December 5, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news - CNN

ImageSat International published images showing what appears to beryllium the aftermath of an explosion at the Dyagilevo aerial basal successful Russia. (ImageSat International)

The Israeli outer imagery institution ImageSat International has published images showing what appears to beryllium the aftermath of an detonation astatine the Dyagilevo aerial basal successful Russia.

"On an representation from 05.12.2022, pain marks and objects are seen adjacent a Tu-22M craft that was astir apt damaged," it said. ISI made the images disposable to CNN.

Some background: The basal is 1 of 2 which the Russian Defense Ministry says were attacked by Ukrainian drones connected Monday.

In a connection carried connected the authoritative Russian quality bureau RIA Novosti, the Ministry said the attacks were "in the Saratov and Ryazan regions" but the "Ukrainian drones flying astatine debased altitude" were intercepted by air defenses.

Ukraine has not confirmed that it attacked either airfield. Recent outer imagery shows a important fig of Russian strategical bombers astatine the Engels airbase successful Saratov.

CNN's Tim Lister and Darya Tarasova contributed reporting to this post.

Russian instrumentality enforcement officers detain a idiosyncratic during a rally successful Moscow connected September 24. (Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin made it much hard to signifier protests successful the state by signing a caller instrumentality which bans immoderate benignant of rally from taking spot astatine a scope of locations.

Protests volition beryllium banned successful areas like, authorities buildings, universities, schools, anyplace adjacent churches, airports and ports, railway stations and captious infrastructure, authorities quality bureau RIA said Monday.

Previously, rallies were forbidden from taking spot adjacent statesmanlike residences, courts, prisons and exigency operational services.

Regional authorities tin additionally present further bans connected demonstrations based on “historical, cultural, and different nonsubjective characteristics of the subject." 

Putin signed astir 50 laws connected Monday according to RIA.

The Biden medication downplayed concerns that a terms headdress connected Russian lipid could backfire and wounded the planetary system Monday, reiterating that the US reserves the close to set the terms going guardant arsenic the headdress begins to beryllium implemented. 

On Friday, the European Union's 27 subordinate states capped Russian lipid astatine $60 a barrel, days earlier G7 and Australia statesman to instrumentality a terms cap, acceptable to commencement Monday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Moscow volition “not admit immoderate terms caps” and warned that it was “a measurement towards destabilizing the satellite vigor market.”

Global crude prices were up 2.6% connected Monday arsenic investors watched nervously for Russia’s adjacent move.

National Security Council coordinator for strategical communications John Kirby dismissed semipermanent effects of the terms cap.

Kirby said the US believes that “this headdress volition fastener successful a discount connected Russian oil,” adding that the US “fully” supports the $60 terms headdress announced past week and “stand down it.”

Kirby suggested that the terms headdress volition let countries to “bargain for steeper discounts connected Russian oil” but was “not intended to destruct Russian lipid from the market.”

“We judge it’s going to assistance bounds Mr. Putin’s quality to profiteer disconnected the lipid market. It’s also, you know, adjustable. It doesn’t mean we can’t travel backmost and revisit it if we request to,” helium said.

CCTV footage appears to amusement an detonation lighting up the sky, geolocated by CNN to the Russian metropolis of Engels, connected Monday morning. (From Twitter)

CCTV footage geolocated by CNN to the Russian metropolis of Engels, wherever a Russian aerial basal is located, appears to amusement an detonation lighting up the entity astatine astir 6 a.m. connected Monday morning.

Engels is simply a larboard metropolis connected the Volga River located successful Saratov Oblast, successful occidental Russia, astir 500 miles (more than 800 kilometers) southeast of Moscow. The CCTV footage shared connected societal media was recorded astir 3.7 miles (nearly 6 kilometers) distant from wherever the Engels-2 airfield is located, a strategical bomber airbase.

Saratov portion Gov. Roman Busargin, reassured residents connected Telegram that nary civilian infrastructure was damaged but said “information astir incidents astatine subject facilities is being checked by instrumentality enforcement agencies.”

He acknowledged accusation astir “about a large bang and a burst successful Engels successful the aboriginal morning” was spreading connected societal networks and the media.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was asked astir this incidental and different detonation astatine a Russian airfield adjacent the metropolis of Ryazan, astir 200 kilometers (about 124 miles) southeast of Moscow, during a regular telephone with journalists connected Monday.

CNN had contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment.

Later Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine utilized drones to attack 2 Russian subject airfields connected Monday morning.

In a connection carried connected the authoritative Russian quality bureau RIA Novosti, the ministry said the attacks were "in the Saratov and Ryazan regions" but had been intercepted by air defenses.

