Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky vows to continue grain initiative .

Russia’s weekend retirement from anUN-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, heightening a global food extremity and sparking earnings in prices.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to continue grain action despite Russian suspense.

Russia says partial mobilisation is complete

The Defence Ministry said that Russia has finished the partial service mobilisation that President Vladimir Putin planned in September.The issue and delivery of call- up papers have been stopped,” the ministry said, and no farther call- up notices would be issued.

Update on grain deal
Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, bandied Russia’s suspense of the agreement that permitted the renew of Ukrainian grain exports that had been intruded by the descent with his Turkish coworker Hulusi Akar on Monday.

Questions about the suspense, by the Russian side, of the perpetration of the agreement on the import of agrarian products from Ukrainian anchorages as part of the’ Black Sea Grain Initiative’ were bandied,” the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram.

Ukraine suffered sweeping knockouts and water inventories were cut for 80 per cent of Kyiv residers on Monday after what Ukrainian officers called another” massive” Russian bullet attack on energy installations.

moment, several blasts have rocked the Ukrainian Capital. At least five explosions have been heard in Kyiv. Kyiv’s mayor says corridor of the megacity are without electricity and water following the Russian strikes.

The Norwegian high minister blazoned 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 journalists” The service will as of hereafter raise its preparedness in Norway”.

We presently 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’s necessary for all NATO countries to be decreasingly on their guard”, he added.