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The latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine. All times EDT.
9:00a.m.: The Dutch military intelligence service has warned companies that Moscow is trying to obtain high-tech assets for its war in Ukraine through front companies, Agence France-Presse reports.
Jan Swillens, head of the military intelligence service of the Netherlands said that Russian secret services have set up dozens of "front companies" in the Netherlands to evade Western sanctions. The companies buy technology in the Netherlands and then import it into Russia for military purposes.
8:55 a.m.: Ukrainian forces stationed near the northern border with Belarus say they are bracing for a possible Russian assault from across the frontier.
Border guards stationed in the Chernihiv region are monitoring the situation on the border, facing intermittent Russian shelling. The region is located north of Kyiv and is bordered by both Russia and Belarus, the Associated Press reports.
Spokesperson Halyna Shechovtsova told British broadcaster Sky that her unit was preparing fortifications due to the perceived increased risk.
A member of the guard, equipped with a British-made portable anti-tank missile system, told Sky his unit needed more weapons as they would be the "first line" of defense.
Horodnia, the nearest town to this double border, was captured by Russian forces at the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February.
It returned to Ukrainian control after Moscow repositioned its forces towards the east and south a few months later.
Speaking to Sky, resident Nadia Polovetska said the ongoing war gave "no rest" to the town's residents.
"Our nerves are completely shot," she said.
Russia used Belarus as a staging ground for troops and weapons when it invaded Ukraine eight months ago.
Fears persist that the authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who has publicly supported Russia's attack on Ukraine, might agree to send his own troops south into Ukraine.
So far, Lukashenko has repeatedly rebuffed speculation that Belarus would send its own soldiers to fight alongside Russia.
Earlier this month, however, authorities announced a joint "regional grouping of troops" with Russia and said some 9,000 Russian soldiers would be stationed in Belarus.
8:30 a.m.: Russia's defense ministry on Saturday said that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, directly accusing a leading NATO member of sabotaging critical Russian infrastructure, Reuters reported.
The defense ministry did not provide evidence to back up its claim.
"According to available information, representatives of this unit of the British Navy took part in the planning, provision and implementation of a terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea on September 26 this year - blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines," the ministry said.
Britain's defense ministry declined immediate comment.
Russia has previously blamed the West for the explosions last month that ruptured the Russian-built Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the bed of the Baltic Sea.
But Russia has never before given specific details of who was responsible for the damage to the pipelines, previously the largest routes for Russian gas supplies to Europe.
The Kremlin has repeatedly said allegations of Russian responsibility for the damage were "stupid" and Russian officials have said Washington had a motive as it wants to sell more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe.
The United States has denied involvement.
8:25 a.m.: Could Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine lose the will to fight? At least one expert interviewed by CNN thinks so.
"Fear and panic are more infectious than COVID" for an army, said Jeff McCausland, a combat veteran of the Gulf War and a visiting professor of international security studies at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
He said a key factor that leads to soldiers giving up on the battlefield is whether they believe in the cause they're fighting for.
He pointed out that Ukrainians are fighting to defend their families and country, but for the Russians opposing them, the purpose may not be so clear.
6:00 a.m.:
5:00 a.m.: Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernized U.S. tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning, Reuters reports.
Politico reported that the United States told a closed NATO meeting that it would accelerate the deployment of a modernized version of the B61, the B61-12, with the new weapons arriving at European bases in December, several months earlier than planned.
Russia has around 2,000 working tactical nuclear weapons while the United States has around 200 such weapons, half of which are at bases in Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belgium and the Netherlands.
4:10 a.m.: More than a million Ukrainians have fled to Germany since Russia's invasion in February. Among the European Union countries, only Poland has welcomed more, according to Agence France-Presse.
A key challenge is the "major uncertainty" faced by the Ukrainians, said Benjamin Beckmann, who oversees integration programs at Germany's federal office for migration and refugees.
For many of them -- mostly women and children -- it remains an open question whether or not they will return to their homeland once the war is over.
3:19 a.m.: A Russian-installed governor in Moscow-annexed Crimea said the Russian navy was "repelling" a drone attack early Saturday in the bay of Sevastopol, home to Moscow's Black Sea Fleet, Agence France-Presse reports.
"Ships of the Black Sea Fleet are repelling a UVA (unmanned aerial vehicle) in Sevastopol bay," Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Telegram. "No facilities in the city have been hit. The situation is under control."
City authorities later said that the harbor was "temporarily" closed to boats and ferries.
2:10 a.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 4 million people across Ukraine have been hit by power restrictions that Ukraine's energy companies have been forced to impose because of damage to infrastructure caused by Russia's bombing campaign, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on October 28 that the areas affected include the Kyiv and Kharkiv and the regions around the two major cities.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said the city's energy supply system on October 28 was operating in emergency mode. He said it would take two to three weeks to eliminate an electricity deficit ranging between 20 percent and 50 percent.
12:41 a.m.:
12:00 a.m.: A U.S. fighter in Ukraine detailed the horrors of war to a CBS News reporter. In an interview the American volunteer said "We are fighting pure evil. Anybody in the West that asks Ukraine to just do peace talks, they need to go to these villages. They need to see what's been done to these people." He said he witnessed Russians using white phosphorus munitions. "It comes down extremely slow. But there is nothing you can do and everything it touches, just incinerates."
Some material for this article came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.