LIVE UPDATES: Kiev Must Guarantee Not to Use Black Sea Corridor For Military Purposes, Moscow Says

Ukraine must provide guarantees that the humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea will not be used for military purposes, Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the leaders discussed the situation around the grain deal, the office of the Turkish president said on Tuesday.

On October 29, the Russian defense ministry said that Moscow was suspending its participation in the grain deal following Ukraine's drone attack targeting vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet as well as civilian ships in Sevastopol. The ministry said that preparations for the attacks were carried out under the guidance of UK specialists.

"President Erdogan said that Ankara will continue to propose necessary initiatives to all parties to solve problems related to the implementation of the Istanbul memorandum on grain supplies," the office of the Turkish leader said.

The Turkish president said the he believes that a solution regarding grain supplies will be found.

Western countries are pushing the world toward a global war, only a complete and final victory of Russia is a guarantee against global conflict, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.

Medvedev cited the thesis of Western countries: "Russia cannot be allowed to win the war," and wondered what it really meant.

The Russian armed forces have been effectively reducing Ukraine's defense capability by targeting the country's infrastructure with high-precision weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

"We continue to effectively hit Ukrainian military infrastructure with high-precision weapons as well as facilities that affect the country's military potential. We are also taking comprehensive measures to prevent casualties among Ukrainian citizens," Shoigu said at a meeting.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that 87,000 people out of 300,000 conscripted under the partial mobilization were sent to combat areas.

"87,000 people have been sent to combat areas after additional training and combat coordination," Shoigu said.

The minister said that about 3,000 instructors who have gained combat experience during their military training have been involved in working with the mobilized.

The training centers prepare crews of combat vehicles and tanks, artillerymen, snipers, specialists of unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare and others, the minister said.

During a conference call on Tuesday , Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian force continue to effectively hit Ukrainian military infrastructure in precision-guided strikes, thus reducing Kiev's military potential.

"The armed forces of Ukraine do not stop shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, evacuation sites and places of distribution of humanitarian aid, deliberately inflicting targeted strikes on civilian population," the defense minister said.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has warned that the resumption of the grain deal is impossible while the security corridor is being used for terrorist attacks.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A landmine explosion outside of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Sunday disconnected the main power supply to one of the ZNPP's reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement.

"The explosion occurred yesterday evening outside the ZNPP’s perimeter fence, disconnecting the 750 kilovolt (kV) external power line between plant’s switchyard and the main electrical transformer of reactor unit 4," the IAEA said.