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(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on citizens to consume electricity “with a transparent tomorrow” after a grid operator warned of power outages due to damage to the country’s electrical infrastructure caused by Russian missile strikes. About 30 percent of Ukraine’s strength plants have been destroyed since Oct. 10, Zelenskiy said earlier.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a dramatic increase in security, adding restrictions on movement, in spaces along the border with Ukraine after the attacks spread across Russian territory.
The Russian government says it has left the occupied city of Kherson for the east bank of the Dnieper River as Kyiv continues its counteroffensive. The European Union is about to sanction an Iranian entity and 3 generals for offering an army and drones to Moscow.
And U. S. officials are ratcheting up pressure on Turkey to take an opposing line with Moscow after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Putin in Kazakhstan for their fourth face-to-face meeting in as many months.
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Key developments
Ukraine faces blackouts after attacks on plants
U. S. Accuses Seven Others of Conspiring to Buy Russian Army Chips
Italy’s Berlusconi blames Zelenskiy for Russian invasion
Putin orders sweeping security powers in regions near Ukraine
Israel Would Possibly Not Give Ukraine Weapons, Provides Assistance in Precautionary System
Millions of Ukrainians return home even amid war
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Russian strikes in Ukraine killed 17 civilians and wounded 29 on Tuesday, Zelenskiy’s leader said. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 4 of the six Russian cruise missiles and 10 Iranian-made drones in the early afternoon. An attack on energy infrastructure near Kryvyi Roh in the Dnipropetrovsk region has plunged much of the region into a blackout. Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks on nearly 11 settlements in the Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Ukrainian General Staff said. Ukrainian teams shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter in the Kherson region, the air force said.
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U. S. Rates U. S. Seven in Plot to Buy Tokens for Russia (2:05 a. m. )m. )
The U. S. Department of Justice The U. S. government accused seven other people of evading U. S. sanctions. The U. S. military is part of an alleged plot to sell Venezuelan oil to Russia and China and use the product to buy black market chips that Russia will install in high-tech weapons on battlefields in Ukraine. .
The five Russians and the two Venezuelans “knowingly sought to cover up the theft of the U. S. military generation. “”The U. S. is willing to benefit from black market oil,” FBI Deputy Director Michael Driscoll said in announcing the tariffs in New York on Wednesday. “This network conspired to obtain a complicated generation” live from a suffering military-industrial complex in the Russian Federation.
Zelenskiy warns to retain power (1:40)
Zelenskiy suggested Ukrainians use as little power as possible on Thursday after power grid operator Ukrenergo warned of power outages due to damage to electrical infrastructure caused by Russian missile strikes.
“It is very important that power is consciously nurtured tomorrow,” Zelenskiy said in his late-night speech on Wednesday. “We are preparing for every scenario imaginable in light of the upcoming winter season. to enhance comforts until, with the help of our partners, we can shoot down one hundred percent of enemy missiles and drones.
All regions of Ukraine may face four-hour blackouts between 7 a. m. and 10 p. m. , a step due to the shortage of electric power generation, Ukrenergo said Wednesday.
Biden says martial law Putin in ‘difficult position’ (20:05 hours)
Putin’s resolve to make martial law bigger in Ukraine’s annexed spaces shows the Russian leader “is in an incredibly delicate position,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
“It turns out that their only tool at their disposal is to brutalize Ukrainian citizens, Ukrainian citizens, to intimidate them into surrendering,” Trump said at the White House. “They’re not going to do that. “
Berlusconi accuses Zelenskiy of forcing Putin to invade (7:15 p. m. )
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi told lawmakers that Zelenskiy had led Putin into a war, according to audio received through an Italian news service.
This is the moment of audio recording on so many days when Berlusconi seems to be embracing Putin’s war narrative, and it comes just as right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni struggles to agree ministerial posts with Berlusconi and other allies. Meloni has vowed to replace Italy’s pro-Ukrainian stance, but recordings suggest he faces strong pressure to melt the stance.
EU fuel value cap amounts to ’embargo’, says Hungary (18:02)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would urge “rethinking” EU sanctions against Russia at a summit of the bloc’s leaders in Brussels starting Thursday, adding that the consequences of the sanctions are “unbearable” for Hungarians.
Meanwhile, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said Hungary, the EU’s latest proposal for a gap in the value of herbal fuel, would amount to a “fuel embargo. “Orban last week launched a national publicity crusade blaming Hungary’s economic woes on EU sanctions.
The mobilization hits the Russian economy, the Central Bank (17:52 hours)
Putin’s order last month to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine has shaken customer confidence and activity and is expected to weigh on the economy in the coming months, according to economists at the Bank of Russia.
The “partial mobilization” triggered an exodus of more than 350,000 Russians from the country, exacerbating the already acute shortage of hard work and “negatively affecting customers and confidence,” economists said in a report.