Russian authorities media besides reported 3 radical were killed and six injured aft a substance motortruck exploded astatine the Russian airfield adjacent the metropolis of Ryazan. The detonation occurred astatine an craft parking batch astatine the airfield, exigency services told authorities quality bureau TASS connected Monday.

Pro-Russian bloggers person said that the incidents were apt an enactment of sabotage from Ukraine.

Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for the Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shared a societal media study of a “blast astatine the Engels airfield” connected Facebook but made nary assertion of responsibility. “And who did it?,” helium wrote.

Later connected nationalist tv Ihnat referenced the blasts portion announcing the motorboat of a caller Russian rocket onslaught towards Ukraine, saying: “We person accusation that contiguous determination were blasts astatine the Engels airfield. And instantly aft that determination was a commotion astatine this airfield.

“Perhaps it is not connected with this, but inactive we spot that strategical bombers person taken disconnected and the archetypal question of missiles was already launched. There whitethorn beryllium respective of them [waves], they whitethorn usage respective waves of attacks to disperse the missiles passim Ukraine and to confuse the actions of our aerial defense.”

The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine utilized drones to attack 2 Russian subject airfields connected Monday morning.

In a connection carried connected the authoritative Russian quality bureau RIA Novosti, the ministry said the attacks were "in the Saratov and Ryazan regions" but had been intercepted by air defenses.

"The aerial defence of the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepted these Ukrainian drones flying astatine debased altitude," the Ministry added. "Three Russian soldiers were killed, 4 much were injured successful the attack."

"As a effect of the autumn and detonation astatine the Russian airfields of the wreckage of [the] pitchy drones, the tegument of 2 craft was somewhat damaged," it said.

Ukraine has not confirmed that it attacked either airfield. Recent outer imagery shows a important fig of Russian strategical bombers astatine the Engels airbase successful Saratov.

Members of the nationalist commune astatine Kyiv Pechersk Lavra successful Kyiv connected December 4. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

Several regions of Ukraine person reported interruptions to powerfulness and h2o supplies amid freezing temperatures aft astir 70 Russian missiles were fired astatine targets crossed the country.

The Ukrainian Air Force said the large bulk of missiles were intercepted, but immoderate look to person reached their targets.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Russia "tried to instrumentality its transgression program — to plunge Ukraine into acheronian and cold. The force erstwhile again failed successful its plan."

"The country's vigor strategy is functioning and remains intact," Shmyhal added.

But helium said determination were "hits to powerfulness facilities successful Kyiv region, Vinnytsia portion and Odesa region. In immoderate regions, exigency shutdowns were forced to equilibrium the strategy and debar accidents. Rescuers are already moving to destruct the consequences of the attack."

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted that the rocket attacks showed Ukraine inactive needed much aerial defenses.

Impacted areas: Odesa appears to person been among the worst affected regions. Maksym Marchenko, caput of Odesa determination authorities administration, said vigor infrastructure was damaged and determination were besides hits to civilian buildings, wounding 2 people.

"Currently, determination is nary energy proviso successful Odesa metropolis and astir communities of Odesa district. All services are connected the crushed and person already started to reconstruct powerfulness supply," the authoritative said.

One of Ukraine's large energy providers, DTEK, said determination were "emergency blackouts" successful Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. These are successful summation to scheduled powerfulness outages already successful effect.

"We volition resume the stabilization schedules arsenic soon arsenic the concern successful the powerfulness strategy stabilizes," DTEK said.

Oleksiy Kuleba, caput of Kyiv portion subject administration, said connected Ukrainian tv that "one vigor infrastructure installation was deed successful the Kyiv region. The onslaught was highly dynamic, determination were galore targets. We volition beryllium capable to springiness a clearer investigation of what happened wrong the adjacent 2 hours. I tin accidental that we bash not spot immoderate captious consequences."

Kuleba added: "Emergency shutdowns proceed successful Kyiv portion now. Currently, astir 40% of subscribers are without powerfulness supply. This is an exigency shutdown. We are presently consulting connected erstwhile we volition beryllium capable to proviso powerfulness to each consumers."

The Ivano-Frankivsk portion besides reported powerfulness cuts arsenic a effect of Russian rocket attacks Monday, with the caput of the region's authorities administration, Svitlana Onyshchuk, saying the determination powerfulness organisation institution had reported that "due to monolithic shelling of the vigor infrastructure facilities," NPC Ukrenergo had reduced energy capableness successful the Prykarpattia area by one-third. Prykarpattia is located adjacent the Carpathian mountains successful occidental Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that much than 60 Russian missiles were intercepted connected Monday.

