Zakarpattia Oblast

Yet, amid the fighting, there was some hope for improved relations with neighboring Hungary.

President Zelensky has signed legislation addressing minority language education, potentially easing a longstanding dispute over the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine's western Transcarpathia region.

The move could help overcome Hungarian objections to advancing Ukraine's European Union membership negotiations.

While Ukraine moves towards Brussels, the EU has expanded sanctions against Russia, adding some 1,569 individuals and entities to its sanctions list.

So like the fact we've...

Yeah, Transcarpathia, we've got, uh, Walker Cookland, we've got, um, yeah, didn't wanna write that.

We've got...

What are the other ones, Bad Wolf? Um, Barovia.

Um, so yeah, this is just, I'm really excited for this.

Um, so October Guard.

One bleak October day, check, pun on both levels there, weapons manufacturer and ruler of Transcarpathia, Destro, launched a massive and devastating multi-front invasion of neighboring Eastern European nations, seeking to conquer first the continent and ultimately the world.

Members of elite special forces within those nations banded together, forming a defensive bulwark against Destro's forces.

And finally, a practical positive development.

Ukraine opened a new border crossing with Romania at Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia.

A new bridge crosses the Tisa River, and the crossing is already handling passenger vehicles.

It gives travelers another way to visit family and move between the two countries.

Temperatures could fall to between 0 and minus 3 degrees at ground level in some areas.

Daytime weather will stay much milder, mostly around 14 to 19 degrees and up to 22 degrees in Zakarpattia.

Short rain is possible near the Sea of Azov and in Crimea.

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And I started by asking him about Ukraine's deep strikes on Russian territory and Zelensky's promise to close Russian airspace.

He was born obviously in Uzhhorod, in Zakarpattia.

He's an ethic Hungarian, and he was a businessman for much of his life, by all accounts building up quite a substantial wealth.

And he only actually joined the territorial defense forces, I think, literally weeks before the full-scale invasion.

Sunday brought one more day of late summer warmth.

Temperatures were expected to reach around 20 to 25 degrees across much of Ukraine and up to 28 degrees in the south and Zakarpattia, with mostly dry and sunny conditions.

Forecasters also warned that a colder front would arrive on Monday, bringing rain, stronger winds, and a noticeable drop in temperature.

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Daytime temperatures were around 20 to 25 degrees.

with warmer conditions in Zakarpattia.

Kyiv region had changing cloud cover and no significant rain.

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