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More Russian shelling hit Ukraine on Thursday morning when missile strikes were reported in the Kyiv region, Odessa, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro.
The region surrounding Kyiv under fire, the head of the army’s regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, warned on Thursday, noting that “since morning, the enemy has been massively attacking Ukraine. “
Separately, a rift appears to have emerged between Ukraine and its NATO allies over a missile attack that hit Poland on Tuesday after Kyiv rejected initial findings, submitted through NATO on Wednesday, suggesting Ukrainian forces were a missile attack on a Polish village. that killed two people. people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had “no doubt” his country was not guilty of a missile attack and called on Ukraine to be part of a joint U. S. -Polish investigation into the incident.
Separately, the United Nations said Thursday that the Black Sea grain deal, which has facilitated the export of millions of tons of agricultural products from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, helping to ease a global food crisis, has been extended.
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, met with his Swedish counterpart at the Pentagon.
Milley’s NATO accession procedure and regional security considerations with Sweden’s supreme commander, Gen. Micael Byden, according to a Pentagon reading of the meeting.
In May, Sweden and Finland began the formal NATO application process. The 30 members of the alliance must ratify the countries’ access to the group. In August, the U. S. president brought Finland and Sweden into NATO.
—Amanda Macias
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed The Hague’s decision to sentence two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist to life imprisonment for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
“A very important resolution taken today in the Netherlands. This is the first conviction of the killers who destroyed the Malaysian Boeing in the skies over Donbass in 2014,” Zelenskyy said in a late-night interview on messaging app Telegram.
“Without this, it is to protect the world from wars, such as Russian aggression against our state, that will not happen again,” the Ukrainian leader added.
—Amanda Macias
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s legal team said she knew the two-time Olympic gold medalist since moving to a Russian penal colony outside Moscow.
“We can verify that Brittney has begun serving her sentence at IK-2 in Mordovia. We visited him this week,” his lawyers wrote in a statement.
“Brittney is doing as well as expected and looking to stay strong while adjusting to a new environment. Considering that this is a very difficult time for her, there will be no further comment from us. “
Last month, a Russian court upheld Griner’s nine-year sentence, a move that cemented the American athlete’s motion toward a penal colony.
—Amanda Macias
The Army has awarded a production contract valued at more than $14 million to Lockheed Martin to increase investment in the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.
“The delivery will increase production capacity to allow the U. S. government to increase production capacity. “The U. S. Department of Defense will more temporarily fill the Department of Defense reserves provided by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
Last month, the defense titan said it was on track to increase HIMARS production to 96 pitchers consistent with the year, from its current point of 60 pitchers. Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet announced the construction of a third-quarter earnings call.
So far, the U. S. has not been able to do so. The US has transferred more than 20 HIMARS to Ukraine, as the formula for countering Russian missile attacks has shown.
—Amanda Macias
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would try to freeze Ukrainians because of frustration over the army’s progress on the ground.
“Having failed to capture Ukraine by force, President Putin turns out that plunging Ukrainians into darkness, cutting off their water, freezing them to death will break their will,” Blinken said alongside U. S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Bali, Indonesia.
“Russia’s new strategy, like its previous strategy, will fail. The Ukrainian spirit is unwavering, as is our commitment to Ukraine,” Blinken added.
In recent weeks, Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, damaging about 40 of the country’s electrical infrastructure.
—Amanda Macias
Ukrainian General Oleksii Gromov said Russia fired missiles at Ukraine in November.
He said more than a hundred missiles were introduced Tuesday, in what is described as the largest missile strike of the war to date, according to an NBC News translation.
He added that on Thursday Russian forces fired about 16 cruise missiles and made about five drone movements over Ukraine.
—Amanda Macias
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, reiterating that “Russia has the duty and the blame for its war in Ukraine. “
“He reaffirmed U. S. company and stood firm in Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and pledged continued economic, humanitarian, and security assistance to Ukraine to protect itself and supply its people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price wrote in a reading of the report. . call.
The two leaders agreed to remain in close contact with the investigation of the explosion in Poland.
—Amanda Macias
The State Department said it has not been able to speak with WNBA star Brittney Griner since she was transferred to a penal colony.
The department’s lawyers “are from his location and are in common contact with Griner’s legal team,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said.
