Russia's war on Ukraine latest news: Retreat in southern Ukraine signalled - Reuters.com

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Russian forces are apt to wantonness their foothold connected the westbound slope of Ukraine's Dnipro River, a Russian-installed concern authoritative said, signalling a monolithic Russian retreat that, if confirmed, would beryllium a large turning constituent successful the war.

FIGHTING

* Russian attacks were reported crossed ample areas of Ukraine, damaging infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

* Europe's largest atomic powerfulness works has again been disconnected from the powerfulness grid aft Russian shelling damaged the remaining precocious voltage lines, leaving it with conscionable diesel generators, Ukraine atomic steadfast Energoatom said.

* Ukrainian forces person destroyed 278 Russian craft during 8 months of fighting, much than doubly arsenic galore arsenic the Soviet Union mislaid successful its 1979-89 subject involution successful Afghanistan, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said.

* The streets and boulevards of the Russian-held larboard of Kherson are virtually empty. Many shops and businesses person been closed. Evacuations person picked up arsenic Ukrainian forces person precocious to the northbound and eastbound of the strategical city.

GRAIN DEAL

* The Russian delegation resumed enactment astatine the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) that runs the Black Sea atom woody operations successful Istanbul and joined vas inspections connected Thursday, the U.N. Secretariat astatine the centre said. Russia said connected Wednesday it would resume its participation successful a woody to escaped up captious atom exports from Ukraine, aft suspending it implicit the weekend, saying it had received guarantees from Ukraine that it would not usage the Black Sea atom corridor for subject operations against Russia.

* Ukraine said it had made nary commitments to Russia that spell beyond the presumption of the Black Sea Grains Initiative agreed successful July to transportation Moscow to resume its information successful the deal.

* Moscow urged the United Nations to assistance fulfil the parts of the woody intended to easiness Russia's nutrient and fertiliser exports.

DIPLOMACY

* Russia's Foreign Ministry said it had delivered a protestation to the British ambassador aft summoning her implicit its allegation that British specialists had been progressive successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Russia's Black Sea Fleet successful Crimea..

* Foreign ministers from the G7 group of affluent democracies were discussing however champion to coordinate further enactment for Ukraine astatine a gathering successful Germany.

* G20 acme big Indonesia is waiting to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin volition attend, Indonesia's overseas curate said, adding that differences implicit Ukraine had made preparations for the gathering peculiarly fraught.

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"The full beforehand enactment is taxable to changeless shelling astir the clock," Donetsk portion Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, told Ukrainian television.

"There is practically not a azygous dwelling that hasn't been damaged successful Avdiivka, successful Maryinka, successful Krasnohorivka. Selydove, adjacent person to the beforehand line, took a nonstop deed this week. The enemy's strategy of artillery strikes maneuver is to destruct these towns and hitch past disconnected the look of the Earth. Nothing other works for them."

Compiled by Angus MacSwan and Lincoln Feast; Editing by Gerry Doyle and Simon Cameron-Moore

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