Russia-Ukraine war live: nuclear watchdog says no evidence of Putin’s ‘dirty bomb’ claim

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed From 33m ago 18. 01 GMT Russian ambassador: UK is “too deep” in Ukraine war In an interview with Sky News , Andrei Kelin , the Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, warned that that the UK was in “too deep” in the war in Ukraine, claiming that he had proof that UK special forces had been involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea . When pressed to see this proof, Kelin said he handed it over to the British ambassador and that “it will become public pretty soon”, perhaps as soon as tomorrow.

“It is dangerous because it escalates the situation,” Kelin said. “It can bring us up to the line of I would say no return, return is always possible. But anyway, we should avoid escalation.

” Kelin continued: “And this is a warning actually that Britain is too deep in this conflict. It means the situation is becoming more and more dangerous. ” However, despite Russia’s accusations that the west was “encouraging provocations with weapons of mass destruction”, Kelin said that Moscow would not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

“The nuclear war cannot be won and it should never be fought,” he said. “And we stick strongly to this statement. ” Updated at 18.

22 GMT Key events 11m ago Ukraine ‘strongly condemns’ the ‘deportation’ of civilians in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia 33m ago Russian ambassador: UK is “too deep” in Ukraine war 53m ago Zelenskiy will not attend G20 if Putin is participating in conference 2h ago US defence secretary: Ukraine can retake Kherson 4h ago Ukraine foreign minister: Russia ‘confirmed its status as world’s top liar’ over ‘dirty bomb’ claims 4h ago IAEA: no sign of ‘undeclared nuclear activities’ at three Ukrainian sites inspected after ‘dirty bomb’ accusation 5h ago Today so far 5h ago US accuses North Korea of covertly supplying artillery shells to Russia 6h ago Russian forces kill four in Donetsk oblast, one in Kharkiv oblast 8h ago Summary of the day so far … 12h ago Zelenskiy labels Putin U-turn on Ukraine grain deal a ‘failure of Russian aggression’ 12h ago Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant being transferred to Russian jurisdiction, official claims 12h ago Zaporizhzia nuclear plant disconnected from power grid 13h ago Russia will rejoin UN grain corridor 13h ago Summary and welcome Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 11m ago 18. 23 GMT Ukraine ‘strongly condemns’ the ‘deportation’ of civilians in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs has issued a strong statement against the forced relocation of Ukrainian citizens in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, calling them “deportations” and “war crimes”: The MFA of Ukraine strongly condemns the RF for conducting deportation of the Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories of the #Kherson & #Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. Such actions by Russia grossly violate international law.

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com/MozjQwOiq7 — MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) November 3, 2022 The deportation of residents of the temporarily occupied south is accompanied by looting by the Russian occupiers of industrial, infrastructural, cultural, educational and medical institutions, as well as private houses and apartments. — MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) November 3, 2022 It is important to recall that war crimes and crimes against humanity have no time limit of liability. All persons in the Russian Federation who are currently committing crimes against the Ukrainian people will inevitably be punished.

— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) November 3, 2022 Russian authorities in Kherson have been relocating civilians in the region, claiming it is for their safety as Ukrainian forces move closer. One week after Russian authorities relocated 70,000 civilians from the right bank of the Dnieper river to the left bank, Russian authorities said they were moving 70,000 civilians from the left bank to be “temporarily resettled deep into the Kherson region, as well as to other regions of the Russian Federation”. The reason, they said, was “possible damage to the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station”.

Now they are saying the relocation is over. Reminder: the act of an occupying force relocating civilians from a territory that the force has occupied is a violation of the Geneva conventions , whatever the purported reason behind it. There have also been reports of Russian forces relocating Ukrainian and Ukrainian children to Russian territories, with no discussion of eventual return.

For this reason, media organisations such as the Kyiv Independent have been outspoken about not calling these relocations “evacuations”, as the Russian proxy government is calling them. Updated at 18. 29 GMT 33m ago 18.

01 GMT Russian ambassador: UK is “too deep” in Ukraine war In an interview with Sky News , Andrei Kelin , the Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, warned that that the UK was in “too deep” in the war in Ukraine, claiming that he had proof that UK special forces had been involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea . When pressed to see this proof, Kelin said he handed it over to the British ambassador and that “it will become public pretty soon”, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. “It is dangerous because it escalates the situation,” Kelin said.

“It can bring us up to the line of I would say no return, return is always possible. But anyway, we should avoid escalation. ” Kelin continued: “And this is a warning actually that Britain is too deep in this conflict.

