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Washington and Kyiv have criticized Moscow’s claims that Ukraine is making plans to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, calling them “transparent fakes” and a “pretext for escalation. “A “dirty bomb” is designed to pollute a giant domain. with radioactivity, making it destructive or uninhabitable for the inhabitants, without a nuclear explosion.
Ukrainian forces continue to advance on Kherson, which was illegally annexed through Moscow last month. The Russian government says 25,000 citizens have been evacuated since Tuesday.
Meanwhile, more than a million homes in Ukraine have power as Russia continues to attack critical energy infrastructure across the country.
The World Bank has distributed an additional $500 million to Ukraine to finance the country’s critical spending needs.
The financing, provided through its lending arm, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, was subsidized through $500 million in U. K. loan pledges announced Sept. 30, the bank said.
In total, the bank said it had $13 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine, of which $11. 4 billion has been distributed.
A September report through the World Bank, the Ukrainian government and the European Commission estimated that reconstruction and recovery prices amounted to $349 billion as of June 1. However, this figure is expected to continue as the war drags on.
— Natalia Tam
The organization that oversees Ukraine’s grain export said it had allowed 4 ships to leave the besieged country.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement announced in July between Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and Turkey, said ships were carrying 159,662 metric tons of grain and other crops.
Two shipments will depart from Yuzhny-Pivdennyi in Ukraine to China and Italy with corn and sunflower meal. One shipment will depart from Odessa to Vietnam and bring about 57,000 metric tons of wheat. The fourth ship will leave Chornomorsk for Algeria with 14,270 tons of wheat.
Learn about the Black Sea Grain Initiative here.
—Amanda Macias
The International Atomic Energy Agency will build two nuclear sites in Ukraine, following a request by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to refute Russian accusations that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb. “
“The IAEA inspected one such site a month ago and all our findings were in line with Ukraine’s safeguards statements,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement. “No undeclared nuclear activity has been discovered there. “
Both sites are under U. N. nuclear watchdog safeguards and get normal from IAEA regulators, according to the agency. ” claim (es.
—Rocio Faber
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a message touting the achievements of the Ukrainian military, marking precisely 8 months since Russia introduced its invasion of Ukraine.
“We have defended the independence of our state and Russia replaces it,” he wrote in a Telegram article. “We are liberating Ukrainian land step by step. Donbass, Kharkiv region, Kherson region. “
He also expressed hope for two other occupied regions across Russia, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea, that “the time will come and all of Ukraine will be free. “
Zelenskyy pointed to the weakening of Russia’s global stature as a result of the war, with the loss of the country’s fuel and the influence of the army and the development of political isolation. He also referred to Russian accusations that Ukraine was in a position to use a “dirty bomb” on its territory to try to “get something out of Western countries” through “inventing nonsense about Ukraine. “
“Ukraine is breaking the so-called army of the moment in the world and now Russia will be a beggar,” he said.
—Rocio Faber
Sweden’s center-right government will satisfy all the conditions of a deal with Turkey to join NATO and concentrate foreign relations on its immediate community while abandoning the “feminist foreign policy” of the past administration, the country’s most sensible diplomat said.
Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said the new government stores Turkey’s considerations about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which is a terrorist organization in Turkey, Europe and the United States.
“There will be no nonsense about the Swedish government component as far as the PKK is concerned,” Billstrom told The Associated Press in an interview. territory. “
Turkey has blocked the historic attempt through Sweden and Finland to join NATO, fearing that either country, specifically Sweden, has become a haven for PKK members and affiliated groups.
– Associated Press
Yum Brands said it had reached an agreement to sell its KFC restaurants in Russia to a local operator there, paving the way for a complete exit from the country.
The restaurateur, which also owns the Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands, will move its Russian KFC sites, operating formula and master franchise rights to Smart Service Ltd, which is controlled by current Russian KFC franchisees Konstantin Yurievich Kotov and Andrey Eduardovich Oskolkov, Yum said in a press release.
The customer will be to change the name of the restaurants and retain existing employees.
Many Western corporations sold their Russian assets to leaders as they struggled to comply with sanctions similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
— Reuters
The United States has noted no indication that Russia will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
“At the moment, we have not noticed any explanation for why to adjust our own nuclear posture, nor do we have indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, but we have heard those very troubling statements,” Price told reporters at a meeting. Press conference. Press conference.
