Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky approved a law allowing foreign citizens to serve as officers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), reported Ukrinform, quoted by BTA.
The document was returned to the Verkhovna Rada with the signature of the head of state on October 25.
Thus, people who are foreign citizens or are stateless of any country will be able to hold officer positions on a contractual basis in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the State Special Transport Service (transport troops - note ed.) and the National Guard.< /p>
As previously reported, on October 10 the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law defining the procedures for personnel service of people of this category in the mentioned structures, including with the possibility of serving as officers.
Ukrainian air defense was activated in the early hours of today to repel a wave of Russian drones headed for Kiev, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaliy Klitschko announced, quoted by Reuters and BTA.
"Hide in the bomb shelters", he addressed the citizens via the "Telegram" application.
The Russian air defense, for its part, intercepted 13 Ukrainian drones over the southern and central parts of Russia over a period of two hours, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced.
The agency said in Telegram that air defense units shot down four drones each over Belgorod, Lipetsk and Oryol regions and one over Bryansk between 8pm and 10pm last night Moscow time (5pm and 7pm GMT).
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A series of Russian attacks, including those of civilians in widely separated parts of Ukraine, have prompted President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to issue a new call to Kiev's main allies to step up pressure on Moscow, Reuters reported. , quoted by BTA.
In his evening video address, the head of state said the attacks showed that Russia was "determined to continue its aggression".
"These are conditions in which the lack of more decisive decisions on the part of partners in support of Ukraine only incites (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to invest more in terror,", the Ukrainian president said. "The world can stop the escalation of war. But this requires actions, not just words."
Rescue teams in the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine completed their rescue and search operations yesterday after Russian missile attacks killed five people, including a child, and injured more than 20.
Yesterday, a Russian guided bomb killed one person and wounded three in Konstantinovka, near the front line in Donetsk region, the regional governor announced.
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in a small village west of the Ukrainian-held southern city of Kherson.
At the same time on Friday in Kyiv, a drone struck a multi-storey residential building in the western part of the city, killing a teenage girl.
Zelensky has repeatedly called on Ukraine's Western allies in recent weeks to step up supplies of long-range weapons and air defense systems so it can defend its cities.
Kiev has sought permission from allies to use the long-range weapons against targets deep inside Russian territory.