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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 30.10 Ukraine MOD 30 Oct 2022
• Russia Resumes Blockade of Ukraine's Grain Exports, Reigniting Concerns Over Food Crisis RFE/RL 30 Oct 2022 -- Russia has resumed its military blockade of Ukrainian ports, halting the supply of grain supplies largely headed to poor countries and reigniting fears of a spiral in global food prices.
• Russia halts grain deal after Ukraine attack on Black Sea fleet Press TV 30 Oct 2022 -- Russia has suspended its participation in a Turkey- and UN-brokered deal signed in July that allowed Ukraine to export its grain shipment from the Black Sea.

Ukraine

• There were no emergency blackouts in the country today, but the generation deficit persists, therefore frugal electricity consumption should be continued - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 30 Oct 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief President of Ukraine 30 Oct 2022
• Ukraine Envoy Urges Germany Not To Shelter Russian Mobilization Dodgers RFE/RL 30 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's new ambassador to Germany, Oleksiy Makeyev, has urged Germany not to shelter Russian men who have fled their country to avoid military mobilization, describing them as a "security risk."

Russia

• Russia says recovered Ukraine drones in Crimea attack with 'Canadian-made navigation modules' Press TV 30 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Defense Ministry says it has recovered and analyzed the fragments of drones used by the Ukrainian military to stage a "terrorist attack" against Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean Peninsula, coming to the conclusion that the unmanned aerial vehicles were equipped with "Canadian-made navigation modules."
• Russia Retrieves and Examines Parts of Drones Used in Sevastopol Attack, MoD Says Sputnik 30 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Defense Ministry raised from the sea bottom and inspected fragments of drones that were used to strike ships and infrastructure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Saturday, which revealed that they were launched near the port city of Odesa, the ministry said on Sunday.
• Russia Ready to Replace Ukrainian Grain - Senior Lawmaker Sputnik 30 Oct 2022 -- Russia is ready to completely replace Ukrainian grain on the world market, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council (upper chamber of the Russian parliament) Konstantin Kosachev said following Moscow's decision to suspend its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
• Russian Ambassador: Unfair to Blame Russia for Suspending Participation in Grain Deal Sputnik 30 Oct 2022 -- Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov says it is unfair to accuse Russia of halting its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, since the withdrawal from the deal was caused by reckless action of the Ukrainian authorities.

United States

• Blinken: Russia 'Weaponizing Food' by Suspending Grain Exports VOA 30 Oct 2022 -- Moscow has suspended implementation of a U.N.-brokered grain export deal that has allowed more than 9 million tons of grain to be shipped from Ukraine, helping to ease the global food crisis and lower prices.

NATO

United Nations

• UN chief 'deeply concerned' by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative UN News 30 Oct 2022 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern at Russia's decision to suspend its involvement in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world.

Foreign Reactions

• Western Leaders Denounce Moscow's Boycott of UN Grain Deal VOA 30 Oct 2022 -- The European Union called on Russia to reverse its decision to pull out of the U.N.-led grain initiative and to allow the grain shipments to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports.

News Reports

• After The Russian Withdrawal, Memories Of Resistance And Collaboration Linger In A Ukrainian Village RFE/RL 30 Oct 2022 -- Aside from gutted buildings and twisted scraps of military hardware, the liberated village of Shevchenkove, like others in northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region, now lives with an intangible but harrowing reminder of more than six months under Russian occupation -- the stories of those who resisted the invaders and those who cooperated.