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UKRAINE is working to restore electricity and water supplies after Russia's latest wave of attacks plunged multiple cities into darkness
Vladimir Putin's latest strikes, which hit a number of cities in Ukraine, left thousands without "power, water and heating" according to Kharkiv's mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
In the capital Kyiv, the metro had stopped running so that people could take shelter at underground stations after air raid sirens rang out on Friday morning – a familiar sound during the bloody Ukraine war.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the metro service was relaunched early Saturday and water supply had been restored.
However, a third of the capital's residents were still without power, Klitschko added.
Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest news…
- Joseph Gamp
Moscow says Moldova ban on TV channels 'political censorship'
Russia on Saturday accused Moldova of "political censorship" after the small eastern European country suspended the broadcasting license of six television channels over accusations of misinformation.
Moldova on Friday said the decision was made due to the "lack of correct information" in their coverage of national events and Russia's military campaign in Ukraine among other reasons.
Some of the suspended channels re-transmit programmes from Russian television channels that were on Friday banned in the European Union as part of a new package of sanctions on Moscow.
"We consider this ban to be an unprecedented act of political censorship, an abuse of the principle of media pluralism, and a flagrant violation of the right to freedom of access to information," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
The ban will come into effect on Monday and will remain in place for the duration of the nationwide emergency situation that Moldova declared after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in late Februar
- Joseph Gamp
Kharkiv left without water and power as Russian attacks caused ‘colossal’ damage
Russian missiles bombarded the city of Kharkiv on Friday, leaving thousands without energy, water and heating.
The city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram: “There is colossal damage to infrastructure, primarily the energy system.
“I ask you to be patient with what is happening now. I know that in your houses there is no light, no heating, no water supply.”
- Joseph Gamp
Russia says it hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure, military targets on Friday
Russia's defence ministry said its "high-precision" weapons hit parts of Ukraine's military-industrial complex and energy and military administrative facilities on Friday.
"As a result of the strike, the transportation of weapons and ammunition of foreign production has been thwarted," it said on Saturday. Ukraine's plants producing weapons, military equipment and ammunition had been disabled, it added.
Ukrainian officials earlier said Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the military operation, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to implement emergency blackouts nationwide.
- Joseph Gamp
Canada to send $500million loan to Ukraine
Canada will loan Ukraine $500million, the country’s Finance Department said in a statement today.
This comes just days after 70 countries from across the globe announced $1billion had been raised for Ukraine this winter.
- Joseph Gamp
Ukraine claims to have shot down 60 Russian missiles in one day
The commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, has said that Ukraine shot down 60 out of the 76 missiles fired by Russia on Friday morning.
In a statement, Zaluzhny said: “According to preliminary data, this morning from the regions of the Caspian and Black seas, the enemy launched 76 missiles, including 72 cruise missiles (X-101, ‘Kalibr’, X-22) and 4 guided air missiles (X-59) at Ukrainian critical infrastructure.”
- Joseph Gamp
Russia says strikes disrupted supply of foreign arms to Ukraine
Russia claimed Saturday it had prevented the delivery of foreign weapons to Ukraine as part of mass strikes a day earlier that caused power and water outages across the country.
On Friday, "military command systems, the military-industrial complex and their supporting energy facilities of Ukraine were hit with a mass strike with high-precision weapons," Russia's defence ministry said in its daily briefing.
"The target had been reached. All assigned objects were hit," it added.
"As a result of the strike, the transfer of weapons and ammunition of foreign production was disrupted, the advancement of reserves to areas of hostilities was blocked and Ukrainian defence enterprises for the production and repair of weapons… were halted".
Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Friday on multiple cities in Ukraine, plunging them into darkness, cutting water and heat and forcing people to endure sub-zero temperatures.
After a series of embarrassing battlefield defeats, Russia since October has pursued an aerial onslaught against what Moscow says are military-linked facilities.
France and the European Union said the suffering inflicted on freezing civilians constitutes war crimes, with the bloc's foreign policy chief calling the bombings "barbaric".
- Joseph Gamp
EU chief slams Russia’s ‘indiscriminate terror’
A top EU official has condemned Russia’s bloodthirsty wave of attacks directed at Ukraine on Friday.
“These cruel, inhumane attacks aim to increase human suffering and deprive Ukrainian people, but also hospitals, emergency services and other critical services of electricity, heating and water,” The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
“These bombings constitute war crimes and are barbaric. All those responsible shall be held accountable.”
