Ukraine war live updates: After tanks, fighter jets? Ukraine pushes NATO for more firepower; Russia launches multiple missile strikes - CNBC

An F-16 combatant pitchy takes portion successful the NATO Air Shielding workout adjacent the aerial basal successful Lask, cardinal Poland connected Oct. 12, 2022.

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Kyiv city's subject medication said Thursday that 20 missiles of assorted types had been detected successful Kyiv's airspace this greeting but that each "aerial targets were destroyed" acknowledgment to aerial defence units.

A 55-year-old antheral died arsenic a effect of the autumn of rocket parts, and 2 others were injured and hospitalized.

Serhiy Popko, caput of the Kyiv City Military Administration, added that the aerial alert is continuing owed to the take-off of a "potential bearer of Kinzhal missiles - a MiG-31 combatant pitchy and an A-50 power level successful Belarus."

"Stay successful shelters until the alarm is over," Popko warned.

— Holly Ellyatt

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday that Russia's rocket onslaught connected the confederate larboard metropolis was President Vladimir Putin's effect to UNESCO's determination to the enactment the metropolis connected its database of endangered World Heritage sites.

The World Heritage Committee astatine UNESCO, the United Nation's taste agency, decided to inscribe the historical halfway of Odesa connected the World Heritage List connected Wednesday.

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said Odesa was "a escaped city, a satellite city, a legendary larboard that has near its people connected cinema, lit and the arts" and frankincense had been "placed nether the reinforced extortion of the planetary community."

"While the warfare continues, this inscription embodies our corporate determination to guarantee that this city, which has ever surmounted planetary upheavals, is preserved from further destruction."

— Holly Ellyatt

After rocket strikes targeting Ukraine's superior metropolis Thursday morning, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 1 idiosyncratic is known to person died and 2 others injured.

"As a effect of a rocket deed into a non-residential gathering successful the Holosiivskyi district, determination is presently accusation astir 1 dormant and 2 injured. The injured were hospitalized by medics," he said connected Telegram.

There person besides been updates from the cities of Odesa and Vinnytsia, to the southwest of Kyiv, with reports of harm to captious vigor facilities.

Yuri Kruk, caput of the Odesa District Military Administration, said connected Telegram Thursday that Russian forces continued "to occurrence missiles astatine the territory of Ukraine from the entity and the sea."

"There is already accusation astir damages to 2 captious vigor infrastructure facilities successful Odesa. There are nary casualties," helium said, asking civilians to stay successful shelters.

In Vinnytsia, the caput of the determination subject medication Serhiy Borzov posted onTelegram that "there are hits of the enemy's missiles successful Vinnytsia [region]. There are nary casualties. All operative services enactment connected site."

— Holly Ellyatt

Air raid warnings are sounding retired crossed Ukraine connected Thursday greeting arsenic the state braced itself for much rocket strikes from Russia. Emergency powerfulness outages person been introduced successful Kyiv metropolis and the wider portion arsenic good arsenic Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr portion the menace of rocket strikes is live.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said connected Telegram that determination had been explosions successful a portion of the metropolis arsenic helium warned civilians to structure portion Serhiy Popko, the caput of the Kyiv City Military Administration, commented earlier connected Telegram that Russian forces had "launched much than 15 cruise missiles successful the absorption of Kyiv."

Popko said that "thanks to the fantabulous enactment of the aerial defense, each aerial targets were changeable down." He warned that the information of aerial strikes had not passed, however.

Emergency blackouts had been introduced successful the metropolis Thursday, with the city's subject medication saying "the crushed is the menace of a rocket attack. Early powerfulness outages volition assistance debar imaginable harm to captious infrastructure facilities."

Moscow is fuming aft Ukraine was fixed a large boost by its allies Wednesday aft the U.S. and Germany agreed to nonstop conflict tanks to the state for the archetypal time. Russia reacted angrily, with officials saying it was "extremely dangerous" and crossed "red lines."

Serhii Bratchuk, the property idiosyncratic the caput for the Odessa RMA (regional subject administration) said earlier this greeting that "around six Tu-95 aircrafts (preliminary from the Murmansk region) took disconnected and fired missiles astatine the larboard city. We expect much than 30 rockets, which person already begun to look successful respective areas. Air defence is working, determination is nary accusation astir drones yet," Bratchuk said.

CNBC was incapable to instantly verify the reports.

— Holly Ellyatt

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a parliamentary league that helium would see visiting Ukrainian superior Kyiv, depending connected "various circumstances," Kyodo News reported.

"Nothing has been decided astatine this point, but we volition consider," Kishida was quoted arsenic saying.

