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• Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold a Background Briefing DoD 31 Oct 2022
• Russia Continues Attacks on Ukraine Civilian Targets DoD News 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia is continuing its campaign of terror attacks on Ukraine as it targets civilian infrastructure, said senior defense officials.
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 31.10 Ukraine MOD 31 Oct 2022
• Multiple missiles hit Ukraine after Russia blamed Kiev for Black Sea fleet attack Press TV 31 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian officials have reported multiple missile strikes in cities across the country, including the capital Kiev, after Russia accused Ukraine of attacking its Black Sea fleet in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.
• Russian Attacks Leave Ukrainian Cities Without Electricity, Water VOA 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia intensified its attacks on multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, targeting critical infrastructure and knocking out power and water supplies in Kyiv and other regions. The attacks came a day after Russia alleged that Ukraine attacked its Black Sea fleet.
• Kyiv, Other Regions Again Under Attack Across Ukraine RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia launched missiles into several Ukrainian cities on October 31, including the nation's capital, Kyiv, as the Kremlin continues its relentless assault on Ukrainian critical infrastructure in the hopes of wearing down its population's will to resist.
• Russia Expanding Forced Evacuations Of Ukrainians From Kherson Region RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia is expanding the forced evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from occupied Kherson as its forces seek to hold the region.
• Russia Resumes Blockade of Ukraine's Grain Exports, Reigniting Concerns Over Food Crisis RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia resumed its military blockade of Ukrainian ports on October 30, halting the supply of grain supplies largely headed to low-income nations and reigniting fears of a spiral in global food prices.
• Shot-Down Russian Missile Falls In Moldovan Village RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- A Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defenses fell on a village in northern Moldova on October 31, causing minor damage but no injuries, the Moldovan Interior Ministry said.

Ukraine

• Every Russian attack on our civilian objects brings the international consensus on Russia's liability closer - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2022
• Lawyers will put an end to this war after the military and politicians - address by the President of Ukraine to the participants of the meeting organized by the International Bar Association (IBA) President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2022
• President of Ukraine met with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in Kyiv President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Petr Fiala signed the Joint Declaration on Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Perspective President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2022
• Russia can and will lose, but partners should help Ukraine with weapons - Mykhailo Podolyak in an interview with Welt President of Ukraine 31 Oct 2022

Russia

• Putin: Ukrainian Drones Used Humanitarian Corridor to Attack Sevastopol, Put Grain Shipments at Risk Sputnik 31 Oct 2022 -- Western powers have blamed Russia for supposedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain shipments, which are vital for parts of Africa and the Middle East. However, Moscow has denied blocking them and Kiev has repeatedly acted to disrupt the safety measures made to allow such exports.
• Russia halts grain export deal with Ukraine People's Daily 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia announced Saturday that Moscow would immediately and indefinitely suspend its implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, accusing Ukraine of launching drone attacks under British guidance.
• Russia says grain shipments via Black Sea 'risky' after withdrawal from Ukraine deal Press TV 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia has warned that grain shipments via the Black Sea will be "risky" for Ukraine now that Moscow is no longer a participant to a UN-brokered deal to facilitate deliveries.
• Moscow to Help African Countries Amid Grain Deal Suspension Sputnik 31 Oct 2022 -- Moscow will help African countries in connection with the suspension ofthe grain deal, our partners understand Russia's position, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Monday.
• Putin 'ready' for talks with West over Ukraine: Lavrov Press TV 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says President Vladimir Putin is "ready" to hold negotiations with the West over Ukraine, where Moscow has been staging a military operation since February.

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United Nations

• Update 122 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 31 Oct 2022 -- A landmine explosion cut the main power supply connection to one of the reactors of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), in the latest incident underlining the fragile nuclear safety and security situation at the facility during the current military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
• Security Council debates Russian withdrawal from crucial Ukraine grain deal UN News 31 Oct 2022 -- The landmark agreement to export grain and related foodstuffs from Ukraine must be kept alive amid the ongoing war and the global cost of living crisis, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.
• UN chief alters travel plan in a bid to save Ukraine grain deal: spokesman People's Daily 31 Oct 2022 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to alter his travel plans to focus his efforts on saving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, said his spokesman on Sunday.

Foreign Reactions

• OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General praise work by field operations in Ukraine OSCE 31 Oct 2022 -- Following the lack of consensus by the OSCE Permanent Council to extend the mandates of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, due to the position of the Russian Federation, the OSCE is closing these two field operations today.
• Russia: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the UN Black Sea Grain Initiative EC/CEU 31 Oct 2022 -- Russia's unjustified decision to suspend its participation in the UN Black Sea Grain Initiative obstructs the export of much needed grain to address the global food crisis. Russia is solely responsible for the global food security crisis it has caused by its unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian sea ports.
• Ending the grain initiative would unleash an "unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution" UK FCDO 31 Oct 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on the Black Sea Grain Initiative
• Situation in Ukraine 31 October 2022: Foreign Secretary's statement UK FCDO 31 Oct 2022 -- James Cleverly updated the House of Commons after Russia suspended participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative and Russian missiles again struck Ukrainian cities.

News Reports

• Record Volumes Of Grain Leaving Ukraine Ports Despite Russia's Withdrawal From Export Agreement RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- A record 354,500 tons of agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on October 31 as part of the Black Sea grain deal, a spokesman for Odesa's military administration said, despite Russia's withdrawal from the UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain after accusing Kyiv of staging a drone attack against its Black Sea Fleet.
• Kiev, Ankara & UN Approve Traffic of 16 Vessels in Black Sea on Monday - JCC Sputnik 31 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations have agreed on the traffic route for 16 vessels in the Black Sea on October 31 under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, commonly known as the grain deal, the Istanbul-based Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said.
• Global Food Prices Rise with Ukraine-Russia Agreement in Doubt VOA 31 Oct 2022 -- The prices of wheat and corn jumped sharply in global trading Monday, after Russia's announcement over the weekend that it could no longer "guarantee the safety" of civilian cargo ships in the Black Sea and would pull out of a deal that established a humanitarian maritime corridor there.
• Near The Front, Ukraine's Drone Pilots Wage A Modern War On A Shoestring Budget RFE/RL 31 Oct 2022 -- Standing in a trench not far from the Russian border, a drone operator from the Ukrainian military unit Khartia didn't look up at the sound of Russian shells slamming into the ground a few kilometers to his left.