No Ukrainian fighter had been killed or wounded over the past 24 hours in Donbas, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said. That marks two consecutive days without losses for Ukraine, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
However, the military press service noted nine instances of cease-fire violations by the pro-Russian separatists -- only the early hours of September 23 were quiet.
The "Donetsk People's Republic" hasn’t reported any cease-fire violations by the Ukrainian side, but the Luhansk People's Republic" reported two.
The presidential administration failed to respond to the first electronic petition, which received 25,000 signatures, on time.
The petition, asking for a constitutional right to bear arms, has been under consideration since September 4. According to law, the answer was supposed to be published online yesterday.
"I have to admit that the internal processes didn't work and commitments were not fulfilled. One must know how to recognize one's own mistakes and work to correct them. I personally apologize to everyone who signed the petition for delaying the response,” the deputy head of the presidential administration, Dmytro Shymkiv, wrote on Facebook.
Tyzhden (Week) is reporting that the government has allocated 140 million hryvnyas ($6.6 million) for "sherrifs" in villages. So, naturally, Chuck Norris:
Senator John McCain is visiting Odesa today.