“Our embassy in our Moscow project has continued to push for more information about your move and current location,” Patel added.
Last week, Griner went from being a Russian criminal to a penal colony. Last month, a Russian court rejected Griner’s appeal and upheld his nine-year criminal sentence for drug trafficking.
—Amanda Macias
The organization that oversees the export of Ukrainian crops said there is a backlog of 69 ships waiting to be loaded with goods.
The UN-led Joint Coordination Centre said around 24 loaded vessels were waiting to be inspected in Turkish territorial waters.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement negotiated in July between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia’s naval blockade and saw the reopening of 3 key Ukrainian ports. Since the agreement was signed, more than 470 ships carrying 11. 1 million metric tons of grain and other food products have left for destinations around the world.
Kyiv has in the past blamed Moscow for delaying inspections and delaying ship movements.
—Amanda Macias
The organization that oversees the export of agricultural products said that 3 ships carrying wheat, flour and soybeans departed from Ukrainian ports.
The amount of cereals and other food products exported under the Black Sea Grain Initiative exceeds 11. 1 million metric tons.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, negotiated in July between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased the Russian naval blockade and allowed the reopening of 3 key Ukrainian ports.
The agreement between the signatories will expire in about 4 months.
—Amanda Macias
A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist of killing 298 others killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and sentenced them to life in prison. A Russian acquitted for lack of evidence.
Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said evidence presented through prosecutors in a trial that lasted more than two years proved that the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down via a Buk missile fired at pro-Moscow Ukrainian fighters on July 17, 2014. The twist of fate scattered debris and bodies on farmland and sunflower fields.
Faced with geopolitical turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the court also found that Moscow had overall control of the Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, from where it said the attack was launched.
None of the defendants gave the impression of the trial that began in March 2020 and, if convicted, they are unlikely to serve a sentence anytime soon. Prosecutors had asked for life sentences for all four. Prosecutors and suspects have two weeks to appeal.
– Associated Press
The large staff cuts that temporarily affected more than a dozen Moldovan cities this week have highlighted the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Europe’s poorest country.
The force cuts occurred Tuesday when the Russian military hit infrastructure targets in Ukraine, which borders Moldova. Less than a week earlier, the European Union pledged 250 million euros (nearly $260 million) for the former Soviet republic to deal with a severe crisis of force after Russia. Reduce your source of herbal fuel by half.
Moldova was a candidate for the EU club in June, the same day as neighbouring Ukraine.
“Every lethal bomb dropped on Ukrainian cities and the force’s infrastructure has direct consequences on the population of our country,” Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said after the new Russian missile moved a force across the border.
– Associated Press
Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down six missiles over the southern region of the Odessa region in a missile attack on the country on Thursday.
“A missile attack introduced in the Odessa region. The enemy introduced Kalibr [missiles] from the Black Sea and used tactical aircraft, two Su-30s fired six air missiles,” the Odessa City Council said in a Telegram article, adding that six missiles were destroyed by air defense forces over the sea.
A missile hit a logistics facility, the council said, wounding a civilian in the attack. “The surprise stirred the surrounding business buildings,” he added.
—Holly Ellyatt
Here’s an update on those reports of shelling in various regions, adding the cities of Kyiv and Dnipro on Thursday:
Kyivan army management said 4 Russian missiles and five Shahed drones were shot down over the city today. the area. “
“However, we have coups in other regions of Ukraine, which also affects our system of force. The electric power scenario in the region remains difficult. According to Ukrenergo’s decision, emergency force cuts continue in the Kyiv region. The duration of the outages in the security scenario and the speed of restoration of the infrastructure,” Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, rescuers are also clearing debris after rocket attacks this morning hit a residential building in the city of Vilniansk. in construction. ” Four families, at least 8 other people, lived in the house,” the emergency said on Facebook.
In the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, 14 people, plus a child, were hospitalized after a bombing this morning. A Twitter user posted a video showing destroyed residential buildings, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office.
Tymoshenko posted a video of destroyed buildings in Dnipro with air raid sirens sounding in the area. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a Dnipro video showing an explosion on a busy street in the city. One of his advisers tweeted that Ukraine once again experienced a “missile sky. “”
—Holly Ellyatt
Poles have mixed emotions about Tuesday’s missile strike that killed two citizens in a town near the Ukrainian border.