In a connection connected Telegram, the aerial unit said that a "massive onslaught connected captious infrastructure" had been repelled.

"The force besides struck with 22 'Kalibr' cruise missiles from the Black Sea Fleet ships," it noted. "In addition, Ukraine was attacked from the Black Sea by Tu-22m3 long-range bombers with 3 cruise missiles, arsenic good arsenic Su-35 fighters with six guided missiles."

In the past, Ukrainian aerial defenses person been capable to instrumentality retired astir 2 thirds of the missiles fired successful barrages by Russian forces. The past specified question was connected Nov. 23.  

Vladimir Putin, 2nd left, visits the Kerch Bridge, Crimea, connected December 5. (Kremlin)

President Vladimir Putin was filmed driving and walking connected the Kerch Bridge, according to Russian authorities media and video. 

The span has been a large flashpoint successful the warfare successful Ukraine. On Oct. 8, a ample detonation took place connected the span that destroyed a ample section. The span is the lone onshore way that connects mainland Russia to illegally-annexed Crimea.

In 1 of the videos from authorities media, Putin is seen astatine the instrumentality of a Mercedes vehicle, sitting beside the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. In another, helium is seen walking on a conception of the span with a hood pulled up connected his coat.

Five images released by the Kremlin website amusement Putin accompanied by the lawman prime minister. 

In the driving video, Khusnullin says to Putin that “metal was disposable for span parts, truthful the metallic was brought implicit to build these structures, and wrong 2 weeks each the 1214 tonnes were assembled and brought here,” an evident notation to the damaged that the Kerch Bridge prolong connected Oct. 8.

Explosion causes a occurrence astatine the Kerch span successful the Kerch Strait, Crimea, connected October 8. (Vera Katkova/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

In the video released by Russian authorities TV, President PO Putin is heard asking “how galore radical worked connected the repairs.” Khunsnullin replies, “500 people, 3 floating cranes, 4 barges and 31 pieces of instrumentality astir the clock.”

CCTV from the clip erstwhile the span sustained harm successful October showed a motortruck exploding and the Kremlin was speedy to constituent the digit astatine Kyiv. Putin alleged that the enactment was an “sabotage” by Ukrainian peculiar services.

In 2018, Putin symbolically drove a motortruck crossed the Kerch Bridge to people its opening. It was greeted with overmuch fanfare connected Russian authorities TV astatine the time.

A wide presumption of the gathering of the State Duma, the little enclosure of Russia's parliament, successful Moscow connected September 15, 2020. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into instrumentality a bill banning so-called LGBTQ “propaganda” successful Russia, successful the latest crackdown connected quality rights successful the country.

The caller laws importantly broaden the scope of a 2013 law which banned the dissemination of LGBTQ-related accusation to minors. The caller iteration extends the prohibition connected promoting specified accusation to adults arsenic well.

The caller laws marque it amerciable to beforehand oregon “praise” LGBTQ relationships, publically explicit non-heterosexual orientations oregon suggest that they are “normal.”

The bundle of amendments signed by Putin see heavier penalties for anyone promoting “non-traditional intersexual relations and/or preferences,” arsenic good arsenic pedophilia and sex transition. Under the caller law, it volition beryllium banned crossed the internet, media, books, audiovisual services, cinema, and advertising.

Under the caller law, individuals tin beryllium fined up to 400,000 rubles ($6,370) for “LGBT propaganda” and up to 200,000 rubles ($3,185) for “demonstrations of LGBT and accusation that encourages a alteration of sex among teenagers.”

These fines emergence to up to 5 cardinal rubles ($80,000) and 4 cardinal rubles ($64,000) respectively for ineligible entities.

The instrumentality was approved by the Russia’s precocious and little houses successful caller weeks.

More background: The European Court of Human Rights ruled successful 2017 that the 2013 instrumentality is discriminatory, promotes homophobia and violates the European Convention connected Human Rights.

The tribunal recovered that the instrumentality “served nary morganatic nationalist interest,” rejecting suggestions that nationalist statement connected LGBT issues could power children to go homosexual, oregon that it threatened nationalist morals.

Homosexuality was decriminalized successful Russia successful 1993, but homophobia and favoritism is inactive rife. It is ranked 46th retired of 49 European countries for LGBTQ+ inclusion by watchdog ILGA-Europe.

Speaking earlier Putin signed the measure into the instrumentality connected Monday, Tanya Lokshina, subordinate Europe and Central Asia manager astatine Human Rights Watch said: “The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ instrumentality was an unabashed illustration of governmental homophobia, and the caller draught authorities amplifies that successful broader and harsher ways.”