Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 241

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Saturday, October 22.

Combating

• Russia has accused Ukraine of rocketing the Nova Kakhovka dam and planning to destroy it in what Ukrainian officers known as an indication that Moscow may blow it up and blame Kyiv. Neither aspect produced proof to again up their allegations.
• To Ukrainian troopers entrenched north of Kherson, a drop-off in Russian shellfire and armour actions sign that their foes dug into a close-by tree line are struggling critical manpower, provide and {hardware} woes.
• Russian air assaults have hit no less than half of Ukraine’s thermal technology capability, inflicting billions of {dollars} of harm since October 10, although not all energy models have stopped working utterly, Ukraine’s power minister mentioned.
• The Ukrainian power minister mentioned he noticed no indicators of progress in the direction of a deal involving Russia, Ukraine and the UN nuclear watchdog on resolving the state of affairs on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
• Ukraine is taking down 85 p.c of Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones fired by Russia however wants its allies’ assist to stop Tehran from promoting Moscow ballistic missiles, an air drive spokesperson mentioned.

Diplomacy

• Britain, France and Germany known as for a United Nations probe of accusations Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to assault Ukraine, in what they mentioned was a violation of a UN Safety Council decision.
• US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke for the primary time since Might; a prime Russian diplomat mentioned the decision was wanted to remove misunderstandings, TASS information company reported.
• The Pentagon declined to supply specifics past saying that Austin, who initiated the dialog, emphasised a necessity for traces of communication.
• The US will contemplate each means to advance diplomacy with Russia if it sees a gap, however in the mean time Moscow exhibits no signal of willingness to interact in significant talks, US Secretary of State Blinken mentioned.

Financial system

• Kyiv accused Russia of intentionally delaying the passage of ships carrying grain exports below a UN brokered-deal, and mentioned 150 vessels have been ready to be loaded.
• An Worldwide Financial Fund group held productive discussions with Ukrainian authorities and can work in coming weeks on their request for enhanced programme monitoring within the wake of Russia’s invasion, IMF mission chief Gavin Grey mentioned.