The presidential election has started in the United States. The results from the first polling station, the tiny village of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire, are already available.

Almost 10,000 representatives of the Moldovan diaspora in Russia had voted at the two polling stations in Moscow (5,000 at each) that were opened for them to be able to vote in the presidential election in Moldova.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has renamed the Department of Pan-European Cooperation as the Department of European Problems.

During his visit to South Korea, Josep Borrell, European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has urged the country to amp up its support for Ukraine amid Seoul’s concern regarding North Korea deploying troops to Russia.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has congratulated Maia Sandu on her victory in the second round of the presidential election in Moldova.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who was re-elected for a second term, has said that her country had been attacked in an unprecedented way during the elections.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised NATO partners, in particular the United States, for not keeping their word on the promised military support for Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the involvement of the North Korean military in the Russian-Ukrainian war will not be a reason for European countries to send their troops to Ukraine.

In Moldova, an anonymous person, allegedly a law enforcement officer, handed the media a list of names of several thousand citizens supposedly linked to the network of pro-Russian fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, has made a sarcastic remark directed at UN Secretary General António Guterres, who attended the BRICS summit chaired by Vladimir Putin.

Ruben Brekelmans, Dutch Defence Minister, has acknowledged that it would be challenging for the West to devise measures against North Korea for sending troops to support Russia in the war against Ukraine, as nearly all possible sanctions are already in place against the country.

In Poland, an indictment has been filed against farmer Piotr G. and his daughter, who hung a Soviet flag and a banner saying Putin will "bring order" onto their tractor.

One of the few French companies still active in Russia, Auchan, has found a local buyer for its Russian branch to depart the country and proceeded to the last round of negotiations.

Over 80% of Ukrainians would vote in favour of Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO if such a referendum were held any time soon.