Some citizens said they were now more involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; while others pointed out that Tuesday’s occasion was an unfortunate twist of fate that could have happened earlier.
“Yes, I’m more worried now. . . we are very close,” a young Polish told CNBC on Thursday morning. “I just hope this [war] ends very soon,” he added.
A guy running in a hotel next to the presidential palace in Warsaw said: “There has been constant concern since February 24 [when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine]. I don’t need an escalation.
The same citizen expects greater coverage across the Polish border. Germany has reportedly announced that it will send more airspace surveillance to Poland.
Poland, a NATO member since 1999, has experienced one of the largest military build-ups among alliance members. Data released through NATO in July showed there were 122,500 Poles and 11,600 from other NATO allies stationed in the country. The United States leads the NATO battle group in Poland.
A 39-year-old Polish salesman told CNBC he was no more worried now than he was the week before, saying “it’s the war and these things are happening. “
—Silvia Amaro
Ukraine suffered fresh Russian shelling on Thursday morning, with missile strikes reported in the Kyiv region, as well as in Odessa and the southern city of Dnipro.
The region surrounding Kyiv under fire, the head of the army’s regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, warned on Thursday, noting that “since morning, the enemy has been massively attacking Ukraine. “”Kyiv region: air defense is working. The danger has not passed. We have data on the flight of the rocket. . . above the region,” he said.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president’s office, said Russian forces shelled Dnipro this morning with several hits on two reported infrastructures. One user was injured in the blasts, according to initial information.
Elsewhere, Odessa RMA leader Maksym Marchenko said Russia had introduced a missile attack on infrastructure in the southern port region. “There is a risk of a major missile attack on the entire territory of Ukraine. I ask other people in the domain to stay in shelters,” he said.
Russia’s near-relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are perceived as a central component of its war strategy, which aims to deprive Ukrainians of water, heat and electricity when winter comes.
—Holly Ellyatt
The UN secretary-general on Thursday welcomed an agreement between all parties to make the Black Sea grain deal bigger to facilitate Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports.
— Reuters
Ukrainian President Andriy Yermak’s chief of staff said Thursday that Ukraine seeks to “crush” Russia and resists “the incredibly hard blows of the enemy. “
“The enemy thinks he will weaken our defense with power moves and can hit us in the back. This is a naïve tactic of cowardly losers for which we are in position,” Yermak said on a Telegram.
“Ukraine has already withstood incredibly hard blows from the enemy, which have had the effects that these cowardly Russians were counting on. We keep moving forward,” Yermak said. We will crush them,” he added.
Ukraine suffered an attack on its energy infrastructure on Tuesday, and Kyiv claimed that Russia had attacked it with a hundred cruise missiles, damaging energy infrastructure in several regions.
Ukraine’s national energy company and Energy Minister German Galushchenko called the Russian attack on Ukraine’s power formula the largest attack in the country’s history and since the war began.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, which has left millions without electricity, “take deep advantage of Russia’s traditional cruise missile stockpiles,” and the degradation of Ukraine’s national infrastructure is a key component of Russia’s strategy. Strategic technique for the campaign.
He said Tuesday’s moves were “probably the number of moves Russia has carried out in a single day since the first week of the invasion. “
“Ukraine is facing a significant reduction in the electricity available on its national grid. This will affect civilians’ access to communications, heating and water supply. “
—Holly Ellyatt
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had “no doubt” Ukraine was not to blame for a missile strike that hit a Polish village on Tuesday night and killed two people.
Zelenskyy told Ukrainian television on Wednesday that his most sensible military commanders had confided in him that “it was not our missile or our missile attack” that the incident, which sparked foreign fury and raised fears of a wider standoff between NATO and Russia. gust.
“I have no doubt in the [Tuesday] report that was addressed to me personally, from the commander of the air force to the commander in chief [Valery] Zaluzhny, that it is not our missile or missile attack,” Zelenskyy said.
He reiterated Kyiv’s calls for it to go to the site of the explosion, near the village of Przewodow in southeastern Poland and just four miles from the Ukrainian border, and for Ukraine to be part of a joint investigation across Poland and the United States.