The United States is closely following Russia’s nuclear rhetoric, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in a separate call.
—Amanda Macias
The United States criticized Russian claims that Ukraine was contemplating a “dirty bomb,” adding that “there was absolutely nothing in the Russian indictment. “
The United States is involved in those allegations, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on a conference call.
“They [the Russians] are the ones who made it a public factor and evidently we know they are and there is no plan through the Ukrainians to do this,” Kirthrough said.
“We take the matter seriously,” he added.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier Monday that the Kremlin was involved “in imaginable provocations across Ukraine with the use of a ‘dirty bomb,'” according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
—Amanda Macias
The organization guilty of overseeing Ukraine’s grain exports said it is running to deal with the backlog of 113 vessels awaiting inspection.
The Joint Coordination Center, or JCC, said it was “concerned that delays could disrupt the chain of origin and port operations. “
“The JCC is discussing tactics to cope with the buildup, noting that the next harvest is approaching and that the silos in Ukrainian ports covered by the Initiative will soon be complete again,” the organization wrote.
The JCC has enabled the movement of more than 8. 5 million metric tons of food products from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement announced in July between Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and Turkey.
Learn about the Black Sea Grain Initiative here.
—Amanda Macias
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned Russia’s “false claim” that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory.
“NATO allies reject this accusation,” he wrote in a tweet. “Russia will not have to use it as a pretext for escalation. “
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the Russian accusations, arguing that the claim only indicates that Russia is most likely preparing to use the “dirty bomb. “The United States, the United Kingdom and France have also spoken out against Russia’s accusations.
NATO allies have provided significant assistance to Ukraine, implementing improved measures in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Following the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, member countries agreed on the existing comprehensive assistance program to Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.
This has led to an increase in several areas of security, adding communications, cyber defense, medical supplies, bulletproof vests, security equipment and anti-drone systems.
—Rocio Faber
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing in Russian is scheduled for Tuesday.
Earlier this month, a Russian issued a trial to hear Griner’s appeal after she was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to nine years in prison. Griner has been held in a Russian detention center for more than eight months since his arrest earlier this year.
Griner will appear via a video convention at the hearing, which is expected to last about an hour. The judge’s verdict is expected Tuesday.
—Amanda Macias
Chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley spoke with Russian Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov.
“Army leaders discussed various security-related considerations and agreed to keep the lines of communication open. In keeping with practice beyond, the main express points of their verbal exchange will remain confidential,” Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Col. Dave Butler wrote in a reading. of the call
Milley’s call comes as U. S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made two calls with his Russian counterpart a week.
—Amanda Macias
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the risk of a “dirty bomb” was real, though the United States, Britain and France have denied the possibility.
“Their distrust of data provided through the Russian side does not mean that the risk of such a ‘dirty bomb’ ceases to exist. The risk is obvious,” Peskov told a news conference.
Peskov’s remarks followed claims by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that Ukraine was making provocative plans such as a “dirty bomb,” contaminating surrounding spaces with radioactivity without a nuclear explosion. The United Kingdom, the United States and France have denounced the accusations as “patently false”.
Peskov also said there are no calls planned lately for Russian President Vladimir Putin following a series of foreign calls made through Shoigu in recent days, which were joined by the United States and Western allies.
—Rocio Faber
On Monday, Ukraine’s most sensible soccer club suggested FIFA pull Iran out of the World Cup because of the country’s alleged army for the Russian invasion.
Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin accused Iran of “direct involvement in terrorist attacks opposed to Ukrainians,” suggesting his own country’s team will play in Qatar as a replacement.
“This will be a fair resolution that deserves to draw the world’s attention to a regime that kills its most productive elements and is helping to kill Ukrainians,” Palkin said a day before his team played Celtic in the Champions League.
The White House said Thursday that the United States has evidence that Iranian troops are “engaged directly on the ground” in Crimea with Russian drone strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure and civilian population. And Ukraine’s intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview published Monday that Russian forces used about 330 Iranian-made “Shahed” drones on Saturday, and more had been ordered.
– Associated Press
U. S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart over the weekend, the third known call since the Kremlin’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine last February.