It means the situation is becoming more and more dangerous. ” However, despite Russia’s accusations that the west was “encouraging provocations with weapons of mass destruction”, Kelin said that Moscow would not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. “The nuclear war cannot be won and it should never be fought,” he said.

“And we stick strongly to this statement. ” Updated at 18. 22 GMT 53m ago 17.

40 GMT Zelenskiy will not attend G20 if Putin is participating in conference Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed that he will not attend the G20 summit taking place in two weeks in Bali if Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation will be participating in the conference. Zelenskyy says he will not participate in @g20org meeting if putin is participating there — Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) November 3, 2022 Pres. Zelensky confirms he will *not* go to G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia if Vladimir Putin is present.

Putin hasn’t confirmed whether he will appear #Ukraine #G20 pic. twitter. com/jNlxuTLBSM — Danny Armstrong (@DannyWArmstrong) November 3, 2022 Today, Zelenskiy said he had a call with Joko Widodo , the president of Indonesia, where they discussed preparations for the G20 summit, among other things.

Had a call with President of Indonesia @jokowi . We discussed the importance of continuing the Grain Initiative. 🇺🇦 is ready to continue to be the guarantor of global food security.

Attention was also paid to preparations for the #G20 Summit. — Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 3, 2022 1h ago 17. 21 GMT Russian forces launched three missile and 16 air strikes , and carried out more than 40 multiple launch rocket system attacks on more than 25 settlements today, the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said.

In particular, Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast and Avdiivka and Vuhledar in Donetsk oblast were hit hard. 2h ago 17. 04 GMT US defence secretary: Ukraine can retake Kherson Lloyd Austin , the US secretary of defence, has said he believes that Ukrainian forces are able to retake Kherson.

Austin called their work “methodical” and “effective”: “I certainly believe that they have the capability to do that. And most importantly, the Ukrainians believe that they have the capability to do that. ” ‼️U.

S. @SecDef Lloyd Austin says he believes that #Ukraine️ forces are able to retake Kherson. “I certainly believe that they have the capability to do that.

And most importantly, the Ukrainians believe that they have the capability to do that”. — Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) November 3, 2022 NEW: U. S.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says now he believes Ukraine has the capability to take back Kherson, calling their work “methodical” and “effective”—his remarks come just hours after the Russian-installed deputy chief for the region said Russia might be fleeing soon — Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) November 3, 2022 Updated at 17. 29 GMT 2h ago 16. 40 GMT US embassy officials in Russia today visited the US basketball star Brittney Griner , who is serving a nine-year sentence in a Russian prison.

. @USEmbRU officials visited Brittney Griner today. They saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance despite her present circumstances.

We continue to press for the immediate release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan and fair treatment for every detained American. — Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) November 3, 2022 Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, has been in custody since she was arrested in February after Russian authorities said they found vape cartridges with less than a gram of hashish oil in them in her luggage. She and her family characterised her arrest and subsequent trial and sentencing as politically motivated.

The US has determined that Griner has been “wrongfully detained”. Updated at 16. 53 GMT 2h ago 16.

22 GMT Here’s footage of the prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia that took place today, in which 107 prisoners of war were exchanged between the two countries: Thanks to the Coordinating Staff for the Treatment of POWs team for its hard work. We’ll continue making every effort to get all the Kremlin’s hostages back home. pic.

twitter. com/zCqV8O6IEe — Andriy Yermak (@AndriyYermak) November 3, 2022 2h ago 16. 05 GMT More suspicious movement being reported out of the Kherson oblast : ⚡️ Ukrainian intelligence: Russian troops move proxies from Kherson closer to Crimea.

Over the past few weeks, Russian-installed proxies and collaborators in Kherson have been resettled to hotels on Arabat Spit, between lake Syvash and the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s Intelligence wrote. — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) November 3, 2022 “Locals from Kherson say the Russians have changed into civilian clothes and are hiding all over the city. At this time military correspondents write that most of the personnel have been withdrawn from the right bank of the Dnipro.

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” — MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) November 3, 2022 3h ago 15. 41 GMT The Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, today met representatives from the UN and USAid to discuss getting Ukraine through what is predicted to be a long and difficult winter. Already this week, much of the country has suffered from power outages after Russian forces targeted critical infrastructure in missile strikes.

Officials expect matters to only get worse. We are preparing for winter in 🇺🇦. I had a meeting with @UN_Ukraine Coordinator Denise Brown and @USAIDUkraine Acting Director Susan Kutor.

