Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

"The DNR Ministry of Emergency Situations": "In the evening of October 26, an explosion was fired in the center of Donetsk along 84 Krasnoarmieyskaya Street near the city hospital No 5. As a result, an apartment house building was damaged. At the moment, there are five victims, including two children, eight and four and a half years old, and a seventeen-year-old girl. She was taken to Gusak Institute of the Urgent and Reconstructive Surgery with a burn of 98 percent of the body surface. More than 50 residents of the house were evacuated. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident could be an explosion of domestic gas".

"Commissioner for Human Rights in the DNR" Daria Morozova: "We hope that it will be possible to agree on the exchange of prisoners in the near future at the next meeting in Minsk on October 27. Our position remains unchanged - no categories".

"Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DNR" Natalia Nikonorova: "Visits of foreign guests have already become an ongoing process. The republic was visited by more than 30 delegations from different countries this year, in particular, from Russia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, Finland, Czechia and Spain. The result of this cooperation was the signing of seven international treaties".

Media: "In the "LNR", miners of Sverdlovanthracite produced more than 2 million tons of coal since the beginning of the year".

"The DNR Ministry of Emergency Situations": "The 70th humanitarian convoy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia came to Donetsk consisting of 28 cars. 290 tons of baby food, medicine and fiction were delivered".

"The LNR Ministry of Emergency Situations": "15 cars of the 70th humanitarian convoy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia delivered humanitarian aid to Luhansk with a total weight of about 145 tons, including about 135 tons of food kits for children under the age of three, 5 tons of medicines, about 0.5 tons of medical equipment and 4.5 tons of fiction".

"The DNR Chess Federation": "An Open Chess Cup (blitz discipline) will take place in Donetsk on November 26 within the framework of the humanitarian program for reunification of Donbass people. Players from the Donetsk oblast, temporarily controlled by Ukraine, - candidate masters and higher according to the latest available rating, are invited to participate. The maximum number of players is 30. Prize fund of the Donbass Chess Cup will be $1300. Applications must be submitted with a doctor's permission".

Media: "The head of the LNR Igor Plotnitsky granted monthly prizes to journalists who won the professional competition, following the results of August, September and October. Winners of the contest received certificates for $175".

Media: "Luhansk pensioner Sofia met cars of the humanitarian convoy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the 70th time with flowers in Luhansk. "My name is Sofia, I have not missed a single time and I meet the cars, starting from the first convoy", - the pensioner said".

"Prosecutor General's Office of the LNR": "In the course of inspection of Centrougol state unitary enterprise of Viergielievskaya Mine branch, the Prosecutor General's Office of Brianka revealed arrears in wages in a large amount".