31 Oct 2022, 7:28 PM (IST)
The Norwegian prime minister announced on Monday that his country would increase its military preparedness. Norway is a NATO member and shares an Arctic border with Russia.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters: "The military will as of tomorrow raise its preparedness in Norway".
"We currently have no reason to believe that Russia wants to involve Norway or any other country directly in the war, but the war in Ukraine means it is necessary for all NATO countries to be increasingly on their guard", he added.
31 Oct 2022, 6:17 PM (IST)
Despite Russia's decision to withdraw from a historic agreement intended to solve a worldwide food crisis, cargo ships filled with grain and other agricultural supplies departed Ukrainian ports on Monday.
Turkey has stepped up diplomacy with the two warring countries in a bid to save it.
"Civilian cargo ships can never be a military target or held hostage. The food must flow," Amir M. Abdulla, the UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, tweeted on Monday.
31 Oct 2022, 5:35 PM (IST)
Russia said on Monday that it would be "dangerous" to continue enforcing the accord without its involvement after withdrawing from the pact allowing crucial Ukrainian grain exports via a maritime safety corridor.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists: "In conditions where Russia talks about the impossibility of guaranteeing the safety of navigation in these areas, such deal is hardly feasible. And it takes on a different character, much more risky, dangerous."
31 Oct 2022, 4:33 PM (IST)
After Kyiv announced multiple cruise missile attacks across the nation, the Russian army claimed Monday that it had attacked military and energy infrastructure targets in Ukraine.
The defence ministry said in a statement: "The Russian armed forces continued strikes with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons against the military command and energy systems of Ukraine."
It added, "The strike targets were achieved. All assigned objects have been hit."
31 Oct 2022, 4:14 PM (IST)
According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, "hundreds of villages" in seven different Ukrainian regions were without power on Monday as a result of Russian drone and missile attacks.
"Missiles and drones hit ten regions, where 18 sites were damaged, most of them energy-related," Shmyhal posted on Telegram.
He added that "hundreds of settlements in seven regions of Ukraine were cut off."
31 Oct 2022, 3:48 PM (IST)
A Russian missile that Ukrainian air defences fired down on Monday fell on a village in northern Moldova, according to the Moldovan authorities, although no one was hurt.
The missile struck the village of Naslavcea near the Ukrainian border, shattering the windows of many homes, according to the nation's interior minister, although "no casualties" were reported.
31 Oct 2022, 3:40 PM (IST)
According to the mayor of Kyiv, the Russian strikes on Monday left 350,000 houses without electricity and 80% of users without access to water.
The city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram: "Currently, due to the emergency situation in Kyiv, 80% of consumers remain without water supply."
The further added that the "engineers are also working to restore power to 350,000 homes in Kyiv that were left without electricity."
31 Oct 2022, 3:27 PM (IST)
According to a marine traffic database, two cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products departed Ukrainian ports on Monday.
The ships, Admiral de Ribas and Mount Baker, left port days after Russia suspended its involvement in a deal that permitted crucial grain shipments to travel across the Black Sea.
The Joint Coordination Center (JCC), which has been monitoring the agreement mediated by Turkey and the UN, stated that twelve ships were scheduled to depart Ukrainian ports on Monday and four were scheduled to arrive in the nation.
31 Oct 2022, 3:25 PM (IST)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey is "committed" to maintain working to preserve the Ukraine grain agreement in place despite Russia's decision to stop participating.
"Although Russia acts hesitantly... we will resolutely continue our efforts to serve humanity," Erdogan said in a televised address.
This comes days after Moscow said it was suspending its participation in the deal negotiated by Turkey and the UN to export Ukrainian grain.
31 Oct 2022, 3:15 PM (IST)
On Monday morning (October 31), Russia allegedly launched "more than 50" cruise missiles towards Ukraine, which caused power outages in several areas.
The Ukrainian army said on Telegram: "From 7am on October 31, Russian occupiers carried out several waves of missile attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine." It added that "more than 50 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were launched" from Russia.