Moscow accuses Kiev of wanting it “undermine” Relations between Russia’s various religious communities, the day after the anti-Israel uprising at an airport in Dagestan. At the front, Russian bombings in the Kherson region on Sunday night left several injured and killed an 85-year-old woman, local authorities reported on Telegram. The Ukrainian army, for its part, announced that it had fired American missiles into Crimea, and Russia claimed to have shot down eight of them. As for armament, the Netherlands has announced the delivery of F-16 aircraft to the Ukrainian army within two weeks. Here’s what to remember from the news about the war in Ukraine this Monday, October 30, 2023.
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Anti-Israel uprising in Dagestan: Moscow blames Kiev
A crowd stormed the tarmac and airport terminal in the capital Makhachkala, the predominantly Muslim Russian Caucasus republic of Dagestan, on Sunday evening amid global tensions over the conflict between Israel and Hamas. According to the specialist website Flightradar24, a plane from the Russian airline Red Wings landed from Tel Aviv at 7 p.m. local time on Sunday.
These clashes were “the result of a planned and externally carried out provocation” in which Kiev played a role “Key and direct”Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. The operation was aimed at this “undermine” Relations between Russia’s various religious communities, she added. In response to this violence, Vladimir Putin will chair a meeting on Monday evening to prevent it “Discuss Western attempts to use events in the Middle East to divide Russian society”said the Kremlin.
The spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko, denounced a “Attempt to shift responsibility” on his land. President Volodymyr Zelensky, of Jewish faith, ruled on Sunday that these incidents had been proven “the Russian culture of hatred against other nations”.
The United States ruled “absurd” Russia’s allegations on Monday. “I have seen your comments blaming Ukraine and they are absurd […] We believe they should instead hold those responsible accountable.”State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
60 people arrested, nine police officers injured
The airport suffered “Significant damage”, explained its general manager. However, according to the Russian aviation authority, operations were able to reopen early Monday afternoon. Nine police officers were injured and two of them were taken to hospital, the Russian Interior Ministry said.
Police arrested 60 people suspected of the storm and more than 150 “active participants in riots” have been identified, the Russian Interior Ministry said, ensuring that search operations are underway to identify all attackers.
Ukraine claims it attacked the Russian air defense system in Crimea
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully attacked a strategic location of the air defense system on the western coast of Crimea.”, the Army’s Strategic Communications Center said on Telegram on Monday, without providing further details. According to the Russian army-affiliated Telegram channel Rybar, Ukrainian forces fired two American ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles around the village of Olenivka on Cape Tarchankout (west of Crimea). Russian attempts to shoot down the missiles failed, but the attack caused no major damage, Rybar assured.
The Russian Defense Ministry, however, claimed to have destroyed it “eight Storm Shadow cruise missiles” Ukrainians are targeting the peninsula. One person was injured by falling debris, said the Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvoyayev.
85-year-old woman dies in bomb attack in Kherson
The city of Kherson was intensively bombed overnight, killing an 85-year-old woman, Roman Mrochko, head of the city’s military administration, said on Telegram on Monday.
A cemetery in the region’s Kindiyka village was also the target of gunfire, killing one person and wounding a 62-year-old man, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram.
Another rocket attack hit an administrative building and equipment at a shipyard in the Black Sea region of Odessa in the morning, local prosecutors said, adding that four workers were injured.
Seven people were also injured in a bomb attack on a bus. “We currently know of seven victims following the bombing of a (bus) in Kherson. Two men and five women,” Oleksandr Prokudin also said the same, adding that some of them were seriously injured.
The Netherlands will deliver F-16s to Ukraine within “two weeks”.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Monday that the Netherlands will deliver F-16 aircraft to Ukraine by July 17 at the latest ” two weeks “.
“I was also able to inform President Zelensky that the F-16s promised by the Netherlands to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense will arrive at the training center in Romania in two weeks. This means that training for the Ukrainian pilots who will fly them can begin soon.”he wrote on X.
Grain exports fell by half in October compared to the previous year
Ukraine’s grain exports fell by almost half in October compared to October 2022, from 4.22 million tons to 2.15 million tons, according to data released on Monday by the Agriculture Ministry and carried by Portal.
This decline is a result of Russia’s refusal to renew the agreement to export Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea and the increase in bombings at export terminals on the Danube.