Around 30,000 civilians have gone missing in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Kathryne Bomberge, the head of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), told Suspilne news outlet.
The Ukrainian military reported an advance in southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast while also indicating its forces had crossed the Dnirpro River in southern Kherson Oblast on Oct. 19. The commander of the Tavria Group fighting on the southern front lines, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, reported Ukrainian forces have achieved partial success southwest of Verbove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
On 19 September, the Cabinet of Ministers (the government) dismissed Oleh Kotenko, Ukraine's Commissioner for People Missing Under Special Circumstances, who recently announced that he would resign due to the transfer of his powers to other departments.