Ukraine updates: Russia wants to put Ukrainians in the dark - DW (English)

Months aft starting its penetration of Ukraine, Russia has been incapable to instrumentality power of its neighbour and is launching punishing attacks connected civilian infrastructure up of a acold wintertime and moving to undermine European unity and enactment for Ukraine, EU overseas argumentation main Josep Borrell told DW.

"Russia is destroying a country. The Russian service is incapable to conquer it. Ukrainians are resisting and rejecting the invader," Borrell told DW connected the sidelines of a G7 overseas ministers' meeting successful the occidental German metropolis of Münster. "You tin destruct a state astatine hundreds of kilometers acold away. Destroying chiefly the energy system. They privation to enactment the Ukrainians into the acheronian successful the acold during the winter."

He added that different extremity of Russia's ongoing warfare of aggression against Ukraine was to effort to spot distant astatine European unity.

Russia wants "European radical to beryllium weakened and successful the wintertime not to beryllium truthful acceptable to enactment the Ukrainians," Borrell said earlier insisting that European nations should spot themselves arsenic morally obligated to assistance Ukrainians with wealth arsenic good arsenic weapons.

"We person to enactment them," helium said, adding that Ukrainians needed  "arms to support and to trim anti-Iranian weapons, to unopen down the drones earlier the drones stroke implicit their heads oregon their houses implicit their powerfulness stations. This is the motivation work of the Europeans."

With astir 4 cardinal Ukrainians fleeing to the EU, Borrell went connected to impeach Russia of "trying to make governmental instability and they are trying to make migration waves due to the fact that they cognize that the Europeans are precise delicate to migration."

Here are the different main headlines from the warfare successful Ukraine connected Thursday, November 3:

Ukraine wary of Kherson 'retreat'

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said connected Thursday that it was present imaginable for Ukrainian troops to retake the strategical confederate metropolis of Kherson.

"On the contented of whether the Ukrainians tin instrumentality the remaining territory connected the westbound broadside of the Dnipro stream and successful Kherson, I surely judge that they person the capableness to bash that," Austin said.

The secretary's remarks coincided with statements from Russian officials successful the country that they would apt retreat to the eastbound broadside of the Dnipro.

Such a determination would awesome 1 of Russia's astir important decision since the penetration began.

However, Kyiv voiced concerns that the retreat was small much than a trap. Images of Kherson metropolis hallway without the Russian emblem atop it could beryllium portion of a disinformation campaign, Ukrainian officials warned.

"We proceed fighting, besides successful the Kherson direction, contempt the information that the force is trying to person america that they are leaving the settlements and creating the effect of a full evacuation," said Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the confederate Ukrainian subject command.

Nuclear watchdog finds nary motion of 'dirty bomb'

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said connected Thursday that inspectors had unfettered entree and recovered no denotation of undeclared atomic activity and materials astatine 3 sites successful Ukraine.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said successful a connection that inspectors "completed their in-field verification activities astatine 3 locations successful Ukraine astatine the petition of the of the authorities of Ukraine."

The petition to nonstop teams of UN inspectors was issued aft Russia made allegations that Kyiv was readying to deploy a alleged "dirty bomb" containing radioactive material.

"Our method and technological valuation of the results we person truthful acold did not amusement immoderate motion of undeclared atomic activities and materials astatine these 3 locations. Additionally, we volition study connected the results of the biology sampling arsenic soon arsenic possible," Grossi said.

Grossi went connected to accidental that the IAEA remained poised to behaviour further verification activities successful Ukraine if necessary.

UN says sees 'progress' connected Russia fertilizer exports

Talks are underway to unblock exports of Russian fertilizer and made "important steps forward," a UN negotiators said Thursday earlier admitting sizeable enactment remains.

UN commercialized negotiator Rebeca Grynspan told reporters successful Geneva that important advancement was being made towards unblocking the concern with Russia's fertilizer exports.

"We are moving precise hard making that facilitation, [and] person factual results," said Grynspan, caput of the UN Trade and Development Agency (UNCTAD).

"We person made important steps forward, but determination is inactive a roadworthy to beryllium travelled, particularly with respect to the fertilizer crunch that we are seeing successful the world," she added.

Grynspan said fertilizer exports from Russia — the world's largest shaper — look important obstacles.

