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A study by the "Safe Birth" NGO revealed that over 65% of women who experienced perinatal loss did not have the opportunity to see their child and say goodbye, and almost 80% did not receive psychological support in the hospital. There is no single national standard for supporting families in such cases in Ukraine.
In Lviv, a woman gave birth to a baby during a taxi ride. The taxi driver, Lesia, took the mother and the newborn to a medical facility. The company that owns the taxi gave the woman a year of free rides.
At the border crossing in Meditz, Polish customs officers detained a 52-year-old Ukrainian man who was attempting to illegally transport two specimens of corals protected by the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) across the border. The man did not have the necessary documentation for transporting the specimens. The case has been forwarded for investigation, and the offender paid a fine of 500 Polish zlotys.
On October 14, around 17:25, a traffic accident occurred in Drogobych involving a Tesla driven by a drunk woman. The 19-year-old driver of the Nissan Leaf was injured and taken to the hospital. The driver of the Tesla faces up to three years in prison with the loss of driving privileges.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian military forces have been given permission to strike oil refineries in Russian territory again. This decision was made following a large-scale attack by Russia on civilian targets and critical infrastructure in Ukraine, including in Lutsk, where six people were killed and another 12 were injured.
