Explosions reported in cities across Ukraine; Zelenskyy urges troops to take more Russian prisoners - CNBC

Danish constabulary said a preliminary probe recovered that "powerful explosions" connected 2 Russian state pipelines sent state spewing into the Baltic Sea.

The findings appeared to beryllium akin to a transgression country probe carried retired by Sweden's nationalist information work earlier this month, which reinforced suspicions of "gross sabotage."

A flurry of detonations connected the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines connected Sept. 26 caused what mightiness beryllium the azygous largest merchandise of methane successful history. The explosions triggered 4 state leaks astatine 4 locations — 2 successful Denmark's exclusive economical portion and 2 successful Sweden's exclusive economical zone.

Danish constabulary said it was not imaginable to accidental erstwhile the probe was apt to beryllium completed.

— Sam Meredith

Air strikes person been reported successful respective Ukrainian cities, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to impeach Russia of terrorizing and sidesplitting civilians.

Zelenskyy said via Telegram that 1 idiosyncratic had been killed successful a rocket onslaught connected a residential gathering successful Mykolaiv successful confederate Ukraine.

"Ukraine is nether occurrence by the occupiers. They proceed to bash what they bash champion - terrorize and termination civilians," Zelenskyy said, according to Reuters. "The violent authorities volition not alteration thing for itself with specified actions. It volition lone corroborate its destructive and murderous essence, for which it volition surely beryllium held to account."

Meanwhile, Maria Avdeeva, a information expert from Kharkiv, described the latest barrage of aerial strikes arsenic a "massive onslaught connected vigor infrastructure facilities."

Avdeeva reported 3 strikes connected an vigor installation successful the Desnyansky territory of Kyiv, 2 strikes astatine an vigor infrastructure installation successful Dnipro successful cardinal Ukraine and nary energy oregon h2o supplies successful Zhytomyr successful the north.

CNBC has not been capable to independently verify this report.

— Sam Meredith

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called connected the country's forces to instrumentality much Russian prisoners successful bid to assistance escaped much Ukrainian troops.

His comments travel soon aft Kyiv and Moscow carried retired the largest captive swap of the warfare to date, exchanging a full of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women.

"I americium grateful to each progressive for this success, and I besides convey each those who replenish our speech fund, who guarantee the seizure of enemies," Zelenskyy said during his evening code to the nation.

"The much Russian prisoners we have, the sooner we volition beryllium capable to escaped our heroes. Every Ukrainian warrior, each frontline commandant should retrieve this," helium added.

— Sam Meredith

A elder Russian wellness authoritative said 13 radical were killed aft a Russian combatant level crashed into a nine-story residential gathering successful the confederate Russian municipality of Yeysk, according to Russian quality bureau Interfax.

Videos and images published connected societal media connected Monday showed a ample fireball erupting from a residential gathering successful the edifice town, adjacent the borderline with Ukraine.

Alexei Kuznetsov, Russian adjunct wellness minister, told the quality bureau that 13 radical had died arsenic a effect of the crash, including 3 children.

— Sam Meredith

The European Union approved a subject grooming ngo successful Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops and to supply astir 500 cardinal euros ($486 million) successful other funds to assistance bargain weapons for the war-torn country.

The mission, which volition person a office successful Brussels and beryllium nether the bid of French naval serviceman Vice Adm. Herve Blejean, volition initially tally for 2 years with a fund of astir 107 cardinal euros ($104 million).

EU office said successful a connection that the mission's purpose is to let the Ukrainian equipped forces to "effectively behaviour subject operations," truthful that Ukraine tin "defend its territorial integrity wrong its internationally recognized borders, efficaciously workout its sovereignty and support civilians."

It said that the EU volition supply "individual, corporate and specialized training." Countries that aren't portion of the bloc volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality portion successful the grooming effort. The purpose initially is to bid astir 15,000 Ukrainian troops, chiefly successful Poland and Germany

— Associated Press

Russia's monthslong warfare successful Ukraine coupled with rising ostentation has pushed much of the world's children into poverty, according to a caller study by UNICEF.

UNICEF, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, says an further 4 cardinal children crossed eastbound Europe and Central Asia person been pushed into poverty, a 19% summation since 2021. 

"Beyond the evident horrors of warfare – the sidesplitting and maiming of children, wide displacement – the economical consequences of the warfare successful Ukraine are having a devastating interaction connected children crossed eastbound Europe and Central Asia," said Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

"Children each implicit the portion are being swept up successful this war's unspeakable wake. If we don't enactment these children and families now, the steep emergence successful kid poorness volition astir surely effect successful mislaid lives, mislaid learning, and mislaid futures," Khan added.

— Amanda Macias

Moscow and Kyiv carried retired 1 of the biggest captive swaps of the warfare truthful far, exchanging a full of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women, officials from some sides said.

Andriy Yermak, caput of the Ukrainian president's staff, said determination were 12 civilians among the freed women.

"It was the archetypal wholly pistillate exchange," helium wrote connected the Telegram messaging app, adding that 37 of the women had been captured aft Russian forces took the elephantine Azovstal steelworks successful the larboard metropolis of Mariupol successful May.

Separately, Ukraine's interior ministry said immoderate of the women had been successful jailhouse since 2019 aft being detained by pro-Moscow authorities successful eastbound regions. Earlier, the Russian-appointed caput of 1 of the regions said Kyiv was freeing 80 civilian sailors and 30 subject personnel.