Russians release ZNPP chief, Supreme Court fails to dismiss a judge with Russian passport: highights of the day

Director General of ZNPP set free

The Russian occupiers have released the General Director of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant Ihor Murashov, who was "temporarily detained" on September 30.

Energoatom reported that Murashov was "thrown out" to the territory controlled by Ukraine in the evening of October 3. Now he is safe and is in the External Crisis Center of Zaporizhzhya NPP in Zaporizhzhya. The release of the kidnapped Murashov was possible due to wide publicity and the efforts of the IAEA, Energoatom points out.

The judge of the Supreme Court confirmed Russian citizenship

The Security Service of Ukraine confirmed that Supreme Court Judge Bohdan Lvov is a Russian citizen, as previously reported by investigative journalists. But despite this, the judges of the Cassation Economic Court of the Supreme Court failed to dismiss Lvov from his post — by one vote.

However, Lvov must be dismissed despite the vote of the Panel of Judges: according to the law on the judiciary, a judge cannot have dual citizenship. Therefore, the judge terminates his powers in case of termination of Ukrainian citizenship or acquisition of citizenship of another state. The relevant decision on dismissal is now to be made by the Chairman of the Supreme Court.

Shooting in Chernivtsi

In Chernivtsi, a suspect in the corruption of minors during the arrest shot at patrol policemen who arrived on a call: 22-year-old patrol policewoman, junior police lieutenant Taisiia Tataryn died due to wounds, her partner Oleksandr Hutsul was hospitalized.

The patrol police crew responded to the report that an unknown man was showing his genitals to children on the territory of a local school. The area near the school was cordoned off, but the police denied the information that the children had been taken hostage or injured.

Currently, a special police operation to detain the shooter continues. It is known that the suspect hid in an apartment building.

Defenders of Azovstal saw their relatives

The Azovstal commanders released from Russian captivity were able to see their families in Turkey, where they are now under the protection of President Recep Erdogan.

Musk's contradictory statements

American businessman Elon Musk said that one of the likely outcomes of the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war will be the formal consolidation of Russia's power over the occupied Crimea and "re-elections" in other occupied lands. He said that due to the fact that Russia has a larger population, "Ukraine's victory in a total war is unlikely."

A number of Ukrainian and foreign public figures and diplomats reacted to Musk's posts. In response, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy published his own poll on Twitter: "Which Elon Musk do you like more: the one who supports Ukraine or the one who supports Russia?"

Ukrainian Armed Forces liberate land

Ukrainian troops liberated the village of Myroliubivka in Kherson Oblast and entered the village of Borova in Kharkiv Oblast. Borova village council claims that most of the community is under the control of the Armed Forces. Clearing of the territories continues.

Russian shelling continues

Russian occupation forces continued shelling civilian objects in Ukraine. On the night of October 3, they struck Zaporizhzhia: one casualty was reported. In the morning they fired at Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

In the afternoon, a rocket strike was launched at a medical institution in Kupyansk district of Kharkiv Oblast: an anesthesiologist was killed, one nurse was wounded, information about the victims is still being clarified.

Nobel Week has begun

The traditional Nobel Week has started in Stockholm. On October 3, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution".

On October 4, the names of the laureates in physics will be announced, on October 5 - in chemistry, on October 6 - in literature, on October 7 - in peace. And on October 10, the winners of the Alfred Nobel Prize in Economics, founded by the State Bank of Sweden, will be announced.