zakarpattia region

Ukraine's security agency has apprehended two former Ukrainian military members suspected of spying for Hungary in the zakarpattia region. Accused of treason, they allegedly gathered intelligence on Ukraine's military under the direction of a Hungarian military intelligence officer. This marks the first instance of uncovering a Hungarian espionage operation within Ukraine, amidst strained relations between the two nations.

Ukraine faced severe energy shortages on Friday in a week that saw parts of the capital Kyiv and several regions plunge into darkness due to relentless Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. The firm said it had to apply a three-hour blackout late Thursday in around a dozen regions from Donetsk and Kharkiv on the eastern front lines to Lviv and Zakarpattia, some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) to the west on the border with the EU. In Kyiv, street lights and buildings were disconnected and parts of the city were in darkness on Thursday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that criminal proceedings had been initiated over a missile strike on Ukrainian soldiers during an award ceremony in the Zaporizhzhia region. The strike resulted in casualties, and Zelenskyy called the incident a tragedy that could have been avoided. The investigation will focus on how Russia obtained information about the event. Both sides have experienced substantial casualties in the ongoing conflict, and Zelenskyy called for preventing such incidents from happening again.