He added: “Today’s massive missiles attacks by Russia across Ukraine, in addition to the ongoing daily shelling of civilians and civilian infrastructure, are yet another example of the Kremlin’s indiscriminate terror.”
- Joseph Gamp
Ukraine works to restore power after Russian missiles batter grid
Ukraine worked Saturday to restore electricity and water supplies after Russia's latest wave of attacks pitched multiple cities into darkness and forced people to endure sub-zero temperatures without heating or running water.
The volley of missiles unleashed Friday came as President Vladimir Putin held extensive meetings with the military top brass overseeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where Moscow has stepped up bombardments.
In the capital Kyiv, the metro had stopped running so that people wrapped in winter coats could take shelter at underground stations after air raid sirens rang out on Friday morning.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the metro service was relaunched early Saturday and water supply had been restored.
However, a third of Kyiv residents were still without power, Klitschko added.
Power was also restored throughout the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said, after the strikes left Ukraine's second city without electricity.
Ukraine's national energy provider imposed emergency blackouts, saying on Saturday that the energy system "continues to recover".
- Joseph Gamp
One killed in Kherson shelling says regional governor
A 36-year-old man was killed inside his car after Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, the regional governor said.
Yaroslav Yanushevych wrote on his Telegram channel that Russian troops had struck a western district of the city with artillery and multiple rocket launchers, also injuring a 70-year-old woman.
Ukrainian forces liberated the city from Russian occupation on Nov. 11 but officials say Kremlin forces have continued shelling it from positions on the other side of the Dnipro River.
The governor of another Ukrainian region said earlier on Saturday that rescue workers had recovered the body of a one-year-old boy from the rubble of Russian strike on a residential building Friday morning.
- Joseph Gamp
Air raid alert sounds across Ukraine says Kyiv
Air raid sirens wailed across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, on Saturday, officials said, a day after Russia carried out a massive missile strike on critical infrastructure.
"Please go to the shelters!" Kyiv city's military administration said on Telegram.
Belarusian social media account Hajun, which monitors military activity in Belarus, said several Russian warplanes had been spotted flying above Belarus to the north of Ukraine.
Reuters could not independently verify that information.
- Joseph Gamp
Rishi Sunak orders audit into war in Ukraine
The British government has reportedly ordered an audit into the progress being made in Ukraine.
According to the BBC, sources within Whitehall are worried Rishi Sunak is taking an overly cautious approach to Britain’s involvement in Ukraine.
The source told the BBC: “Wars aren’t won [by dashboards]. Wars are won on instinct.
“At the start of this it was Boris (Johnson) sitting down and saying: ‘Let’s just go for this.’ So Rishi needs to channel his inner Boris on foreign policy though not of course on anything else.”
- Henry Moore
Zelensky brands Russia ‘rocket worshipers’ as missiles bombard Ukraine
Speaking in a video address on Friday, President Zelensky slammed the Kremlin, branding Russia a country of “rocket worshipers.”
“Whatever the rocket worshipers from Moscow are counting on, it still won’t change the balance of power in this war,” he said.
This comes as the Kremlin launched a new barrage of missiles at Ukraine, leaving thousands without power.
- Henry Moore
Nine power facilities destroyed, Ukraine claims
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister has claimed that nine power facilities have been damaged in missile strikes on Friday.
In a statement, he said: "What we already see is damage to about nine generating facilities. Now we are still verifying the damage."
- Henry Moore
Ukraine claims to have shot down 60 Russian missiles in one day
The commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, has said that Ukraine shot down 60 out of the 76 missiles fired by Russia on Friday morning.
In a statement, Zaluzhny said: "According to preliminary data, this morning from the regions of the Caspian and Black seas, the enemy launched 76 missiles, including 72 cruise missiles (X-101, ‘Kalibr’, X-22) and 4 guided air missiles (X-59) at Ukrainian critical infrastructure."
- Henry Moore
Russia continues to build defences on Ukraine's frontline
The British Ministry of Defence revealed new details of Russia's actions on the frontline on Friday.
The Ministry said: "As shown by imagery, in recent weeks, Russian forces have continued to expend considerable effort to construct extensive defensive positions along the front line.
"They have likely prioritised the northern sector around the town of Svatove.
"The Russian constructions follow traditional military plans for entrenchment, largely unchanged since the Second World War.