We are counting on help with mobile boiler houses, generators, equipment to repair energy infrastructure. We agreed to coordinate the needs. pic.

twitter. com/fIhn4LytJm — Denys Shmyhal (@Denys_Shmyhal) November 3, 2022 Updated at 15. 52 GMT 3h ago 15.

22 GMT Ukraine and Russia held another prisoner of war swap today, exchanging 107 service personnel: Today we held another POWs swap. We managed to free and bring home 107 servicemen including many WIAs. 🇺🇦 government will do everything necessary to help each one of them.

pic. twitter. com/t3VIsNlTMi — Andriy Yermak (@AndriyYermak) November 3, 2022 Updated at 15.

36 GMT 4h ago 14. 52 GMT Denis Pushilin , the self-styled leader of the chiefly unrecognised pro-Russia Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has given more details of the prisoner exchange that has taken place today, according to a report from Tass. It quotes him as saying : .

css-knbk2a{height:1em;width:1. 5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;} Today we are returning 107 of our fighters from Ukrainian dungeons. We are returning to Ukraine the same number of prisoners, mostly military personnel again.

Of the total number of released 65 people, they are from the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (LPR). The DPR and LPR were recognised as legitimate authorities by only three UN member states: Russia , Syria and North Korea. The Russian Federation has claimed to have annexed both regions of occupied Ukraine.

Andriy Yermak , the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, has given more details of those returning to Ukraine. He was quoted by the Kyiv Independent as saying : . css-knbk2a{height:1em;width:1.

5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;} We’ve managed to exchange those who were seriously wounded in Mariupol … boys with shrapnel wounds in their arms and legs. There are people with amputated limbs and burns, who don’t feel part of their face. He added that 74 soldiers were defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Updated at 15. 03 GMT 4h ago 14. 40 GMT Ukraine foreign minister: Russia ‘confirmed its status as world’s top liar’ over ‘dirty bomb’ claims Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has reacted strongly to the results of the nuclear inspection ( see 2.

29pm GMT ), tweeting that Russia “has confirmed its status of the world’s top liar”. He wrote: . css-knbk2a{height:1em;width:1.

5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;} The IAEA has checked three Ukrainian facilities in focus of Russian disinfo and found no evidence of any ‘dirty bombs’. I thank Rafael Mariano Grossi for IAEA’s excellent and prompt cooperation which helped counter Russian falsehoods. Russia has confirmed its status of the world’s top liar.

IAEA has checked 3 Ukrainian facilities in focus of Russian disinfo and found no evidence of any ‘dirty bombs’. I thank @rafaelmgrossi for IAEA’s excellent and prompt cooperation which helped counter Russian falsehoods. Russia has confirmed its status of the world’s top liar.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) November 3, 2022 Updated at 14. 47 GMT 4h ago 14. 29 GMT IAEA: no sign of ‘undeclared nuclear activities’ at three Ukrainian sites inspected after ‘dirty bomb’ accusation The UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it found no sign of undeclared nuclear activity at three sites in Ukraine that it inspected at Kyiv’s request, in response to Russian allegations that work was being done on a “dirty bomb”.

“Our technical and scientific evaluation of the results we have so far did not show any sign of undeclared nuclear activities and materials at these three locations,” the International Atomic Energy Agency said, adding that environmental samples taken would be analysed, Reuters reports. Last week Vladimir Putin said Russia knew “about an incident with a so-called ‘dirty bomb’ being prepared”, and that Russia knew “where, generally, it was being prepared”. He gave no evidence of the alleged plot, which he said included the possibility of a device being loaded on to a Tochka-U or other tactical missile, detonated and then “blamed on Russia”.

Kyiv has strongly denied the accusations . Updated at 14. 41 GMT 4h ago 14.

22 GMT The Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency is reporting that 107 Russian soldiers have been returned from captivity in Ukraine . It quotes the Russian defence ministry as saying: . css-knbk2a{height:1em;width:1.

5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;} On 3 November, as a result of the negotiation process, 107 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime, who were in mortal danger in captivity. RIA reports that the ministry said the soldiers would be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation, and provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance. Updated at 14.

42 GMT 4h ago 14. 19 GMT Russia’s foreign ministry has issued a statement in which it has detailed the demarche given to the British ambassador in Moscow this morning. Deborah Bronnert was greeted by a small anti-British protest when she was summoned to Russia’s foreign ministry this morning.

The statement in part says: . css-knbk2a{height:1em;width:1. 5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;} A strong protest in connection with the British military specialists’ active participation in training and providing supplies to the units of the Ukrainian special operations forces, including with the goal of conducting acts of sabotage at sea, were expressed to the ambassador.

