Complaints about the evacuation of Ukrainians from Israel and 19 Budanov's prisoners: highlights for October 16

Evacuation from Israel

Today, the second evacuation plane took off from Israel with 155 Ukrainian citizens, including 107 women and 23 children. The embassy says that they helped the Ukrainians with the necessary procedures and documents for departure.

At the same time, a Ukrainian woman who took a previous evacuation flight from Israel with her children complained that at first the embassy allegedly promised free transportation of people, but “then the conditions changed”. However, the ambassador denies this information: he says that there was no talk of free assistance for all citizens.

According to the embassy, one and a half thousand Ukrainian citizens are still awaiting evacuation from Israel. They can take an evacuation flight to Romania.

Budanov forced 19 Russians to surrender

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, forced 19 Russians to surrender in a personal conversation on the radio, said special forces soldier Oleksandr (call sign Liutyi).

According to him, during one of the missions, the enemy assault group tried to simply leave the area of action without fire, because they realized that they were no longer capable of resisting. Budanov was with the fighters at the time.

“Everyone then felt such a moral uplift when they heard the voice of our boss. After all, the majority did not realize then that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate was with us in our sector,” said Liutyi.

Elections in Poland

The National Election Commission of Poland has already counted more than 92% of the votes in the elections to the Polish Parliament. The ruling Law and Justice party has seen its percentage drop, but it is still in the lead.

More than 6 million Poles cast their votes for the conservative Law and Justice party. Thus, 35.56% of voters want to see her in the Senate (upper house of parliament) and 36.31% in the Seimas (lower house of parliament).

Currently, the Civic Coalition is in second place with 28.03% and 29.81% of the vote, respectively. The top three voting leaders are closed by a significant margin by the “Third Way” — the party has already gained 11.37% of the votes in the elections to the Senate and 14.47% to the Seimas.

Visit of the US Special Representative to Kyiv

The US special representative for the economic recovery of Ukraine, Penny Pritzker, arrived in Ukraine. She is an American billionaire and public figure who is the founder of several large companies.

She held a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. They discussed primarily the protection of energy infrastructure and the need for the reconstruction of Ukraine, as well as macro-financial support for Ukraine and fair use of frozen Russian assets.

During her visit to Kyiv, Penny Pritzker met with the heads of NABU and SAPO to discuss Ukraine's efforts in the fight against corruption and reforms.

Law on the consideration of disciplinary complaints against judges

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that will allow a competition to be held for the appointment of members of the disciplinary inspector service of the High Council of Justice. This will contribute to the restoration of disciplinary proceedings against judges.

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak said that this document is one of the important European integration bills.

The Kyiv City State Administration commented on the tender for the purchase of alcohol

Kyiv authorities commented on the information that the Kyiv Cultural Cluster purchases alcoholic drinks for the bars of municipal cinemas at taxpayers' expense.

The Kyiv City State Administration says that this is a normal procedure for purchasing alcohol for subsequent sale to visitors, and no budget funds are involved.

Return of four children from Russia

The head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, confirmed that Ukraine has returned four children who were deported by Russia. These are three boys — 3, 6, and 9 years old, as well as a 17-year-old girl.

Before this, the Washington Post and Reuters stated that the return of the four Ukrainian children would take place through the mediation of Qatar, after several months of secret negotiations with Moscow and Kyiv.

Other news

• HACC seized property in the Odessa airport case.
• The Drone Army set a record for destroyed equipment during the Russian assault on Avdiivka.
• Shakhtar fired head coach Patrick van Leeuwen 4 months after his appointment. Now it will be Darijo Srna.
• Russia will spend more than $600 million on its own production of drones. Now the majority comes from China.
• Maidan cases: ex-heads of the SBU and FSB officers who discredited the Maidan and humiliated Ukrainians were notified of suspicion.
• The government is being urged to delay changes to the rules for the import of humanitarian aid.