Gen. Pat Ryder said Austin spoke Sunday with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu following a phone call Friday morning. Ryder said Shoigu requested the follow-up call.
“Secretary Austin rejected any pretext for Russian escalation and reaffirmed continued communication amid Russia’s illegal and unwarranted war against Ukraine,” the Pentagon said.
—Amanda Macias
The United Nations has shown 6,374 civilian deaths and 9,776 wounded in Ukraine since Russia invaded its former Soviet neighbor on Feb. 24.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, as armed clashes can delay reports of deaths.
The foreign organization said most of the recorded civilian casualties were caused by the use of explosive weapons with ample effect in the area, adding heavy artillery fire and multiple rocket launchers, as well as missiles and airstrikes.
—Amanda Macias
Pope Francis met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Vatican, with the war in Ukraine on the minds of both leaders.
The Vatican, in a statement, said that after Macron held talks with Francis, the French leader met with the Holy See’s secretary of state and his foreign minister.
“During the cordial talks, which took place at the Secretariat of State, the parties focused on problems of an external nature, starting with the confrontation in Ukraine, with special attention to the humanitarian situation,” the Vatican said. “Special attention paid to the Caucasus, Middle East and Africa region”.
A French presidential official said the focus on Ukraine was in line with Macron’s speech Sunday night at a peace-promoting forum, which Francis will address later this week. Macron used this speech to assert that the timing and situations are up to Ukraine. of peace to end the war.
– Associated Press
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry expressed fears over Russia’s prolonged inspection of the vessels, which has led to delays in shipments along the Black Sea grain corridor.
“We have an explanation as to why the delays in Russian inspections of grain initiative vessels are politically motivated,” the ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine argued that Russia’s moves “undermine global food security. “The delays “have already prevented Ukraine from exporting 3 million tons of grain,” enough to feed another 10 million people worldwide, the Foreign Ministry said.
The UN-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative, which agreed in July to mitigate the effects of the war on Ukraine’s grain exports, will be renewed on Nov. 20. Russia has demanded new benefits from the deal, threatening to reject renewal if its situations are not met.
—Rocio Faber
German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said she believes it is vital to start rebuilding Ukraine now.
“You probably have to do a lot of things in parallel and also be waiting for one or the other to be destroyed again,” Schulze said on ARD’s Mediathek morning show. “But it is vital that young people continue to have schools, that the local hospital works, that the electricity, that the water is there. “
Germany is already helping with reconstruction, he added. About two hundred million euros of the 426 million euros Germany sent to Ukraine for reconstruction efforts went to other people in Ukraine, Schulze said.
Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction could cost up to $350 billion, according to a report released early last month by the World Bank, the Ukrainian government and the European Commission.
—Rocio Faber
Moscow says France and Germany are “not willing” to mediate in the Ukraine conflict and praises Turkey’s willingness to negotiate talks.
“[The Turkish capital] Ankara takes a different position than Paris and Berlin . . . and expressed readiness to continue mediation efforts,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He added that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have so far shown “no willingness to pay attention to Russia’s position or engage in mediation efforts. “
Macron said Sunday that the terms of peace will be dictated through Ukraine.
—Natasha Turak
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, to send a team of experts to Ukraine to its nuclear facilities, to refute Russia’s claim that it has a “dirty bomb” that it plans to use on its own territory.
Grossi, the head of the IAEA, which is the UN’s nuclear watchdog, “accepted” Kuleba’s request to “urgently send experts to nonviolent facilities in Ukraine,” the minister wrote on Twitter.
“Unlike Russia, Ukraine has been and remains transparent. We have nothing to hide,” Kuleba added. In another tweet, he said he had spoken to EU foreign policy leader Josep Borrell, who “welcomed Ukraine’s resolution to invite IAEA experts. “”
—Natasha Turak
Russia has used Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in many parts of Ukraine to attack critical infrastructure and civilian areas, the UK Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence update, but added that the use of anti-drone generation by Ukrainian forces is more effective. .
