Overview

• Ukrainian authorities reported at least five deaths after an overnight Russian barrage concentrated on western regions, with large outages in Lviv and more than 73,000 customers without power in Zaporizhzhia.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched over 50 missiles and about 500 drones, as Poland raised air-defense readiness and Ukraine detailed dozens of impacts despite many intercepts.
• On Everest’s Tibetan side, heavy October snow left over 1,000 people stranded, with roughly 350 evacuated to Kudan as extreme cold and avalanche risk slowed efforts and local tourism access was halted.
• Vilnius Airport suspended operations for hours after contraband helium balloons entered Lithuanian airspace, delaying about 30 flights and affecting some 6,000 passengers, with authorities seizing 12,000 cigarette cartons from downed balloons.
• Georgia’s prime minister vowed punishment for organizers of Tbilisi protests as police made several arrests, while Chechnya held a ceremony awarding Ramzan Kadyrov the region’s newly created top honor.