More than 500 Ukrainian security forces are still in captivity of the separatists of the "people's republics", Markiyan Lubkivsky, adviser to the head of the SBU, said on the air of the Ukraine TV channel. “Somewhere more than 500 people remain in captivity, a certain number are still missing, we are also looking for them,” RIA Novosti quotes Lubkivsky .

On September 30, 9 people were killed in Donetsk and another 30 were injured, reports . the press service of the local city council 6 people died as a result of an artillery shell hitting a minibus at a bus stop on Kievsky Prospekt. Seven passengers of the minibus and 18 people standing nearby were injured. Three people died when a shell hit school No. 57 - a biology teacher and two parents. Another five received shrapnel wounds.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed the introduction of a food card system in the form of assistance for the poor, as an effective tool for stimulating consumption and developing retail trade in the corresponding production. This is reported by TASS with reference to the head of the department Denis Manturov. The Ministry of Industry and Trade refers to the program of subsidizing the purchase of food (food stamps), used in the United States.

A month of voluntary surrender of weapons has begun in the Ukrainian capital, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Kiev Interior Ministry. From October 1 to October 31, residents of the city and its guests can voluntarily hand over weapons, ammunition, explosive materials, special equipment and register them.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained an “anti-Maidanist”, allegedly a participant in the May 2 riots in Odessa. According to the Ukrainian department, the detained 58-year-old citizen "C" admitted that he participated in the events near the Odessa trade union house on Kulikovo field on May 2. And the man of supporters of the opponents of Independence Square held on.

At least 39 people have been killed by two car bombs in Homs in western Syria. At the same time, 30 of them are children under 12 years old. This was reported by the press service of the Syrian Monitoring Commission for Human Rights. According to local authorities, 56 people were injured. Both explosions took place in front of a school in the Ekrim area, home to Alawites, followers of Alawism, an esoteric Shia offshoot of Islam.

Murmansk nationalist Alexander Valov escaped from under house arrest without waiting for the verdict Murmansk nationalist Alexander Valov escaped from under house arrest without waiting for the verdict The leader of the Murmansk nationalist association "White Cross" Alexander Valov, who is accused of organizing an extremist community, hooliganism and beatings, fled without waiting for the verdict. What he said on his page on the Internet.

Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union on the gas issue have been postponed until next week, reports . TASS The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Energy said that the exact date has not yet been determined. Information about the postponement of the meeting was confirmed to the agency and the representative of the European Commission.

Subscribers to the streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video saw signs of racism in the episodes of the American cartoon "Tom and Jerry". According to the BBC, the text of the warning, published on the website of the service, said that the cartoon may contain scenes that reflect ethnic and racial prejudice, and they used to be a common occurrence in American society. However, representatives of Amazon Prime Instant Video consider such representations to be erroneous.

The Slovak company Slovensky plynarensky priemysel said that gas supplies from Russia were reduced by 50% as of October 1, reports . TASS “Despite this situation, SPP guarantees continued gas supplies to all consumers from households to large companies. Safe deliveries remain our top priority,” the company’s press service told TASS. In addition, SPP said that 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas are currently stored in storage facilities.

The Federation Council approved a bill restricting the access of foreign capital to the media. This was reported by the press service of the upper house of parliament. The document was submitted for consideration by the head of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation and state building Andrey Klishas. He noted that due to the ability to own 50% of the shares of the media at the moment, foreigners can influence the adoption of strategic decisions, RIA Novosti reports .

Ukrainian liquidators of the Chernobyl accident urge ordinary Russian people to protest against war Ukrainian liquidators of the Chernobyl accident urge ordinary Russian people to protest against war A recent trip to the Chernobyl alienation zone caused me strange feelings. Much has changed here in an incomplete 30 years after the disaster. The sarcophagus over the destroyed 4th unit of the nuclear power plant is prepared to close the new structure. The dead city of Pripyat is slowly collapsing.

The Investigative Committee accused the "Right Sector" and the fighters of the National Guard of Ukraine in the massacres of people whose bodies were discovered. This is stated in a statement by the head of the press service of the TFR, Vladimir Markin. “And the mass graves recently discovered near Donetsk are another eloquent evidence of the atrocities of Ukrainian nationalists.

NATO Secretary General Ian Stoltenberg said that despite the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Russia continues to destabilize the situation there. It is reported by Reuters.

Rescuers denied reports in the media and social networks about the explosion at the CHPP-16 in the north-west of Moscow near the Polezhaevskaya metro station, TASS reports . “In the building of the thermal power plant on 3rd Khoroshevskaya Street, when the gas-air mixture was heated, there was a pop in the boiler,” Alexander Drobyshevsky, an official representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, told the agency.