俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京入侵邻国乌克兰六个多月后，两国正在争夺对乌克兰东部和南部地区的控制权。
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)的部队于8月开始进攻，他发誓要夺回所有被俄罗斯占领的领土。但普京在9月宣布动员预备役人员，预计将征召多达30万额外的部队。
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空军官员声称，乌克兰没有有效的防御伊朗弹道导弹的能力
乌克兰空降兵发言人尤里·伊加特周二表示，俄罗斯计划从伊朗购买的伊朗弹道导弹可能会部署在乌克兰北部边境。
伊加特声称，其中一枚弹道导弹的射程为300公里，另一枚为700公里。
“我们对这些导弹没有有效的防御。理论上击落它们是可能的，但事实上以我们现有的手段很难做到这一点。我们有防空，没有导弹防御，”他说。
俄罗斯宣布大范围撤离被占领的乌克兰南部
随着乌克兰军队推进占领赫尔松市，俄罗斯军队命令平民离开现在被占领的城市。据被占领的赫尔松地区的俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·萨尔多称，第聂伯河左岸15公里(10英里)长的约70，000人将被疏散到赫尔松地区或俄罗斯。
俄罗斯有先前订购的平民被驱逐出它在约旦河西岸控制的地区。
美国国务院:俄罗斯退出粮食协议是对世界的“集体惩罚”
美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯(Ned Price)周一严厉批评俄罗斯最近决定退出联合国斡旋的协议，该协议允许通过黑海出口谷物，这可能是本周七国集团部长级会议的主要焦点，也可能是下个月20国集团领导人峰会的主要焦点。
普莱斯在新闻发布会上说:“我们对俄罗斯决定暂停参与黑海粮食计划深感遗憾，这将对全球粮食安全产生直接的有害影响。”“俄罗斯应该重新全面参与该倡议，我们敦促所有各方迅速同意在未来几个月维持这一重要项目。”
“对该倡议的任何破坏都有可能推高食品价格，降低已返回黑海航线的保险公司和商业托运人的信心，并进一步给已经遭受严重人道主义危机和全球粮食不安全的低收入国家带来困难，”他补充说。
普莱斯表示，俄罗斯的违约已经导致未来的食品合同价格上涨，尽管在莫斯科宣布之后，一些船只似乎已经获准带着货物通过水路。
“我们看到俄罗斯参与了似乎是对乌克兰人民的集体惩罚，”他说。“但莫斯科暂停这一倡议，将相当于对世界其他国家的集体惩罚——尤其是那些如此迫切需要这种粮食的中低收入国家。”
乌克兰能源公司警告对能源基础设施的攻击
在本周一早上乌克兰各地发生一系列协调罢工后，乌克兰最大的私营能源公司DTEK表示，修复受损基础设施所需的设备和备件即将告罄。
DTEK执行董事Dmytro Sakharuk表示:“不幸的是，在10月10日以来发生的前两波攻击后，我们已经用完了仓库中的库存设备。“我们能够购买一些设备。但不幸的是，该设备的成本现在以数亿美元计。”
他补充说，在之前的俄罗斯袭击后，大部分零件已经被用于维修。
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian missiles target Ukrainian energy infrastructure
More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose forces began an offensive in August, has vowed to take back all Russian-occupied territory. But Putin in September announced a mobilization of reservists, which is expected to call up as many as 300,000 additional troops.
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Ukraine does not have effective defenses against Iranian ballistic missiles, air force official claims
Iranian ballistic missiles, which Russia plans to purchase from Iran, will probably be placed on the northern border of Ukraine, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Airborne Forces Yuri Ignat said Tuesday.
Ignat claimed the ballistic missiles' range was 300 km for one and 700 km for another.
"We have no effective defense against these missiles. It is theoretically possible to shoot them down, but in fact it is very difficult to do it with the means we have at our disposal. We have air defense, not missile defense," he said.
Russia announces wider evacuation of occupied southern Ukraine
As Ukrainian forces advance to capture the city of Kherson, Russian forces are ordering civilians out of parts of the now-occupied city. Some 70,000 people along a 15 kilometer (10 mile) stretch of the left bank of the Dnipro River will be evacuated deeper into the Kherson region or to Russia, according to the Russian-installed leader of the occupied Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo.
Russia hadpreviously orderedcivilians out of an area it controls on the west bank of the river.
Russia's withdrawal from grain deal 'collective punishment' for world: State Department
State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Monday lambasted Russia's recent decision to withdraw from the U.N.-brokered deal that allowed for grain to be exported through the Black Sea -- likely to be a chief focus of this week’s G-7 ministerial meeting and potentially the G-20 Leaders' Summit next month.
"We deeply regret Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which is having immediate, harmful impacts on global food security," Price said during a press briefing. "Russia should return to full participation in the initiative, and we urge all parties to swiftly agree to sustain this crucial program through the months to come."
"Any disruption to the initiative risks spiking food prices, lowering the confidence of insurers and commercial shippers who have returned to Black Sea routes, and further imposing hardships on low-income countries already reeling from dire humanitarian crises and global food insecurity," he added.
Price said Russia's reneging had already caused future contracts for foodstuff to rise, even though some ships appear to have been allowed to pass through the water routes with their cargo following Moscow's announcement.
"We've seen Russia engage in what appears to be collective punishment for the people of Ukraine," he said. "But Moscow's suspension of the initiative would be tantamount to collective punishment for the rest of the world -- but especially lower- and middle-income countries that so desperately needed this grain."
Ukraine energy company warns about attacks on energy infrastructure
Following a series of coordinated strikes across Ukraine this Monday morning, Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK says it's running out of equipment and spare parts needed for repairs of the damaged infrastructure facilities.
“Unfortunately, we have already used up the stock of equipment that we had in our warehouses after the first two waves of attacks that have been taking place since Oct. 10,” said DTEK Executive Director Dmytro Sakharuk. “We were able to purchase some equipment. But unfortunately, the cost of the equipment is now measured in hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Most parts have been already used for repairs following previous Russian strikes, he added.