“Russia continues to use Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in opposition to Ukraine’s targets. Ukraine’s efforts to defeat Shahed-136 UAVs are increasingly successful,” the ministry said in a message on Twitter.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other officials claim that up to 85 percent of strikes are intercepted, the ministry wrote, adding that “these drones are slow, noisy and fly at low altitudes, making remote aircraft easy to strike traditional air defenses. “
Most likely, the drones will be used to upgrade Russia’s long-range precision guided missiles, which she says “are rare. “
—Natasha Turak
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia is the actor that will deploy nuclear weapons in Europe, and called for the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure over the past eight months.
His comments came in reaction to the Kremlin’s claim, without evidence, that Ukraine was preparing to use a “dirty bomb,” which uses nuclear fission to contaminate a giant domain with radioactivity, without an explosion, on its own territory.
It was Russia that used “nuclear blackmail” at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been under Russian profession since March, as well as the use of phosphorus munitions and other banned weapons opposed to civilian infrastructure, Zelenskyy said.
He added that such a statement only meant that Russia was preparing to deploy the weapon of which it accused Ukraine.
In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia’s position that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory to escalate the dispute with Russia.
“Their distrust of the data provided through the Russian aspect does not mean that there is no risk of such a dirty bomb,” Peskov told reporters.
“Such a risk exists, and the Minister of Defense has given the data to his interlocutors. It’s up to them to accept it as true with him or not. “
—Natasha Turak
Ukraine “has neither the ability nor the desire to use dirty bombs,” Nigel Gould-Davies, senior researcher for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, wrote in a Twitter thread.
“The series of calls through [Russian Defense Minister] Shoigu with the U. S. The US, UK, France and Turkey, claiming that Ukraine was making plans to use a ‘dirty bomb’, is very worrying. We haven’t noticed anything like this intense international army. Relations since the beginning of the war. Its substance is even more disturbing,” wrote Gould-Davies, who was once the UK’s ambassador to Belarus.
“Of course, Ukraine has neither the ability nor the desire to use filthy bombs. Russia loses. In any case, no one will, Shoigu, especially [British Defense Minister] Ben Wallace, who was lied to during his stopover in Moscow before the invasion.
“Shoigu also warned of ‘uncontrolled escalation. ‘ It is Russia that is intensifying. . . It’s just as hard to see in those calls anything other than Shoigu doubling down on Putin’s deceptions or paving the way for Russian nuclear use. Yes, nuclear (i. e. fission),” Gould-Davies added. A dirty bomb would violate the nuclear taboo but would have significant effects. “
—Natasha Turak
U. S. and Ukrainian officials have invalidated Moscow’s claims that Ukraine is making plans to use a “dirty bomb,” calling them “transparently false. “
The accusation was made through Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a series of high-level calls with Western defense directors. Ministry.
A “dirty bomb” is designed to contaminate a giant domain with radioactivity, making it destructive or uninhabitable for the inhabitants, without a nuclear explosion.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, that “the United States rejects Russian Defense Minister Shoygu’s blatantly false accusations that Ukraine is going to use a dirty bomb on its own territory and that the world would see through any attempt through Russia to use this bomb. “accusation as a pretext for escalation,” according to a White House statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the Russian accusation.
“If Russia calls and says that Ukraine intends to prepare something, it means one thing: Russia has already prepared all this,” Zelenskyy said in his evening speech.
—Natasha Turak
French President Emmanuel Macron said the terms of peace with Moscow should be through Ukraine, stressing that the end of the war “cannot be the consecration of the law of the strongest. “
“Remaining impartial would mean accepting the global order of the strongest, and I don’t agree with that,” Macron said Sunday from Rome, at the start of the three-day Cry for Peace conference.
Macron added that the foreign network would be receptive when the Ukrainian government at the time.
Ukrainian forces are gradually retaking illegally occupied territory and annexed through Russia, and as Moscow appears to be lagging behind, its ability to wreak havoc on Ukraine’s important cities and infrastructure remains intact and analysts fear it could use more excessive retaliatory measures, such as nuclear weapons.
—Natasha Turak
Russian movements in critical force infrastructure in Ukraine have left more than a million homes in the country without electricity, Ukrainian Vice President Kyrylo Tymoshenko said over the weekend. What may be in the store for next winter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested his fellow citizens to be careful with their energy consumption.
“We have to consume electricity very consciously. Don’t restrict the use of dead, energy-consuming appliances. . . They must be really economical with energy taking in public space,” he said Sunday night in his speech.
—Natasha Turak
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