President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed his Latvian counterpart in Ukraine's capital, thanking Rinkevics' homeland for "taking a principled stance in favor of Ukraine's full-fledged EU membership."
The Belarusian army has grown stronger in terms of combat readiness and equipment, but this does not necessarily translate to additional risks for Ukraine, Belarusian opposition leader Pavel Latushka told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Nov. 2.
A report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released on Oct. 31 found that all 59 people killed in Russia's missile attack on the village of Hroza were civilians. The report summarized the UN's investigation into the Oct. 5 strike on a funeral reception in the Kharkiv Oblast village.
There are still some members of the Russian Armed Forces remaining in Belarus, but these are predominantly military personnel who service Russian equipment left in the country, said Andriy Demchenko, the spokesperson of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service.
Kyrgyz human rights activists and NGOs are concerned the legislation is "almost identical to the Russian law on foreign agents" and have called on lawmakers to withdraw the bill.