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Zelensky: Kremlin demanding information guarantees from Ukraine shows Russian aggression has failed
From CNN's Jonny Hallam
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during his evening video connection connected Wednesday Nov. 2. (Office of President of Ukraine)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia demanding information guarantees from Kyiv demonstrates the nonaccomplishment of Moscow's penetration aft 8 months of fighting.
In his nightly code connected Wednesday, the Ukrainian person said: "252 days ago, Russia demanded information guarantees from the United States of America. After 8 months of Russia's alleged 'special operation,' the Kremlin is demanding information guarantees from Ukraine. These are so striking changes."
"It shows some the nonaccomplishment of Russian aggression and however beardown we are erstwhile we stay united," Zelensky added.
Earlier connected Wednesday, Russia resumed its information successful the UN-brokered atom woody that it had near days earlier, saying it had received written information guarantees from Ukraine connected demilitarizing the maritime corridor.
Ukraine claims it deed important Russian subject systems successful Kherson
From CNN's Julia Kesaieva
Ukrainian officials accidental the subject struck an important people successful Kherson, arsenic pro-Russian authorities property civilians to permission the confederate region.
Serhii Khlan, subordinate of the Kherson Regional Council, said Ukrainian forces deed Russian aerial defence systems adjacent to the stadium successful Kherson city. Those systems person besides been utilized to ammunition Mykolaiv, sometimes with devastating effect.
Khlan posted a photograph purportedly showing the "remains of the equipment."
Khlan said determination had besides been further hits successful the country of the Antonivskyi bridge, wherever Russian forces and the pro-Russian medication person been operating ferries and pontoon bridges to resupply the westbound bank, wherever thousands of Russian troops remain.
He said that successful the metropolis of Kakhovka — connected the eastbound slope of the stream Dnipro — the 3 streets closest to the stream were being forcibly evacuated. He said the Russians "in the metropolis are digging in, mounting up factual trenches."
Khlan repeated what different Ukrainian officials person asserted: that the Russian-backed authorities person near the metropolis of Kherson — which is connected the westbound slope — to acceptable up bureau successful the metropolis of Skadovsk, overmuch person to Crimea.
First connected CNN: US accuses North Korea of trying to fell shipments of ammunition to Russia
From CNN's Kylie Atwood and Katie Bo Lillis
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks from the White House successful Washington, DC, connected October 26. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)The US is accusing North Korea of secretly supplying Russia with artillery shells for the Ukraine war by concealing wherever they are being transported to, according to recently declassified intelligence.
US officials judge that the surreptitious North Korean shipments — on with drones and different weaponry that Russia has acquired from Iran — are further grounds that adjacent Moscow’s accepted artillery arsenals person dwindled during 8 months of combat. North Korea is trying to fell the shipments by making it look arsenic if the ammunition is being sent to countries successful the Middle East oregon North Africa, the quality says.
The caller quality comes astir 2 months aft the US quality assemblage said that it believed Russia was successful the process of buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for usage connected the battlefield, CNN and different outlets reported astatine the time.
Officials did not supply grounds to enactment the caller allegations. The declassified quality besides did not supply details astir however galore weapons are portion of the shipments, oregon however they would beryllium paid for.
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US officials divided implicit quality suggesting Russian subject discussed scenarios for utilizing atomic weapons
From CNN's Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu chairs a gathering astatine the National Defense Control Centre successful Moscow, Russia, connected November 1. (Russian Defense Ministry/Reuters)Russian subject officials person discussed however and nether what conditions Russia would usage a tactical atomic weapon connected the battlefield successful Ukraine, according to a US quality appraisal described to CNN by aggregate sources who person work it.
The assessment, drafted by the National Intelligence Council, is not a precocious assurance merchandise and is not earthy quality but alternatively analysis, aggregate radical who person work it told CNN. For that reason, immoderate officials judge the conversations reflected successful the papers whitethorn person been taken retired of context, and bash not needfully bespeak that Russia is preparing to usage a atomic weapon.
The US has inactive not seen immoderate signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to instrumentality the drastic measurement of utilizing one, officials said, and Putin is not believed to person been progressive successful the discussions described successful the NIC product.
But others wrong the medication who person viewed the papers person reacted with concern, due to the fact that it provides a uncommon model into conversations betwixt elder Russian generals and reveals their intensifying vexation astir Russia’s losses connected the battlefield successful Ukraine. That vexation could crook into desperation, immoderate officials fear. There are besides questions astir whether Russia’s self-declared annexation of eastbound Ukraine earlier this twelvemonth means Russia is consenting to instrumentality much utmost measures to support that territory.
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Russia changes course, rejoins cardinal Ukraine atom export deal
From CNN's Ivana Kottasová
The Malta flagged bulk bearer Zante en-route to Belgium transits the Bosphorus carrying 47,270 metric tons of rapeseed from Ukraine connected November 2, successful Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)Russia said Wednesday it was rejoining the statement that guarantees harmless passage for ships carrying captious atom exports from Ukraine, a determination that whitethorn assistance easiness concerns astir planetary nutrient supplies that were raised erstwhile Moscow suspended its information successful the pact past week.
The determination to reverse people and rejoin the statement was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense conscionable days aft Moscow cited drone attacks connected the metropolis of Sevastopol successful occupied Crimea as the crushed for its withdrawal from the deal.
Russia has blamed Ukraine for the Sevastopol attacks. Ukraine has not confirmed that its forces attacked the city, and the grade of the harm to Russian naval vessels remains unclear.
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