"Such constructions are likely to be vulnerable to modern, precision indirect strikes.
"The construction of major defensive lines is further illustration of Russia’s reversion to positional warfare that has been largely abandoned by most modern Western militaries in recent decades."
- Henry Moore
Russia 'loves to show off', claims top Ukrainian official
Head of the Presidential office, Mikhail Podolyak, slammed the Kremlin on Friday.
He said: "Moscow loves to show off. Re-offensive, Kyiv capture, landing on Mars.
"Corrupt imperialists gratify their egos in corridors of Kremlin, giving orders to the military.
"But there is a problem ru-generals do not tell about: these plans cannot be implemented. Ukrainians won’t allow."
- Henry Moore
Top Ukrainian official warns Kremlin wants to ‘conquer all of Ukraine’
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defence Hanna Malyar warned the world against “relaxing” their opposition to Russia.
“We and the world should not relax, because the ultimate goal of the Russian Federation is to conquer all of Ukraine, and then it can move on,” said Malyar.
This comes after the Kremlin launched a new wave of attacks at the under-siege nation, leaving thousands without power.
- Henry Moore
Canada to send $500million loan to Ukraine
Canada will loan Ukraine $500million, the country’s Finance Department said in a statement on Friday.
This comes just days after 70 countries from across the globe announced $1billion had been raised for Ukraine this winter.
- Henry Moore
FIFA reportedly rejects Zelensky’s call for a ‘message of peace’ during World Cup Final
According to a report from CNN, football’s governing body, FIFA, has rejected President Zelensky’s call for a “message of peace” to be displayed during the World Cup Final.
FIFA and the Qatari authorities have been strict about preventing political symbols at this year’s tournament.
The match between France and Argentina takes place on Sunday afternoon.
- Henry Moore
Zelensky brands Russia ‘rocket worshipers’ as missiles bombard Ukraine
Speaking in a video address on Friday, President Zelensky slammed the Kremlin, branding Russia a country of “rocket worshipers.”
“Whatever the rocket worshipers from Moscow are counting on, it still won’t change the balance of power in this war,” he said.
This comes as the Kremlin launched a new barrage of missiles at Ukraine, leaving thousands without power.
- Henry Moore
Rishi Sunak reportedly orders audit into war in Ukraine
The British government has reportedly ordered an audit into the progress being made in Ukraine.
According to the BBC, sources within Whitehall are worried Rishi Sunak is taking an overly cautious approach to Britain’s involvement in Ukraine.
The source told the BBC: “Wars aren’t won [by dashboards]. Wars are won on instinct.
"At the start of this it was Boris (Johnson) sitting down and saying: ‘Let’s just go for this.’ So Rishi needs to channel his inner Boris on foreign policy though not of course on anything else.”
- Henry Moore
Ukrainian energy operator lifts state of emergency
Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s power grid operator, has lifted its state of emergency following Russia’s massive wave of missile strikes on Friday.
Russian attacks saw the operator cut the country’s energy usage by around 50 per cent, according to reports from Al Jazeera.
Despite the Kremlin’s brutal strikes, Ukraine’s military was able to shoot down at least 60 Russian missiles.
- Henry Moore
EU chief slams Russia’s ‘indiscriminate terror’
A top EU official has condemned Russia’s bloodthirsty wave of attacks directed at Ukraine on Friday.
“These cruel, inhumane attacks aim to increase human suffering and deprive Ukrainian people, but also hospitals, emergency services and other critical services of electricity, heating and water,” The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
“These bombings constitute war crimes and are barbaric. All those responsible shall be held accountable.”
He added: “Today’s massive missiles attacks by Russia across Ukraine, in addition to the ongoing daily shelling of civilians and civilian infrastructure, are yet another example of the Kremlin’s indiscriminate terror.”
- Henry Moore
Kharkiv left without water and power as Russian attacks caused ‘colossal’ damage
Russian missiles bombarded the city of Kharkiv on Friday, leaving thousands without energy, water and heating.
The city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram: "There is colossal damage to infrastructure, primarily the energy system.
“I ask you to be patient with what is happening now. I know that in your houses there is no light, no heating, no water supply.”
- Henry Moore
In pictures: Kyiv residents forced underground as Russia bombards Ukraine
Russia launched a new wave of missiles at Ukraine today, forcing Kyiv residents to find safety in the city’s metro system.
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