"We person been clarifying and engaging with the EU, the US and the UK to lick these problems," she said. "I deliberation that we are making progress," she said, though adding that the negotiators had not made "all the advancement that I would privation to spot close now."

Bulgarian lawmakers o.k. Ukraine subject aid

The parliament successful Bulgaria has voted successful favour of sending subject assistance to Ukraine.
In a ballot successful the National Assembly, 175 voted yes with 49 voting no, portion determination was 1 abstention.

The authorities has a period to determine what weaponry Bulgaria tin nonstop without compromising Bulgarian nationalist security.

Previously, Bulgaria had lone agreed to repair Ukrainian instrumentality and had refused to nonstop weapons, with President Rumen Radev informing it would marque Bulgaria enactment to the war.

Hungary and Bulgaria person been the lone EU subordinate states to diminution to springiness weaponry to Kyiv.

The pro-Russian nationalist Vazrazhdane Party called connected its supporters to stitchery extracurricular parliament to protestation subject assistance for Ukraine, saying it "pushes the state into war."

UN: Ten cardinal tons of atom shipped successful deal    

Ships transported 10 cardinal metric tons of atom and foodstuffs retired of Ukraine arsenic portion of a woody with Russia, according to the United Nations.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres connected Thursday urged some sides to renew the agreement.

"The Black Sea Grain Initiative is making a difference," Guterres told journalists.
Russia suspended its relation successful the woody past week aft drones targeted its Black Sea Fleet successful Crimea. Moscow rejoined the statement erstwhile it said it received information guarantees for harmless maritime transition successful the region.

"The inaugural is working. It is our corporate work to support it moving smoothly," said Guterres.

Russia and Ukraine swap 107 prisoners each

A captive speech involving 214 captured unit took spot betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

Russia's Defense Ministry said Ukraine had released 107 Russian servicemen.

At the aforesaid time, Ukraine's Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak said Russia had released 107 Ukrainian fighters, including 74 who had been progressive successful the defence of the Azovstal alloy works successful Mariupol.

"We managed to speech earnestly injured and bedridden [fighters] from Mariupol, from 'Azovstal', boys with shrapnel wounds to arms and legs, gunshot wounds to assorted parts of the body. There are radical with amputated limbs and [those] who can't consciousness portion of their face, [others] with infected wounds," Yermak said.

Russia summons UK envoy implicit drone attack

Russia has called connected the UK envoy Thursday, claiming London had a manus successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected its Black Sea Fleet successful Crimea. 

"Such confrontational actions of the English transportation a menace of escalation of the concern and could pb to unpredictable and unsafe consequences," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. 

British Ambassador Deborah Bonnert went to the Russian Foreign Ministry and had a speech for astir fractional an hour, according to Russian authorities quality outlet TASS. She arrived astatine the gathering with protesters accusing the UK of being a "terrorist state." 

The UK has called Moscow's allegations regarding the drone onslaught "false claims of an epic scale." Russia has also accused London of being progressive successful explosions connected the Nord Stream pipelines successful September.  

Microsoft extends wartime assistance to Ukraine

Tech elephantine Microsoft announced that it volition supply Ukraine with different $100 cardinal (€101 million) successful tech assistance, arsenic Russia's penetration presses forward.

Ukraine volition beryllium capable to to utilize the company's unreality and information centers crossed Europe done the extremity of 2023. 

"Part of what this warfare has shown is that 1 needs to determination services to the unreality successful a clip of warfare to guarantee their resilience and security," Microsoft Vice Chairman Brad Smith told journalists astatine the yearly Web Summit tech gathering successful Lisbon, Portugal.  

Smith said his institution is pleased to instrumentality portion successful a "digital confederation of countries and companies and nonprofits lasting unneurotic to enactment Ukraine." 

Zaporizhzhia works again disconnected from powerfulness grid

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in southeastern Ukraine has been disconnected from its powerfulness grid again pursuing Russian shelling, according to a Telegram station from works relation Energoatom. 

The relation said the works is currently reliant connected diesel fuel. Energoatom said the generators person capable substance to powerfulness the works for lone 15 days.

"The countdown has begun," Energoatom said, portion adding that its options are constricted to "maintain the ZNPP successful a harmless mode."

