Ukraine war live updates: Bakhmut 'holding out against all odds,' Kyiv says; Russia rejects claim it's looking for a peace deal - CNBC

Two women person reportedly been killed successful a Russian rocket onslaught connected a marketplace successful the colony of Shevchenkove successful the Kharkiv portion of northeastern Ukraine.

The rocket onslaught took spot earlier connected Monday greeting with determination officials archetypal reporting the attack. The property work of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported connected Telegram, successful comments translated by Google, that a kid was wounded successful the strike, and 2 women were killed.

"The occupiers launched a rocket onslaught connected Shevchenkive colony of Kupyan district. An force rocket deed the territory of the section market. Two women died. Three much women and a 10-year-old miss were injured," the prosecutor's bureau said.

— Holly Ellyatt

The Kremlin connected Monday rejected a Ukrainian assertion that a elder Russian authoritative has been floating the thought of a imaginable bid woody implicit Ukraine with European officials.

Oleksiy Danilov, caput of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, told the country's nationalist broadcaster connected Thursday that Dmitry Kozak, lawman caput of Russia's statesmanlike administration, had been holding meetings with European officials successful an effort to unit Kyiv to motion what helium characterized arsenic an unfavourable bid deal.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, erstwhile asked astir Danilov's assertion, said it was "another fake."

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A associated tactical workout involving Belarus' and Russia's aerial forces volition statesman connected Jan. 16 and volition proceed until Feb. 1, according to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, arsenic reported by authorities quality bureau BelTA.

An "aviation component" representing the Russia's aerospace forces arrived successful Belarus connected Sunday, BelTA reported. It's expected that "all the airfields and grooming areas" of Belarus' aerial unit volition beryllium utilized during the tactical exercise.

The latest study connected associated subject exercises by allies Belarus and Russia (which person an economical and defence confederation called the "Union State") comes days aft BelTa reported different connection from the defence ministry that stated that "the buildup of the determination subject unit of Belarus and Russia continues for the involvement of ensuring the subject information of the Union State of Belarus and Russia."

The buildup of the associated determination subject unit involves Russian "personnel, weapons, subject and peculiar hardware" continuing to get successful Belarus.

"The arriving service units are expected to spell done combat shakedown events successful Belarusian subject workout areas aboriginal on," BelTA reported past Friday.

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly stressed that the state volition not participate the Ukraine warfare arsenic an progressive participant, though Minsk has allowed Russia to motorboat attacks connected Ukraine from its territory and has provided logistical enactment to its neighbor. Joint subject exercises with Russia, positive the enactment of a associated subject portion betwixt the countries, person lone deepened suspicions that Belarus could look to enactment connected the battlefield Russia arsenic the warfare drags on.

BelTA cited the country's defence ministry arsenic stating that "the determination to make the Belarusian-Russian determination subject unit successful Belarus' territory had been made, and is being realized, purely for the involvement of enhancing the information and defence of the Union State of Belarus and Russia depending connected the evolving concern on the border."

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Russian forces struck a colony marketplace successful the Kharkiv portion successful northeast Ukraine, according to a apical determination official, with 1 pistillate dying successful the onslaught and respective others hospitalized.

"The force is again launching rocket strikes connected the Kharkiv region. In the urban-type colony of Shevchenkove, Kupiansk district, a rocket onslaught (preliminarily from an S-300 aerial defence system) was launched connected the section market. All exigency services are moving astatine the scene," Oleh Syniehubov, the caput of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said successful a station connected Telegram, according to comments translated by Google.

In a consequent station purportedly showing images of the destroyed marketplace aft the attack, Syniehubov said a 60 year-old pistillate had died successful the onslaught and 7 others had been injured and hospitalized, among them a 13-year-old girl. CNBC was incapable to verify the accusation successful the posts.

— Holly Ellyatt

Russia's authorities extended enactment to a legislative amendment that would classify maps that quality the country's authoritative "territorial integrity" arsenic punishable extremist materials, the state-owned TASS quality bureau reported connected Sunday.

The amendment to Russia's anti-extremism authorities stipulates that "cartographic and different documents and images that quality the territorial integrity of Russia" volition beryllium classified arsenic extremist materials, the bureau reported.

Russia's sweepingly ambiguous anti-extremism authorities — it applies to spiritual organizations, journalists and their materials, arsenic good arsenic the enactment of businesses, among others - has allowed the Kremlin to tighten its grip connected opponents.

The caller amendment, TASS reports without citing sources, emerged aft its authors pointed retired that immoderate maps distributed successful Russia quality the "territorial affiliation" of the Crimean Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.

Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea successful 2014 - a determination rejected by Ukraine and galore countries arsenic illegal. Ukrainians and their authorities person since often objected to satellite maps showing Crimea arsenic portion of Russia's territory.

Russia and Japan person not formally ended World War Two hostilities due to the fact that of their standoff implicit a radical of islands conscionable disconnected Japan's northernmost land of Hokkaido. The Soviet Union seized those islands - known successful Russia arsenic the Kurils and successful Japan arsenic the Northern Territories - astatine the extremity of the war.

The amendment indispensable beryllium projected to the State Duma, Russia's little location of parliament, and aft a reappraisal spell done 3 readings. It is past sent to the Federation Council, the precocious house, and to President Vladimir Putin for signing.

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Russia appears to beryllium reluctant to deploy its new-generation stealth combatant jets successful the warfare successful Ukraine, fearing their imaginable loss, according to the latest quality update from Britain's Ministry of Defense.

In a Twitter update, the ministry noted that since astatine slightest June 2022, "Russian Aerospace Forces person astir surely utilized Su-57 FELON [jets] to behaviour missions against Ukraine."

"FELON is Russia's astir precocious fifth-generation supersonic combat jet, employing stealth technologies and highly precocious avionics," the ministry added.

It said that missions utilizing the jets person apt been constricted "to flying implicit Russian territory, launching agelong scope air-to-surface oregon air-to-air missiles into Ukraine."

It believed that was owed to Russia "highly apt prioritising avoiding the reputational damage, reduced export prospects, and the compromise of delicate exertion which would travel from immoderate nonaccomplishment of FELON implicit Ukraine," it noted.

"This is symptomatic of Russia's continued risk-averse attack to employing its aerial unit successful the war."

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b"Bakhmut is holding retired against each odds. And though astir of the metropolis is destroyed by Russian strikes, our warriors repel changeless attempts astatine Russian violative there. Soledar is holding out. Although determination is adjacent much demolition determination and it is highly hard," Zelenskyy said successful his nightly code Sunday.

"There is nary specified portion of onshore adjacent these 2 cities wherever the occupier would not person fixed his beingness for the brainsick ideas of the masters of the Russian regime. This is 1 of the bloodiest places connected the frontline," helium added.

Zelenskyy said further units were being deployed to the country successful a bid to fortify Ukraine's defenses and intesify attacks connected Russian forces.

— Holly Ellyatt