On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the initial release of new, previously unpublished files concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
This interagency effort involved the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Energy, the FBI, NASA, and other U.S. agencies.
The materials are available on the website WAR.GOV/UFO, and additional new files will be released by the Pentagon on an ongoing basis, the statement noted.
“This release is the result of President Donald Trump’s directive to begin the process of identifying and declassifying government files related to UAPs in the interest of ensuring full transparency. No other president or administration in history has provided this level of transparency regarding UAPs,” the department stated.
The Pentagon reported that Americans can now instantly access declassified federal government files related to UFOs.
It is noted, however, that while all files have been vetted for security purposes, many materials have not yet been analyzed to identify any anomalies.
“The Department of Defense is working closely with President Trump to ensure unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of unidentified anomalous phenomena,” said U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset. “These files, hidden among classified documents, have long fueled legitimate speculation; it is time for the American people to see them with their own eyes.”
“Today’s release is the first in an ongoing joint effort to declassify and publish these materials,” said Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, adding that the American people have long sought transparency regarding what the government knows about unidentified anomalous phenomena.
FBI Director Kash Patel, for his part, stated that his agency “remains committed to supporting this ongoing declassification work with the same diligence and integrity we apply to all matters of national security.”
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also welcomed Trump’s efforts to ensure greater transparency regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena. “Our mission at NASA is to engage the brightest minds and the most advanced scientific instruments, track the data, and share what we learn. We will be candid about what we know, what we still need to understand, and what remains to be discovered. Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge are at the heart of NASA’s mission as we strive to unravel the mysteries of the universe,” he said.
On October 6, 2025, the SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) payment system officially began operating in Montenegro, allowing transfers in euros to be made at uniform European rates and with minimal fees.
Ukraine is already actively preparing to join SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area). At the moment, the country is not yet a full member of SEPA, but significant legislative and technical preparations are already underway. Below is what is known today and what the prospects may be.
In June 2025, Ukraine officially announced its intention to join SEPA. At that time, it was announced that the relevant plans and draft laws had been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada. Draft law No. 13233 “On Amendments to the Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Ensure Compliance with European Rules and EPC (European Payments Council) Criteria for Joining SEPA” was submitted. In April 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a package of draft laws aimed at harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with EU requirements in the field of anti-money laundering, ensuring transparency and security of payments — an important step towards officially applying for SEPA.
The European Business Association (EBA Ukraine) publicly supports the bill on Ukraine’s accession to SEPA, but requests revisions to a number of provisions relating to financial monitoring, reporting regulations, and data protection.
The National Bank of Ukraine already has a new generation of payment infrastructure (SEP system, ISO 20022 standard) with 24/7 support for SCT (Credit Transfer) schemes, which is considered part of the preparation for SEPA. There are plans to introduce instant payments in euros.
According to experts, market participants (citizens and businesses) will be able to save €70–100 million annually by reducing fees for euro transfers. For businesses, this means lower costs for cross-border payments, simplified financial flows, and fewer intermediaries. For citizens, it means faster payments in euros within SEPA, more transparent conditions, and, possibly, lower transaction fees.
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SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) is a single area for cashless payments in euros, including the EU, EEA, Switzerland, the UK, Andorra, Vatican City, San Marino, and now Serbia and Montenegro.
The main goal of SEPA is to simplify and reduce the cost of euro transfers by ensuring the same rules and terms for all participants.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order declassifying documents on the assassination of the 35th US President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
“More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Pastor Martin Luther King Jr. the federal government has not made all of its records related to these events public. Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth,” the text of the decree reads.
The document emphasizes that within the next 15 days, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must submit to Trump a plan to fully disclose records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and within 45 days – those related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says that Ukraine and Japan have signed 56 intergovernmental agreements, memorandums, and arrangements between businesses and local authorities at the Economic Development and Recovery Conference.
“56 documents were signed by representatives of Ukraine and Japan at the Economic Development and Recovery Conference in Tokyo! Among them are intergovernmental agreements, memoranda, and agreements between businesses and local authorities,” Shmyhal wrote on his Telegram channel.
In particular, an intergovernmental convention on the avoidance of double taxation was signed; more than a dozen agreements to support Ukraine’s recovery with powerful Japanese organizations (JICA, JETRO, the NEXI Export Credit Agency and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation); grant agreements for the implementation of recovery programs, as well as a number of documents between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine and Japanese companies providing Ukraine with various agricultural machinery and equipment; an intergovernmental memorandum on supporting Ukraine’s recovery with the
“Naftogaz agreed on a wind energy project; the Ukrainian gas transportation system operator signed a memorandum on preparations for the modernization of gas compressor stations. According to the Prime Minister, documents were also signed in the fields of energy, telecommunications, infrastructure construction, and ecology.
“Japan has already shown leadership in financial support for Ukraine. Now Japan should become one of the leaders of Ukraine’s recovery and investment in our economy,” Shmyhal summarized.
The head of the State Archive Service of Ukraine, Anatoliy Khromov, says that as of today, losses of documents of the National Archive Fund as a result of a full-scale war amount to up to 1.5%.
“Ukraine in 2022 has done much more to preserve its own archives compared to 1941 and to 2014. Obviously, there are huge threats, but now we estimate the loss of documents of the National Archive Fund to be up to 1.5% of the total array of those documents stored until February 24, 2022,” Khromov said at a briefing on Thursday.
In particular, according to him, because of the fire in the archival unit in the Chernihiv office of the Security Service of Ukraine, up to 13 thousand documents were actually lost, first of all those of the repressive bodies of the communist totalitarian regime.
Also, according to him, since the beginning of the full-scale war, damage to the archive premises without loss of documents has been recorded in Kharkiv, Mykolayiv and Kherson regions.
In addition, Khromov said that as a result of the temporary occupation of Kherson the regional archive was seized and looted, he noted that the loss of these documents is not irretrievable. In particular, about half of the files from the Kherson archive were stolen and later taken to Crimea.
In addition, he said, at the moment there is no information about more than 120 archival institutions, which are either under occupation or in frontline zones.
Another stationary service center for citizens of Ukraine Passport Service opens on Friday in Gdansk (Poland), where it will be possible to issue passport documents.
According to the Interior Ministry website, the new center will be located at Gdansk, Aleja Grunwaldzka (Grunwaldzka Alley) 415, 80-309 and will operate from Monday to Saturday from 09:00 to 18:00.
Ukrainians can apply for the following services: simultaneous registration of a passport and an ID-card; issuance of a passport; issuing an ID-card; driver’s license exchange; insurance.
“Acceptance of applications for the issuance of passport documents is possible both by appointment (https://gdansk.pasport.org.ua/solutions/e-queue), and on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment is made directly on the spot, using the online payment for services. Only a smartphone and bank card details are needed for this procedure,” the ministry said.
According to the Interior Ministry, four separate divisions of the state-owned enterprise “Document” have been opened in Poland: in Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk and Wroclaw. More than 100,000 Ukrainians have already applied for the necessary documents in these centers.
Next year, it is planned to open similar document processing centers in Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey.
