Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Kyiv regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba posted on Telegram that “about 20,000 subscribers” remain without electricity in the region, following yesterday’s Russian shelling of vital infrastructure. In the message, Kuleba says “I’m grateful to local residents for their understanding” regarding the “planned stabilization outages” and says “power workers are working around the clock” on repairs. Updated at 08:25 GMT Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, governor of Sumy, said that with the exception of a midnight flyover, the night passed quietly in his region. However, he has posted on Telegram that there is now an air alert in the northeastern region of Ukraine. Updated at 08:26 GMT Every day, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) issues an operational update. Today, it claims that one person was killed and six people were injured on the Ukrainian territory it holds. It also claims that “three civilian infrastructure facilities” were damaged by shelling that hit eight areas it occupies. The claims have not been independently verified. The so-called DPR is one of the areas that the Russian Federation claims to have annexed. Russia, Syria and North Korea were the only UN member states to recognize the DPRK as any kind of legitimate authority. Updated at 07:50 GMT A quick snapshot here from the Russian embassy in Iran, which claims that Russia’s ambassador to Iran, Alexei Dedov, met with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian. The pair reportedly “expressed their mutual intention to further expand Russian-Iranian relations,” according to the embassy. Russian Ambassador to Iran Alexei Dedov presented copies of credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian @Amirabdolahian The parties expressed their mutual intention to further expand Russian-Iranian relations 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇷 pic.twitter.com/ghAVmPoRRj — Russian Embassy, IRI (@RusEmbIran) November 1, 2022 Iran has significantly deepened its involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, agreeing to provide a batch of medium-range missiles as well as a large number of cheap but effective drones, US and Iranian security officials revealed last month. Iran is also providing technical support to Russian pilots who fly Iranian drones to bomb civilian targets, the White House confirmed. Updated at 07:20 GMT Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told Ukraine’s defense and infrastructure ministers that maintaining the Black Sea grain export deal is “of great importance” and that, as a humanitarian initiative, it should be kept separate from the conflict in Ukraine. A statement released by his ministry on Tuesday said 10 million tonnes of grain had already been sent to those in need and “all problems can be resolved through cooperation and dialogue”. He added: The Black Sea Corridor is much faster and more convenient for transporting grain than the land route. The business of transporting grain, which is a purely human activity, should be separated from the conditions of conflict.’ The statement follows the suspension of Russia’s participation in the deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July and aimed at keeping food products flowing to global markets. Akar also told his Russian counterpart on Monday that Moscow should reassess its decision. Updated at 07:21 GMT
Officials installed by Russia extend the evacuation zone in Kherson
Officials stationed by Russia in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region said Monday night they were expanding the evacuation zone farther from the Dnipro River. In a Telegram post, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-backed head of the region, which is partially held by Russian forces, said he was expanding the area covered by a civilian evacuation order by an additional 15 kilometers (nine miles) to to include seven other settlements. People work to repair a school after it was damaged during a strike in the border village of Kherson, outside Mykolayiv, on October 31. Photo: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 06:49 GMT
Saudi Aramco posts 39% rise in profits
Saudi Aramco on Tuesday posted a 39 percent rise in third-quarter profit on a year-over-year basis, the latest financial results boosted by higher oil prices stemming in large part from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, AFP reports. The announcement came as the OPEC+ oil cartel was set to implement production cuts that have angered the US, which says the move – approved at a meeting last month – amounts to “aligning with Russia” in the conflict . The energy giant’s net income came in at $42.4 billion – up from $30.4 billion in the same period last year – and was “primarily driven by higher crude oil prices and sales volumes,” it said in a stock exchange filing. of Saudi Arabia. Updated at 06:31 GMT Asian factory output weakened in October as fears of a global recession and China’s zero-Covid policy hit demand, business surveys showed on Tuesday, adding to persistent supply disruptions and dim recovery prospects. Further U.S. interest rate hikes are also expected to force most Asian central banks to prevent sharp capital outflows by tightening their own monetary policies, even if that means cooling already soft economies, analysts say. The International Monetary Fund cut its economic forecasts for Asia as global monetary tightening, rising inflation fueled by the war in Ukraine and China’s sharp slowdown dampened prospects for the region’s recovery. Grain was leaving Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under a United Nations initiative aimed at reducing global food shortages, despite Russia warning that it was dangerous to continue after pulling out of the pact. Russia said on Monday that the deal was hard to come by as it was impossible to guarantee the safety of shipping after it pulled out over the weekend following a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea. And Sabbagh Three days after a Russian S-300 missile hit the roof of her apartment building in the early hours of Sunday morning, Iryna Davydiuk was unlikely to hang the washing on what was left of her apartment balcony. It was a generously warm afternoon in late October in the southern port city of Mykolaiv, but on the terrace below lay a large concrete block and copious amounts of rubble. Fortunately, Davydiuk, 48, had decided to take refuge with relatives in the countryside over the weekend and thus avoided the night’s effects. When she returned Monday morning, she was stunned to find extensive damage to her family’s home. “I couldn’t understand why, why,” he said. “Why did they do this? We were just living our lives peacefully. Why did this happen?’ At 1.40 am on October 23, two S-300 missiles landed on Davydiuk’s estate two minutes apart. One hit her block and the other blew up a store, blowing up debris all over the playground. Olena Izotova, 46, said she was woken up by the first bomb, while the shock wave from the second “blow her into the other room”. Miraculously, no one was killed because the strike took place at night – and so many people have already moved out. Since March, Mykolaiv has been relentlessly and indiscriminately targeted by the Russian invaders, after their advance was halted a few miles away. Rockets and bombs land most days – there have been only 25 days without shelling, officials say, and 148 civilians have been killed, including, earlier this month, an 11-year-old boy:
The strikes cut power to 270,000 homes in Kyiv
Ukraine suffered widespread power outages and water supply was cut to large parts of Kiev on Monday after another wave of Russian missiles hit key infrastructure. The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said on Telegram that Russia had fired 55 cruise missiles and dozens of other munitions at “civilian targets” across the country, days after Russia accused Ukraine of drone attacks on its fleet in Black Sea. Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich early Tuesday called the bombing “one of the most massive shelling of our territory by the Russian Federation military.” However, he noted on the same platform that thanks to improved air defense, “the destruction is not as critical as it could be.” Although the military said many of the missiles had been shot down, Prime Minister Denis Smigal said the strikes had still caused power outages in “hundreds” of areas in seven Ukrainian regions. Several explosions were heard in the capital Kyiv. People get water from a pump in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 31, 2022. Photo: Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Monday that 40 percent of the city’s residents are without water, while 270,000 homes are without power. In western Kiev, an AFP reporter saw more than 100 people with empty plastic bottles and containers waiting to collect water from a park fountain. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted: “Instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia is fighting civilians.” Ukraine’s damaged energy infrastructure will be repaired with equipment from 12 countries, Kuleba said in a separate statement. The Russian military confirmed it had carried out cruise missile strikes and said they all hit their intended targets. In Moldova, the government said a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defenses landed in the village of Naslavcea in the north of the country, but without causing injuries.
Summary and welcome
Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine. My name is Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest for the next while. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Monday that 40 percent of the city’s residents were without water and 270,000 homes were without electricity after a new wave of Russian missiles fired from Ukraine.
