❗TASS News Roundup, October 3:

▪Russian troops from the Battlegroup North have taken control of Novaya Kazachya in the Kharkov Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said

▪The Russian Foreign Ministry has again warned foreign nationals, including diplomatic missions’ personnel, against staying in or traveling to Ukraine

▪Ukraine will need to embrace a neutral, non-nuclear status, reject its nationalist policy course and recognize the four new Russian regions for a long-lasting political settlement, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)

▪A large-scale demonstration calling for France to leave the EU and stop supporting Ukraine took place in central Paris

▪On German Unity Day, thousands of people took part in demonstrations in Berlin and Stuttgart protesting the potential return of military conscription and Germany’s rearmament

▪Russian figure skater Adelia Petrosyan has won silver at the Trialeti Trophy competition in Georgia