Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea accord puts at risk the main export route for much-needed grain and fertilizer to tackle the global food crisis caused by the war on Ukraine. The EU urges Russia to reverse its decision. — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 30, 2022 Updated at 09.07 GMT Important events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature People come out of their underground shelters to receive aid in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine. People flee and return to their shelters as they cross a damaged bridge to collect aid as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, October 30, 2022. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/ReutersA man stands next to his bicycle as people, emerging from their underground shelters, receive bread as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, October 30, 2022. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters People come from underground their shelters to receive bread as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, October 30, 2022. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Russia claims to have identified drones used in Black Sea Fleet attack
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had discovered and analyzed the wreckage of the drones used to attack Russian Black Sea Fleet ships in Crimea yesterday. The ministry said its analysis showed the drones were equipped with Canadian-made navigation units for an attack it said was carried out by British-led Ukraine, a claim Britain has denied. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Updated at 13:25 GMT Poland and its European Union partners are ready to provide Ukraine with further help transporting essential goods after Russia pulled out of a grain deal, the foreign ministry said in Warsaw. Russia’s decision to pull out of a UN-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea offered “even more evidence that Moscow is unwilling to abide by any international agreement,” the ministry added on Twitter. Russia’s decision to stop the Black Sea Grain Initiative is further evidence that Moscow is not willing to abide by any international agreements. Poland, together with its EU partners, is ready to work further to help Ukraine and those in need to transport essential goods. — Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) October 30, 2022 Poland said today that it, along with its European partners, is ready to provide Ukraine with further assistance in transporting essential goods after Russia’s withdrawal from a grain deal, the foreign ministry said in Warsaw on Sunday. Russia’s decision to withdraw from a UN-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea offered “even more evidence that Moscow is unwilling to abide by any international agreement,” the ministry added on Twitter. Russia’s decision to stop the Black Sea Grain Initiative is further evidence that Moscow is not willing to abide by any international agreements. Poland, together with its EU partners, is ready to work further to help Ukraine and those in need to transport essential goods. — Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) October 30, 2022 Updated at 13:10 GMT The Russian military has repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv, Kherson and Luhansk regions, Russian news agencies cited the Defense Ministry as saying on Sunday. The ministry said Ukrainian artillery had fired near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, but the radioactivity situation remained normal, TASS reported. Reuters said it could not immediately verify the battlefield reports. Updated at 13:23 GMT Ukraine’s electricity supplies have recovered after Russia attacked power plants, but emergency blackouts may be required. A power line in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, October 29, 2022. Planned power outages have been put in place across the country, including in the capital Kyiv, power company Ukrenergo said, as Russians continue attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Photo: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA Updated at 12.08 GMT James Tupper Ministers must act urgently to prevent an impending homelessness crisis among Ukrainian refugees, council leaders have warned. More than 100,000 people have been hosted by British families under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, but many are coming to the end of their six-month stay and find they have nowhere to go. The government’s plan was for Ukrainians to either rent their own homes or have “rematches” with other hosts. However, local authorities responsible for overseeing the program say they are struggling to find people to take in the refugees. The District Councils Network, which represents 183 mostly rural local authorities, said it had received many reports of hosts deciding not to stage a replay. Read the full report here: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will continue to use Russian airspace on some flights, the airline said on Sunday, resuming flights it halted after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February. Cathay Pacific will begin flying from New York to Hong Kong using the popular “polar route” from Tuesday, the company told Reuters in an emailed statement. Citing strong headwinds and payload problems affecting its flights from the east coast of North America to Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific said it would fly over the eastern part of Russia. “The Polar Route provides a safe, direct and faster flight experience for our customers traveling from the East Coast of North America to Hong Kong,” the airline said, adding that there are no sanctions preventing it from doing so. Cathay Pacific said in March it was not operating flights through Russian airspace, avoiding the region after the invasion of Ukraine despite longer flight times. Russia closed its airspace to European and US airlines this year, forcing some long-haul flights to Asia to take longer routes. Bloomberg News was the first to report the restart. Updated at 12.10 GMT More on Saturday’s reported Russia-Ukraine prisoner-of-war swap: officials in Moscow and Kyiv said both sides returned about 50 people each. Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate reported the return of 52 detainees, including soldiers, sailors, border guards, members of the national guard and doctors. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that since March, Russia has released a total of 1,031 prisoners. Reuters reported that the Ukrainian president said in a video clip: We remember all those held captive in Russia and the occupied territories and will do everything to ensure everyone’s return. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine had handed over 50 prisoners of war after talks. Earlier on Saturday, Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-backed head of the Donetsk region – one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia declared as its territory last month – also said a prisoner exchange was taking place with Ukraine. He said 50 people were being exchanged on each side. Traces of shrapnel from Russian missiles mark a house in Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Michael Gove, the UK secretary general, has refused to officially deny a report that former prime minister Liz Truss’ personal phone may have been hacked by Russian agents, as Labor accused the government of “not taking national security seriously enough”, the Peter Walker of the Guardian. References. You can read Peter’s report here Russian accusations that Britain was involved in attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipeline and Russian navy ships in Crimea are unfounded, France’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. aggression against Ukraine,” the ministry’s deputy spokesman said in a statement.
EU calls on Russia to lift suspension of grain deal
The European Union on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to withdraw from a UN-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine’s grain exports through the Black Sea amid a global food crisis. “Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea agreement puts at risk the main export route for much-needed grain and fertilizer to tackle the global food crisis caused by its war on Ukraine,” the foreign policy chief said. of the EU Josep Borrell on Twitter. “EU urges Russia to (reverse) its decision”. Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea accord puts at risk the main export route for much-needed grain and fertilizer to tackle the global food crisis caused by the war on Ukraine. The EU urges Russia to reverse its decision. — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 30, 2022 Updated at 09.07 GMT The UK government has been called on to launch an urgent investigation following reports that former prime minister Liz Truss’ phone was hacked. The Mail on Sunday reported that while Truss was foreign secretary, private messages between her and foreign officials, including on the war in Ukraine, were hacked. The newspaper said agents suspected of working for Russia were responsible for the alleged hacking, citing unnamed sources. The BBC and Sky said they were unable to verify this. The breach was said to have been discovered when then-Secretary of State Truss was…