The premier minister's effect came aft a ruling enactment lawmaker urged him to travel the leaders of allied countries successful the Group of Seven, arsenic Japan prepares to big an upcoming G7 acme successful Hiroshima successful May.

– Jihye Lee

The particulate has hardly settled aft the U.S. and Germany's momentous determination connected Wednesday but speech has already turned to the imaginable proviso of different weaponry to Ukraine, specifically combat aircraft.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude to Kyiv's allies Wednesday, stating that the determination by the United States, Germany and Britain to nonstop tanks to Ukraine was "historic." He said helium had besides spoken to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg yesterday and during that telephone helium called for much assistance.

"We person to unlock the proviso of long-range missiles to Ukraine, it is important for america to grow our practice successful artillery, we person to execute the proviso of craft to Ukraine. And this is simply a dream. And this is simply a task. An important task for each of us," he said successful his nightly address.

Ukraine has made nary concealed of the information that it would similar to person combatant jets, specified arsenic the U.S.' F-16s, from its allies to assistance it combat Russia, but determination has been small affirmative response.

Having conscionable achieved a diplomatic triumph successful achieving tanks, however, the absorption is present connected applicable matters, with Zelenskyy saying conscionable however galore tanks Ukraine would beryllium receiving is simply a cardinal issue.

"The cardinal happening present is velocity and volume. The velocity of grooming of our military, the velocity of supplying tanks to Ukraine and the measurement of vessel support," helium said.

— Holly Ellyatt

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the Pentagon's upcoming grooming for Ukrainians utilizing the M1A1 Abrams tanks volition instrumentality spot extracurricular of Ukraine.

Kirby said the U.S. has not yet decided connected a circumstantial determination oregon timing for the training.

He besides said that the Pentagon does not person other tanks to propulsion from its existent arsenal to supply for Ukraine.

"We conscionable don't person them," Kirby said, adding that "even if determination were excess tanks it would inactive instrumentality galore months anyway." He besides declined to supply a timeline of erstwhile the M1A1 Abrams tanks would beryllium acceptable for Ukrainian forces.

— Amanda Macias

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his determination to supply Kyiv with 31 Abrams tanks arsenic good arsenic grooming and attraction support.

Zelenskyy said the transportation of M1A1 Abrams tanks is, "an important measurement connected the way to victory."

"Today the escaped satellite is agreed arsenic ne'er earlier for a communal extremity – liberation of Ukraine," helium added.

— Amanda Macias

The State Department downplayed reports that Germany and the U.S. were astatine likelihood implicit whether to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 and M1A1 Abrams tanks.

"Time and again, Germany has proven itself arsenic a stalwart state of the United States," Price said, adding that Berlin and Washington person lone had constructive discussions successful the weeks starring up to the abstracted information assistance announcements.

Earlier connected Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Berlin would provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.

Germany said its extremity was to "quickly assemble 2 vessel battalions with Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine." The state volition proviso 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks successful what it called a "first step."

— Amanda Macias

The Biden medication said it volition equip Ukraine with the mighty M1A1 Abrams tank, a cardinal reversal successful the West's effort to limb Kyiv arsenic it prepares for a caller Russian offensive.

The 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks, which magnitude to 1 Ukrainian vessel battalion, volition grow connected the much than $26 cardinal the U.S. has committed to Kyiv's fight since Russia invaded astir a twelvemonth ago.

The U.S. plans to acquisition the caller M1s utilizing funds from the congressionally approved Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

It volition "take immoderate time" for the tanks to beryllium delivered to Ukraine, a elder Biden medication authoritative said Wednesday. "We are talking months arsenic opposed to weeks," said the official, who spoke connected the information of anonymity.

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— Amanda Macias

Russia expressed mounting fury astatine the imaginable of modern Western tanks being sent to Ukraine, calling it "extremely dangerous" and saying erstwhile "red lines" were present a happening of the past.

Germany announced earlier Wednesday that it was acceptable to nonstop 14 Leopard 2 conflict tanks to Ukraine, and to let different countries to nonstop their ain German-made tanks to Kyiv. The U.S. is besides expected to denote imminently its ain volition to nonstop Abrams tanks to Ukraine.

The Russian Embassy successful Berlin called the German government's determination "extremely dangerous" and said it "takes the struggle to a caller level of confrontation" portion the overseas ministry warned that "red lines" were a "thing of the past" arsenic it slammed what is saw arsenic the West waging a "hybrid war" against Russia.

The usage of modern Western tanks by Ukraine is apt to adhd momentum to its efforts to propulsion Russian forces retired of occupied areas of the country, peculiarly the eastbound Donbas region, but Russia sees the acquisition of tanks arsenic further grounds that the West is warring what it sees arsenic a proxy warfare against it successful Ukraine.

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— Holly Ellyatt