Concrete facts of that kind of activities by London were provided. The demarche emphasised that such confrontational actions by the British pose the threat of an escalation and can lead to unpredictable and dangerous consequences. It was pointed out that such hostile provocations were unacceptable and a demand was put forward to stop them immediately.

Should these acts of aggression that are fraught with direct implication in the conflict continue, the responsibility for their harmful consequences and the mounting tensions in relations between our countries will lie entirely with the British side. The statement goes on to criticise agreements between London and Kyiv to train navy personnel, lists specific joint training exercises that Russia claims took place in waters off the Ukrainian coast, and alleges: “We have information that the British navy has also transferred a certain number of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] to Ukraine. ” The British ambassador to Russia, Deborah Bronnert, leaving the Russian foreign affairs ministry in Moscow this morning.

Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Updated at 14. 43 GMT 5h ago 14. 00 GMT Today so far There has been suspicious movement in Kherson that may have some eager to celebrate what appears to be signs of a Russian retreat, but has others urging caution.

The Russian flag has been removed from the Kherson regional administration building, located in the west bank area of the city where Ukrainian forces made significant advances a few weeks ago. Russian authorities who have been consistently forcibly relocating civilians in the region, claiming that it is for their safety as Ukrainian forces move closer, are now purportedly halting the relocations. But Natalia Humeniuk , a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Southern Command, is urging caution, saying Russia’s unusual manoeuvres in Kherson may be a trap to lure in Ukrainian forces.

Russian attacks in the Donetsk oblast and Kharkiv oblast have killed at least five civilians in the past day, officials said. The armed forces of Ukraine are estimating that about 730 Russian soldiers were killed yesterday alone, bringing the total to 68,900 personnel lost so far in the invasion of Ukraine. Switzerland has committed to providing $106m for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure recovery .

The White House has accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells to Russia in support of its invasion of Ukraine amid mounting evidence of shortages for key weapons systems . Olena Zelenska, the wife of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said she hoped that Elon Musk’s tweet about a peace deal to end the war with Russia was a “chance mistake”. “He supported Ukraine from the very first day and that’s why Ukrainians really admired him,” Zelenska told the Guardian in an interview at the Web Summit in Lisbon.

“So it was extremely sensitive for us to read the tweet. Let’s be honest, even the smartest person can’t say the smartest things 24 hours a day. There are mistakes.

And we hope it was a chance mistake. ” Updated at 14. 44 GMT 5h ago 13.

54 GMT Here are some of the latest images we have been sent over the newswires from the war in Ukraine and beyond. A damaged building in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A destroyed kindergarten in Stepnohirsk, close to the frontline, in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Photograph: Future Publishing/Ukrinform/Getty Images Ukrainian soldiers repair a captured Russian armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Photograph: Andrii Marienko/AP Municipal workers repair damage from shelling in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Updated at 14.

46 GMT 5h ago 13. 48 GMT US accuses North Korea of covertly supplying artillery shells to Russia The White House has accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells to Russia in support of its invasion of Ukraine amid mounting evidence of shortages for key weapons systems . US National security council spokesperson John Kirby said the US believed North Korea “is covertly supplying” the ammunition to Russia and “trying to make it appear as though they are being sent to countries in the Middle East or north Africa”.

Kirby declined to provide a specific estimate on the quantity of ammunition being sent to bolster the Russian effort. He said North Korea “is covertly supplying” the ammunition to Russia, adding, “We’re still monitoring this to determine whether the shipments are actually received. ” Kirby said the North Korean shipments are “not going to change the course of the war,” citing western efforts to resupply the Ukrainian military.

5h ago 13. 23 GMT Olena Zelenska , the wife of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said she hope d that Elon Musk’s tweet about a peace deal to end the war with Russia was a “chance mistake”. Last month, Musk drew the ire of Ukrainians when he suggested in a tweet that a Ukraine-Russia peace deal should include formally annexing Crimea to Russia and holding UN-supervised elections in four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine.

Musk later denied a report that he had spoken to Vladimir Putin before floating the plan that he had presented as a Twitter poll. “He supported Ukraine from the very first day and that’s why Ukrainians really admired him,” Zelenska told the Guardian in an interview at the Web Summit in Lisbon. “So it was extremely sensitive for us to read the tweet.

Let’s be honest, even the smartest person can’t say the smartest things 24 hours a day. There are mistakes. And we hope it was a chance mistake.

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