian UAV, after which a fire broke out. It was previously reported that there may be casualties. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv OVA Timur Tkachenko. According to him, emergency medical teams have been sent to the scene. Information about possible casualties is being clarified.
9.06 The Partisan Movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars Atesh announced the damage to three railway junctions on the Donetsk - Melitopol route. According to the movement, these are sections near Luhansk, Rozivka and Molochansk. The movement's agents disabled three railway cabinets. The damage disrupted the operation of train movement control systems, including signaling, switches and communications on the tracks.
8.22 Two people were killed and 13 others were injured, including children, in Sumy region as a result of Russian strikes. This was reported on the morning of Wednesday, September 30, by the National Police of the region.
8.00 German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful said that negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine could begin soon. He believes that Europe should participate in the negotiations, and any agreements must first be approved by Ukraine.
7.34 Two people were killed and four others were injured in the Russian night shelling of Kyiv. Fires and destruction were recorded in four districts of the capital, the Kyiv City State Administration and the State Emergency Service reported.
5.58 Russian military personnel confiscated products that Ukrainian military personnel were dropping off in Oleshki for local residents. Moreover, the mere presence of non-Russian-made products is a reason for a person to be taken away "for cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine." This was stated by the head of the Oleshkiv MVA, Tetyana Hasanenko, in a comment to Ukrinform.
5.44 Kyiv region suffered another missile and drone strike by Russia. A child was killed, three were injured, houses were destroyed and damaged, and consequences were recorded on infrastructure facilities on the night of Wednesday, September 30. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv OVA, Timur Tkachenko, on Telegram.
3.48 Kyiv authorities reported on the consequences of the Russian Federation's ballistic strikes on the capital. Fires are being recorded in several areas of the city; there are injuries. This is evidenced by the relevant posts of Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on Telegram.
2.58 Russian aggressors launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine on the night of September 30. A series of explosions were heard in Kyiv. This was reported by the Vlaskor Korespondent.net.
In total, at least 12 explosions were heard in the city as of 2:58.
2.37 The Russian ruling regime has planned another tax hike for 2027 to reduce the budget deficit and pay for a record increase in war spending, which will cost citizens and businesses 3.7 trillion rubles. This is according to an estimate by the Russian Finance Ministry, which it included in the draft budget law that the government approved last week and which is due to be submitted to the State Duma on October 1, Reuters reports.
1.33 Russia significantly increased the number of drones it uses to attack Ukraine in September. As of September 29, there were more of them than in the entire previous month. Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said this on the air of the United News.
0.57 Russian war criminals attacked the Saltivskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv late on Tuesday evening, September 29. A child was injured in the attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported.
0.35 Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin an "outstanding statesman," but at the same time called on him to "freeze" the war against Ukraine. The Kazakh leader made the statement during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, DWS News reports.
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[NewsFront] 20:14 During the day, in the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 123 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Oryol, Tyumen, Smolensk regions, Perm Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea. 20:03 Anti-aircraft gunners of the 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group cover up positions of our troops and logistics routes from enemy UAV strikes in the Dobropillya direction.
18:04 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to apply strikes against sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Today, a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo for Ukrainian Armed Forces units was hit by a drone strike in the Black Sea.
15:44 Drone operators of the "Yuzhnaya" group burned a drone control center and a shelter housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the outskirts of Druzhkovka.
14:59 Veliko Burlukskoe direction
UAV operators from the 4th Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Strategic Missile Forces are sharing more footage of combat operations.
During aerial reconnaissance, the front-line soldiers discovered several enemy reconnaissance UAVs, as well as a strike UAV, after which they engaged the identified targets with fire.
12:15 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of September 30, 2026)
Units of the North group of forces are tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the northeast of the Khar'kov region and expanding the external control zone.
During decisive offensive operations in the encirclement ring, the village of Shabelnoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
Fighting is underway for the settlements of Grachevka, Nesternoye, Rublenoe, and Reznikovo in the Khar'kov region. Additionally, enemy forces are being destroyed near the settlements of Nefedovka, Nikolaevka, and Khatnee in the Khar'kov region.
Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 30 servicemen in the encirclement ring.
As the external control zone expands, fighting continues for the liberation of the village of Prikolotne in the Khar'kov region.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the unmanned systems regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, territorial defense brigades, and the National Guard were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Dergachi and Zarozhne in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, as a result of active offensive operations, the village of Tolstodubovo was liberated.
Fire damage was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Turya, Rivne, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Vakalovshchina and Khoten in the Sumy region.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 340 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles and 25 cars.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Grushevka, Berezovka, Osinovo, and Izyumskoye in the Khar'kov region, and Vovchiy Yar, Prishib, and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and an Anklav electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two naval infantry brigades near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Semenovka, Nikolaevka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, and Vysokoivanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 195 servicemen, a Canadian-made Senator armored fighting vehicle, 20 vehicles and an artillery piece.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Chuhuyevo in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Belozerske, Starorayske, Lidino, and Roganske in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army continued offensive operations in the northeastern, central, and southern parts of the city. Within 24 hours, 164 buildings were liberated, and up to 35 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were killed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 455 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Yegorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, Chaplino, Malinovka, Demurino and Kolomiytsy in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 280 servicemen and four vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Yulievka in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 35 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and seven vehicles were destroyed.
10:41 UAV crews of the Southern group of forces destroyed 122mm howitzer D-30 and 105mm howitzer M-101 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:35 Aerospace Forces crews using multi-purpose guided missiles and FAB-1500 high-explosive aerial bombsamazedUAV control center and temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
09:37 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike using ground-based precision weapons and attack drones against a communications center in Kyiv, facilities of the Ukrainian energy system in the Kyiv region that support military production, and the infrastructure of the port of Izmail.
Affected:
in Kyiv – the De Novo data processing center, which is one of the main Internet traffic exchange points, providing processing, storage and transmission of information in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
in the Kyiv region:
Kyiv electrical substation (Nalivaikovka settlement), which ensures the flow of electricity and its distribution for military-industrial complex facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region;
Kyiv hydroelectric power station (Vyshgorod settlement), which supplies military industrial facilities in the northern part of the Kyiv region;
the Trypilska thermal power plant, which supplies electricity to military industrial facilities in the southern part of the Kyiv region;
a battery energy storage park in the village of Gorenichi, used to accumulate electricity for the uninterrupted operation of military facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region;
In the Odessa region – an industrial production complex in the port of Izmail, which provided for the reception, storage and
transportation of military cargo and fuel for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, a dry cargo ship was hit while transiting by sea in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the port of Odessa.
08:26 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on September 29 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 30, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 384 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kostroma, Kursk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai and over the Black Sea.
08:18 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by ground-based precision weapons and long-range attack drones, which resulted in the destruction of a communications center in Kyiv, facilities of the Ukrainian energy system in the Kyiv region that support military production, and the infrastructure of the port of Izmail.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Settlement of Kreydyanka was liberated (+4.7 km2)
Vesyoloye Pole settlement was liberated (+10.2 km2)
Advance in the area of the settlement of Tur'ya (+2.9 km2)
Eenemy controls Novomikhaylovka (-5.2 km2)
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