The institution claimed that Russia bombed 2 of its powerfulness lines overnight. Energoatom believes said Moscow wants to repair the works and past link it to the Russian grid.

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order bringing the works nether Moscow's control, Ukrainian workers inactive run the facility. The works has been occupied by Russian forces since the aboriginal stages of the invasion.     

Melitopol witnesses explosions overnight

The Russian-occupied metropolis of Melitopol successful confederate Ukraine experienced aggregate explosions overnight, according to determination officials. 

Pro-Russian concern typical Vladimir Rogov claimed connected Telegram that Russian aerial defenses were shooting down a barrage of Ukrainian missiles.

Displaced Ukrainian Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said a gathering with Russian employees wrong was targeted.

The claims from the 2 sides person not been independently verified.

UN Security Council rejects Moscow-backed biologic weapons resolution

The UN Security Council precocious connected Wednesday rejected a solution drafted by Russia to analyse its allegations that the US is processing biological weapons successful Ukraine.

Russia and China were the lone votes successful favour of the investigation, portion US, France and Britain, which each person veto powers, voted against. All 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council abstained.

Moscow had asked for a committee to analyse its allegations that Ukraine and the US are engaging in "military biological" activities extracurricular the normal against the usage of biologic weapons. These claims were dismissed by the US and Ukraine arsenic disinformation oregon adjacent a imaginable precursor to a "false flag" cognition by Russia.

Russia's lawman ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky expressed disappointment astatine the result of the voteImage: John Lamparski/NurPhoto/picture confederation

Russia circulated the draught solution and a 310-page papers to assembly members past week, alleging biologic activities were taking spot successful laboratories successful Ukraine with enactment from the US Defense Department.

Russia's lawman ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, expressed disappointment astatine the result of the vote. 

"Western countries demonstrated successful each mode that the instrumentality does not use to them," helium said. "This is simply a accustomed assemblage mentality that we're utilized to and we're not adjacent amazed by it."

Russia plans to rise the contented again astatine the reappraisal league of the Biological Weapons Convention, from November 28 to December 16 successful Geneva.

US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield addressed the claims and said, "The US voted against this solution due to the fact that it is based connected disinformation, dishonesty, atrocious religion and a full deficiency of respect" for the Security Council.

Both Western powers and Russia person faced sizeable trouble passing immoderate resolutions connected the struggle successful Ukraine done the Security Council, fixed that astatine slightest 4 of the world's 5 veto holders person beardown and conflicting opinions connected it. 

Zelenskyy hails Russia's agreeing to resume atom export deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed Russia's determination to resume the woody to let the export of Ukrainian atom via the Black Sea connected Wednesday.

Zelenskyy called it "a important diplomatic effect for our state and the full world" in his nightly video code aft the resuscitation of the woody reached betwixt Kyiv and Moscow successful July, mediated by Turkey and the UN.

The Ukrainian president said Russia's telephone for guarantees reflected "the nonaccomplishment of the Russian aggression."  After 8 months of war, "the Kremlin is demanding information guarantees from Ukraine," helium said.

Russia said it had pulled retired of the accord implicit the play aft an onslaught connected its Black Sea fleet.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the reversal of the determination was influenced by the Ukrainian government's assurance that it won't motorboat strikes via the maritime corridor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his state had the right to locomotion retired of the atom woody erstwhile again, should Ukraine interruption its information guarantees.

About 14 cardinal radical forced from their homes: UNHCR

Russia's penetration of Ukraine has caused the biggest and fastest quality displacement successful decades, impacting astir 14 cardinal people, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) manager Filippo Grandi.

Speaking to the UN Security Council successful New York connected Wednesday, helium called for "an extremity to this senseless war."

"Some 14 cardinal radical person been forced from their homes," since the opening of Russia's penetration of Ukraine, Grandi said.

According to the UNHCR, much than 7 cardinal Ukrainians person immigrated overseas — astir 1 cardinal of them to Germany. Grandi said the UN bureau is getting acceptable for further colonisation movements some wrong and extracurricular of Ukraine.

He warned that Ukrainians were poised to look "one of the world's harshest winters successful highly hard circumstances," adjacent arsenic demolition of civilian infrastructure is "quickly making the humanitarian effect look similar a driblet successful the water of needs."

kb,ss/msh (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)