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DISASTERBREAKINGOct 8Diesel train collides with electric locomotive in Lviv, casualties reportedA Lviv-Sokal diesel train collided with an electric locomotive while departing from Pidzamche station in Lviv, injuring several people.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGOct 8Greenpeace reports 25-square-kilometer oil slick in Black Sea after drone attack on tanker off Russia’s Sochi coastMeduza [en]
DISASTEROct 8All three Kyiv subway lines stop running after power lossAll three lines of Kyiv’s metro stopped running during the evening rush hour on October 8.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 8Heavy autumn snow paralyses roads in Russia’s Far EastHeavy autumn snowfall has paralysed roads in Russia’s Magadan region, leaving trucks struggling through snow and disrupting intercity bus services.EuroNews [en]
DISASTEROct 8‘Even The Sun Is Black’: Albania’s Toxic Pollution CrisisIt is the latest in a litany of disasters to befall one of the most industrial cities in Europe, repeatedly blanketed in lethal smoke from similar blazes. The post ‘Even The Sun Is Black’: Albania’s Toxic Pollution Crisis appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
DISASTERBREAKINGOct 81 dead in Poland’s second school knife attack in 2 days, amid ‘copycat’ fearsSouth China Morning Post
DISASTEROct 8Former student stabs woman to death at Polish school, two others injuredBij een steekpartij op een Poolse basisschool is een dode gevallen, en zijn twee anderen gewond geraakt. Volgens de politie viel een 15-jarige jongen een 37-jarige vrouw aan, die werkte op de school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, iets ten noorden van de hoofdstad Warschau. De jongen is een oud-leerling van die school. De vrouw bezweek aan haar verwondingen. Het is niet bekend of dader en slachtoffer elkaar kenden. Na de steekpartij slaagden de directeur van de school en een leraar erin om de aanvaller te overmeesteren, waarbij zij beiden ook gestoken werden. De jongen had drie messen bij zich, meldt deNOS Buitenland
DISASTEROct 7Ten injured in stabbing at school in Poland, suspect (19) arrestedNOS Buitenland
DISASTEROct 7Plague fears in Siberia: How are Irkutsk residents reacting?Irkutsk residents react to reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death at a local anti-plague institute, with authorities saying the cause of death remains unconfirmed.EuroNews [en]
DISASTEROct 6Five things to know about the death at Russia’s anti-plague laboratoryIn light of Russia’s record on biological weapons and lab accidents, the death of an anti-plague researcher raises questions to consider. The post Five things to know about the death at Russia’s anti-plague laboratory appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
DISASTEROct 6Oil tanker burns off coast of Sochi, blanketing the city in black smokeResidents of Sochi reported a fire aboard a vessel in the Black Sea. “The fire is visible from all along the coast,” one local resident told the Telegram news channel Ostorozhno, Novosti.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 6Power outage schedules to be introduced in several regions on Wednesday — UkrenergoElectricity consumption will be restricted in parts of Ukraine on Wednesday, October 7.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 6Critical drop in water level: Odesa region forcibly replenishes Katlabuh ReservoirWork is underway in the southern Odesa region to forcibly replenish the Katlabuh Reservoir with water from the Danube River.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 6Search and identification of remains continue in Nepal despite end of rescue operation — Ukraine's Foreign MinistryUkraine has contacted the competent authorities in Nepal following the launch of procedures to legally declare people who went missing in the floods dead, including 56 Ukrainian citizens. Rescue services, meanwhile, continue searching for and identifying human remains.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 5Plague may have resurfaced in Russia. But this isn’t the Black Death.On October 1, 2026, the inpatient unit at the district hospital in Shelekhov, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, closed because of a suspected “especially dangerous infection.” Media outlets later reported that 28-year-old Darya Shipilova had died there of pneumonic plague. According to one account, she was a laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute and accidentally broke a test tube containing the bacterium that causes the disease. There has been no official confirmation that she died of plague; the authorities say she had “pneumonia of unknown cause.”Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 5Two dead after ship sinks off Romania following fireTwo dead after ship sinks off Romania following fireAl Jazeera [en]
DISASTEROct 5U.S. monitoring suspected plague case in RussiaSecretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Monday that the U.S. is monitoring a possible plague outbreak in Russia after a lab worker died.CBS News
DISASTEROct 5Two Dead After Ship Catches Fire, Sinks In Black SeaDrone activity has become increasingly frequent in recent months across eastern European countries as Ukraine, which borders Romania, fights off a Russian invasion launched in 2022, with both countries increasingly relying on drone warfare. The post Two Dead After Ship Catches Fire, Sinks In Black Sea appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
DISASTEROct 5Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plagueNew Scientist
DISASTEROct 5Inside mysterious Russian lab where worker died of suspected plague ‘that escaped from broken test tube’The Independent World
DISASTEROct 5Two dead and 11 rescued after fire breaks out on sinking ship in Black SeaAuthorities confirmed that two people died in the serious incidentThe Independent World
DISASTEROct 5White House says it’s monitoring reports of plague in Russia, ‘assessing options’A White House official told Axios that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is aware of a suspected plague outbreak in the Irkutsk region.Meduza [en]
DISASTEROct 5Parts of Odesa temporarily lose power due to equipment failureOn the morning of October 5, an equipment failure temporarily left residents of parts of Odesa's Kyivskyi, Prymorskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi districts without electricity.Ukrinform [en]
DISASTEROct 5Parts of Odesa temporarily lose power due to equipment failureOn the morning of October 5, an equipment failure temporarily left residents of parts of Odesa's Kyivskyi, Prymorskyi, and Khadzhybeyskyi districts without electricity.Ukrinform [en]