Is it possible not to announce the final findings until the investigation is completed?I think that’s fair. If someone says it’s our rocket, they deserve us to be part of a joint investigation. “group?” I think we deserve it, it’s fair. “
NATO’s initial assessment of the incident, which Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reported on Wednesday, necessarily exonerated Ukraine and concluded that while it gave the impression that a Ukrainian air defense missile caused the explosion in Poland, the incident occurred while Ukraine was guarding itself against a bombing by Russian cruise missiles.
—Holly Ellyatt
Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Minister Denys Monastyrskyi said bodies of tortured citizens had been discovered in the recently liberated Kherson region.
“The bodies of those who were tortured there are being exhumed. So far, 63 bodies have been discovered in the Kherson area, but we want to realize that the search is just beginning,” he said, according to an NBC translation.
Russia has said in the past that its forces have not committed war crimes in Ukraine, which would involve torture and the killing of civilians.
—Amanda Macias
The U. S. ambassador to the United Nations blamed Russia for the deaths of two on Polish soil.
“Although we don’t yet know all the facts, we know one thing: this tragedy would never have happened without Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its recent missile attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure,” Linda Thomas Greenfield told the UN Security Council.
“The UN charter is transparent: Ukraine has any and all rights to protect itself from this dam. Defend their sovereignty. Defend their territorial integrity,” he added.
Thomas Greenfield said Russia had carried out “large-scale missile attacks since the beginning of the war” on Tuesday.
“Now millions of Ukrainians are without heat or electricity. We express our solidarity with fellow Ukrainians for the consequences of this attack, and our deepest condolences for the lives lost,” Greenfield said, adding that it is a “deliberate tactic on Putin’s part. “part. “
“It turns out that if he can’t capture Ukraine by force, he will try to freeze control of the country until it submits. It’s hard to overstate how horrible these attacks are,” he said.
—Amanda Macias
The Pentagon criticized Russia’s planned bombing of Ukraine’s civilian energy sector, adding that more than a quarter of Ukrainians are electric power across the country.
“While the tests are ongoing, yesterday’s moves gave the impression of having introduced at least 60 missiles and may have introduced more than 90, maybe even 100,” the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters. U. S. Secretary of State General Mark Milley agreed with the Secretary of State. Defense Lloyd Austin.
“This is probably the biggest wave of missiles we’ve noticed since the war began,” Milley said, adding that “the planned attack on the civilian forces network, which causes excessive collateral damage and unnecessary suffering to civilians, is a war crime. “. “
—Amanda Macias
Ukraine has asked to see the evidence on which NATO based its assessment that a missile attack in Poland that killed two other people was likely caused by Ukrainian air defenses seeking to protect against a barrage of Russian missile attacks.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insisted, however, that the attack was not a planned attack and that Ukraine is not to blame.
Russia has the final duty as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told a news conference.
After NATO’s comments, Oleksii Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council, tweeted that Kyiv favored a “joint study” into the incident and sought to see evidence in the possession of its allies suggesting it was involved.
Danilov said on Twitter that Ukraine “is ready to hand over the evidence of the Russian lead we have” but that Kyiv is still waiting for “data from our partners, based on which it was concluded that this is a Ukrainian air defense missile. “
He added that Ukraine had requested that officials from the Defense Ministry and Border Guard be quickly dispatched to the site of the explosion.
—Holly Ellyatt
NATO said there was no indication that the missile attack that hit a Polish border village on Tuesday night was deliberate, and said Russia was ultimately to blame as it continues to bomb Ukraine with missiles.
The secretary general of the army alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said the missile incident occurred “when Russia was launching a huge wave of rocket attacks in Ukraine. “
While the investigation of the incident continues, he said there is “no indication that it is the result of a planned attack” and no indication that it is “offensive moves by the army opposed to NATO. “
Preliminary analysis, as previously reported, suggests that the incident was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile fired to intercept a Russian missile.
“Let’s be clear, it’s not Ukraine’s fault. Russia has the final duty as it continues its war against Ukraine,” he said.
—Holly Ellyatt
NATO claims that Russia is ultimately to blame for the Polish missile’s repercussion; Moscow denies hitting Kyiv in new attacks
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