Daily Digest: Top news of Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Oct. 02, 2019

Protesters gathered at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv on the evening of Oct. 2, 2019, to protest against the just-approved final edition of the so-called ‘Steinmeier Formula’ that sets the controversial terms of possible local elections in the Russian-occupied Donbas. (PHOTOS).
Ukraine agrees to ‘Steinmeier Formula,’ green-lights elections in occupied Donbas: The agreement envisages that the occupied areas of eastern Ukraine get a special self-governing status after they hold local elections. Read our initial story here.
Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states formed a PACE alliance against Russia: The delegations of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Georgia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced on Oct. 2 that they had formed a bloc at the Council in opposition to Russia’s unconditional return to the Assembly.
Ukraine’s parliament approves the re-launch of an important but flawed anti-corruption agency: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Oct. 2 approved in the second reading a bill that seeks to replace the leadership of the dysfunctional National Agency for Preventing Corruption (NAPC) with the help of foreign experts.
Jewish pilgrims celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Uman (VIDEO): Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims celebrated the Rosh Hashanah holiday, otherwise known as the Jewish New Year, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 30, 2019.
Ukraine resumes commercial import of electricity from Russia: Ukraine on Oct. 1, resumed commercial import of electricity from the Russian Federation, Ukrenergo transmission system operator has told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.