The area is cordoned off. The evacuation of civilians from the Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine, which is facing a Ukrainian offensive, has been completed, a pro-Russian official said. “The work organizing the departure of the inhabitants of the right bank of the (river) Dnipro to safe regions in Russia has been completed”, said Thursday, October 27 Sergey Aksionov, the leader of Crimea. This evacuation had begun on October 19. Follow the situation in our live.
The United States denounces to the UN a “pure invention” of Russia. Russia’s accusations of Washington’s involvement in the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine are false, the US ambassador to the UN told the Security Council. “We all know that these claims are pure invention, put forward without a shadow of proof”, said Linda Thomas-Greenfield. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will conduct “an independent verification” on the “dirty bomb” charges.
Ukrainian grain deal in jeopardy. Russia faces “great anger” from many countries if it withdraws from the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports which expires in mid-November, warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The so-called Black Sea agreement, signed on July 22 under the aegis of the UN, set up procedures for 120 days to allow the export of Ukrainian cereals blocked by the war.
For Vladimir Putin, the world is entering its “most dangerous” decade. “We are at a historic moment. We are arguably facing the most dangerous, the most important, the most unpredictable decade” since 1945, declared the Russian president, in front of the discussion forum of Valdai in Moscow. “The West is unable to rule the world, but it is trying desperately, and most of the people of the world cannot accept it”he said.