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27 October 2024
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October 2024 in brief
Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said footage showed 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war apparently shot after surrendering near Pokrovsk, and said it was investigating more than 50 similar cases. [1] WHO recorded attacks on health care in places including Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv and Pokrovsk Raion. [1][2][3] Ukraine withdrew from Vuhledar after more than two years of fighting to avoid encirclement, its Khortytsia group said, and Russia said it captured Selydove on the way to Pokrovsk. [1][3] In the Black Sea, a Russian missile hit a Panama-flagged container ship in Odesa port, killing eight according to the Odesa governor, and Reuters reported that war-risk premiums for Ukrainian ports rose to just over 1% of a vessel's value. [1][2] NATO's Mark Rutte said North Korean troops had been sent to Russia and deployed to Kursk, and South Korea's intelligence service reported more than 3,000 in Russia, which neither Moscow nor Pyongyang confirmed. [1] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan and told him the invasion violated the UN Charter, while Kyiv objected to the visit. [1] The sides exchanged 95 prisoners of war each and swapped the remains of fallen soldiers, with Ukraine receiving 501 bodies and Russia 89, The Moscow Times reported. [1]