- The UN nuclear watchdog finds no sign of undeclared nuclear activity across three sites in Ukraine.
- Russian forces are “likely” to quit the west bank of the Dnipro River, the Moscow-installed head of Kherson says, as city residents are urged to leave immediately.
- Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the power grid by Russian shelling, leaving the site with just diesel generators, the state nuclear power company says.
Britain to ban countries using its services to transport Russian oil
The UK seeks to prevent countries from using its services to transport Russian oil unless it is bought at or below a price cap.
“We’ve banned the import of Russian oil into the UK and are making good progress on phasing it out completely,” finance minister Jeremy Hunt said in a statement.
“This new measure continues to turn the screws on Putin’s war machine, making it even tougher for him to profiteer from his illegal war.”
The British government said the ban, which will come into force on December 5, applies to UK services, including insurance, brokerage and shipping.
‘Today, we held another POWs swap’: Ukraine
Head of the office of the president of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, tweeted about the prisoner swap with Russia and said the Ukrainian government “will do everything necessary to help each one of them”.
“Today, we held another POWs swap. We managed to free and bring home 107 servicemen, including many WIAs. Ukraine government will do everything necessary to help each one of them,” he said.
Bulgarian government to decide which weapons to send Ukraine
The Bulgarian government will have one month to decide which weapons to send in the form of military aid to Ukraine.
Currently, Bulgaria is one of the few European Union countries not sending military aid to Ukraine after the Russia-friendly socialist party, a coalition partner in the previous government, blocked the decision in May.
The caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters that Bulgaria could not afford to send its Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile systems or fighter jets, which Kyiv wants, because they could not be replaced quickly.
No evidence of ‘dirty bomb’ at three sites in Ukraine: IAEA
There are no indications of “undeclared nuclear activities” at three locations in Ukraine, a UN watchdog says after visiting the sites at Kyiv’s request to address “dirty bomb” allegations made by Russia.
“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 (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said in a statement.
After the findings were released, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba called Russia 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 Rafael Grossi for IAEA’s excellent and prompt cooperation which helped counter Russian falsehoods. Russia has confirmed its status of the world’s top liar,” he said.
Moscow says Ukraine has released 107 Russian soldiers
Russia’s defence ministry says Ukraine has released 107 Russian service personnel in the latest exchange of prisoners of war between Kyiv and Moscow.
The soldiers will be taken to Moscow for medical treatment, the ministry said in a statement.
Russia is also expected to free 107 captured Ukrainian service personnel.
In September, Russia and Ukraine exchanged nearly 300 prisoners in the largest prisoner swap since the war began.
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