The hockey federations of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Latvia have officially announced a boycott of matches against the Russian national team at the upcoming world tournament.
Ukrainian President stated that the large-scale infrastructure being built by Moscow indicates a threat to all of Europe, not just Kyiv.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs refuted reports of illegal detention of military personnel at a National Guard base in Kyiv Oblast. Two individuals involved in spreading false information using a vehicle disguised as an ambulance have been detained.
Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal informed partners that the enemy attacked a substation on which the stable operation of the Khmelnytskyi NPP depends, threatening nuclear safety in Europe.
Former presidential press secretary stated that the indictment document contains no mention of links with Russians. She considers this proof of the case's political nature.
Deputy spokesperson for the Southern Grouping of Forces, Anastasiia Shevchenko, reported that Russian troops are carrying out preparatory measures to consolidate on the right bank of the Dnipro and advance on the city.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that acts of sabotage by the intelligence services of unfriendly countries are possible on the section of the border with Russia in the first half of November.
Energy operators have launched special emergency outage schedules, which involve shutting down critical infrastructure and may last around the clock.
Lviv has significantly closed the gap with the capital in terms of the number of permanent residents. According to aggregated data from state agencies cited by Forbes, the city's population has increased to 986,000. This allowed Lviv to overtake Dnipro, where 975,000 people currently live, and Odesa, which has 907,000 residents. It is worth noting that Odesa previously belonged to the club of Ukraine's million-plus cities.
Compared to 2019, when Lviv had 687,000 residents, the demographic increase amounted to almost 300,000 people. The situation in the capital, Kyiv, remains dominant: it has 3.793 million inhabitants. The share of Kyiv residents in the country's total population has grown from 9.9% in 2019 to 13.3% in 2025.
Positive demographic dynamics are observed not only in Lviv. The number of residents has increased in Rivne (286,000), Lutsk (277,000), Chernivtsi (270,000) and Uzhhorod (127,000).
Overall, a growth in the population share is recorded in the western oblasts. For example, in Lviv Oblast, this indicator rose from 6.1% to 8.3%, in Zakarpattia Oblast — from 2.5% to 3.2%, and in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — from 3% to 3.1%.
On the opposite side of the country, the situation is different. In the eastern regions, the population share is decreasing due to migration processes and the consequences of hostilities. The sharpest decline has been recorded in Donetsk Oblast, where the indicator fell from 5.3% to 0.8%.
The total population of Ukraine is currently estimated to be in the range of 28 to 31.4 million people.
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