He welcomes an “important for the world” agreement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday (2 November) welcomed the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea. This release comes after the return of Moscow to the international agreement concluded in July with kyiv, and negotiated by Turkey. For President Zelensky, this recovery marks a diplomatic and “the failure of Russian aggression”. Franceinfo summarizes the main developments of the day on the front of the war in Ukraine.
Russia back in grain deal
Moscow announced the resumption of its participation in the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports after receiving “written guarantees” from Ukraine on the demilitarization of the corridor used for their transport. Moscow had suspended its participation on Saturday October 29 after an attack on its fleet in Crimea.
US concerned about use of nuclear weapons
Washington said to “increasingly concerned” Wednesday as to the possibility of a nuclear strike of Russia in the context of the war in Ukraine. “We are monitoring this as best we can”, said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council, a body attached to US President Joe Biden, during an interview with the press. For its part, Russian diplomacy reaffirmed in a press release (in English) only one “nuclear war cannot be won and must not be declared”.
Moscow says it has ‘evidence’ of British involvement in recent attacks
Russia will summon the British ambassador to hand him “evidence”according to her, of London’s involvement in recent attacks against the Russian fleet in Crimea, Moscow said on Wednesday. “There is of course no doubt about the involvement of the British secret service” in the attack on Russian ships at the end of October in the Black Sea and in the sabotage of gas pipelines in September, spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, told the press. Charges that London has so far completely rejected.
Nearly “16,000 homes” without electricity in the kyiv region
“Our electrical engineers have worked tirelesslyexplained on Telegram the governor of the Ukrainian capital oblast, Oleksiy Kuleba, on Wednesday. kyiv was plunged into darkness on Monday after Russian strikes on power plants. Drinking water was also cut, before being restored on Tuesday, with part of the electricity supply to homes.
Switzerland pledges $100 million in aid for Ukraine
An envelope in the face of “distress”. The Swiss government announced Wednesday, November 2 the granting of humanitarian aid of 100 million euros to Ukraine to restore the supply of drinking water and damaged energy infrastructure, at the approach of a winter that will promises to be “rigorous”, explained the Swiss Federal Council. This aid is in addition to the funds already released in recent months by the European Union (more than 500 million euros in total) or by Saudi Arabia (around 400 million euros).