Romanian authorities are verifying whether Serhiy Tokarev provided false information when obtaining citizenship, despite previously appearing in registers as a Russian subject.
An explosion that occurred in the city after a drone alert caused power and water supply disruptions in some districts of Poltava.
Air raid alerts are in effect in the capital and several Ukrainian regions due to the risk of ballistic missile use. Residents are urged to take shelter immediately.
Following a drone attack on energy infrastructure, Luhansk and other settlements under Russian control were left without electricity.
The Prime Minister stated that changing age limits requires an analysis of the security situation, while the Ministry of Defence is already preparing relevant draft laws.
The President of Ukraine awarded the Order of Princess Olga, Third Class, to PR specialist Yaroslava Hres and volunteer Dasha Astafieva.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a bill to parliament requiring employees of the Security Service of Ukraine to file declarations on their income and property.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasised that the West cannot offer Kyiv security commitments that are not acceptable to Moscow.
On the morning of 6 November, the Seoul exchange was forced to halt operations just minutes after the session began. An automatic circuit breaker was triggered after the KOSPI index fell by 8.6%. Trading was suspended for 20 minutes. The last similar incident in South Korea occurred on 5 August 2024.
The KOSPI index opened down 2%, but soon plunged below the 5,000-point mark, showing a decline of 8.55%.
Companies operating in the semiconductor sector were hit hardest. Samsung Electronics shares fell by 10%, while SK Hynix dropped by 12%. According to FourWeekMBA, these two companies lost a combined approximately $166 billion in market capitalisation in a single trading session.
Similar dynamics were observed in Japan. The Nikkei index fell by 6.2%, dropping below the 60,000-point level to 57,289.
The cause of the Asian crash was the previous day's closing of the trading session in New York. The Nasdaq index lost 5.52%, marking its worst performance since spring 2025. The S&P 500 fell by 4.3%, and the Dow Jones by 3.4%.
Among tech stocks, AMD (down 16.8%) and Nvidia (down 9.2%) fell the most. The SOX semiconductor index dropped by 12% overnight.
The market is reacting to changes in the political landscape in the US. Following the Democrats' victory, investors are assessing the risks of increased regulation of the artificial intelligence and data centre sectors. South Korea and Japan are key producers of memory and chips that underpinned the current AI boom. A shift in regulatory policy in America is causing uncertainty regarding demand for Asian products.
On 3 November, investment funds began exiting positions in the AI sector. On 4 November, the Democrats gained control of Congress. On 5 November, the US market initially rose but then fell sharply after lunch. On 6 November, the negative momentum spread to Asian markets.
Today in the US, the release of the employment report is expected, which could provide a reason for a brief pause in market volatility.
Current events indicate not a one-off panic, but a reassessment of investment strategies related to artificial intelligence. Investors should check what proportion of their assets (stocks, funds, pension programmes, cryptocurrencies correlated with Nasdaq) depends on this sector.
Technical circuit breakers may halt trading, but they do not stop the process of asset revaluation.
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