They said the impact of sanctions on the oil and high-tech sectors has yet to be felt, and that the flight of foreign companies from the Russian market since February is creating inflationary pressures as the source of products from key customers dries up.
Zelenskiy calls for cell force issues for infrastructure (5:45 p. m. )
Ukraine’s president has ordered the government to temporarily establish cellular force problems for critical infrastructure across the country to be used in the event of a power outage, his press service said.
In a separate announcement, the app serving Lviv said it would cut off the force to a part of the western Ukrainian city to allow repair of aircraft damaged by Russian missile strikes. attack.
India warns against Ukraine (5:37 p. m. )
The embassy cited the escalation of hostilities in its statement.
The embassy also called on Indian citizens, students, already in the country to leave “as soon as possible. “
Russia hits plants in western Ukraine (4:12 p. m. )
Russia bombed two facilities of energy company DTEK Energy on Wednesday, bringing the total number of its facilities to three, the company said.
A missile hit a power plant in the western Ivano-Frankivsk region, regional governor Svitlana Onishchuk said. There were no casualties.
Croatian President Brists on plan for Ukrainian troops (3:47 p. m. )
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic rejected an initiative welcomed by the country’s prime minister to house and train Ukrainian troops in NATO and European Union countries.
“This is not our war,” said Milanovic, whose most common ceremonial responsibilities are oversight of Croatia’s armed forces. “I will not allow Croatia to worry about this. ” Earlier this year, Milanovic clashed with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic over Finland and Sweden’s admission to NATO. Milanovic despite everything agreed.
Putin Extends Martial in Occupied Ukraine (2:21 p. m. )
Citing movements in recent weeks in border spaces and a bomb attack on his window into Crimea, Putin told his Security Council he ordered tougher measures across much of Russia. It has also expanded the existing martial law regimes in the 4 Ukrainian territories it claims. have annexed last month.
Putin’s new measures impose construction security in six regions near the Ukrainian border, as well as Crimea. The new regulations impose limits on movement in and out of regions, allow local government to keep civilians away from combat zones, army production, and grant building powers to army officers.
Areas furthest from the front lines, Moscow, will also see unspecified movement restrictions, according to the text of Putin’s decree.
U. S. Officials U. S. Increases Pressure on Turkey by Russia (2:19 p. m. )
U. S. officials have been pressuring their Turkish counterparts on compliance with monetary sanctions against Russia to force Ankara to take a harder line against Moscow.
A delegation led by Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and monetary crimes at the U. S. Treasury. The U. S. government met with Turkey’s central bank governor and trade teams in Ankara and Istanbul earlier this week, according to other people familiar with the discussions.
The scale comes a week after Erdogan agreed with Putin to boost ties and establish a foreign fuel hub in Turkey, which could position the country as a key direction for Russian flows to Europe.
Billionaire gets moment in Sanction Fight (14:16)
Russian billionaire Petr Aven’s legal fight over a British investigation into sanctions circumvention allegations has been sent back to a lower court for a fresh look, leaving the first major court case over the recently imposed sanctions regime up in the air.
Aven, who said he never had a British bank account in his name, is suspected of using the ones he had through his wife and asset-control corporations to fund his lifestyle. to the UK through an Austrian agreement in the hours before the imposition of EU sanctions.
EU to sanction Iranian drone (12:58)
The EU intends to approve sanctions against three Iranian generals and one entity for offering military to Russia on Wednesday and officially adopt them until Thursday, several officials said.
The entity, Shahed Aviation Industries, is guilty of the design and development of the Shahed series of drones being used in Ukraine. Iran has denied exporting weapons for use in the war in Ukraine.
Germany sees no urgency in approving more budget for Ukraine (12:38 p. m. )
Germany is delaying approving loans worth 3 billion euros ($2. 9 billion) to Ukraine and completing the 9 billion euro package pledged through the European Union in May.
Berlin told member states earlier this week that there was no investment hole in the war-torn country until the end of the year. For this reason, he said there was no need to urge EU leaders to fully approve the remaining tranche at their assembly in Brussels. Thursday and Friday, according to other people familiar with the debate.
Germany remains at odds with the European Commission over the design of the monetary package for Ukraine, and the delay in budget disbursement has angered U. S. and Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine moves forward as EU member: German envoy (12:01)
Germany’s ambassador to Ukraine, Anka Feldhusen, said the country had made progress on reforming the judiciary, as well as electing a head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau as part of its EU bid. He said in a briefing video from Kyiv, adding that his country’s project works despite recent attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
“The German embassy, like other embassies in Kyiv, functions as before the attacks,” Feldhusen said. “We stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainian society. In fact, I am inspired by the calm with which people, especially in Kyiv, live this. “. »
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