Ukraine war live updates: Fresh wave of Russian missile attacks rocks country - CNBC

Russia could motorboat a caller violative successful Ukraine arsenic soon arsenic January, according to apical Ukrainian officials.

The caput of Ukraine's equipped forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and General Oleksandr Syrsky person each spoken to The Economist magazine, published Thursday, which elaborate their predictions for adjacent year.

"The Russians are preparing immoderate 200,000 caller troops," Zaluzhny told the publication.

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-Matt Clinch

The Associated Press are present reporting, citing Ukrainian authorities, that determination are said to beryllium explosions successful astatine slightest 3 cities successful Ukraine connected Friday greeting - Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih successful the southbound and the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv.

"Explosions successful Kharkiv for the 2nd time successful a row. An infrastructure installation was antecedently nether rocket attack. There whitethorn beryllium electrical problems ... Be cautious and enactment successful cover," Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said via Telegram, according to a Google translate.

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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Friday greeting explosions had deed the superior aft aerial raid sirens had been been heard crossed the country.

"Explosions successful Desnyan territory of the capital. All services spell to the spot ... Stay successful shelters!" Klitschko said, according to a Google translation of his Telegram post.

"Another detonation successful Kyiv, successful the Dnipro district."

A volley of caller Russian attacks were expected aboriginal Friday arsenic Reuters reported that aerial raid sirens were sounding successful places similar superior Kyiv.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the lawman caput of the president's office, said via the Telegram messaging app: "Do not disregard aerial raid alerts, stay successful shelters."

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The Pentagon volition grow subject combat grooming for Ukrainian forces, utilizing the slower wintertime months to instruct larger units successful much analyzable conflict skills, U.S. officials said.

The U.S. has already trained astir 3,100 Ukrainian troops connected however to usage and support definite weapons and different equipment, including howitzers, armored vehicles and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known arsenic HIMARS. But elder subject leaders for months person discussed expanding that training, touting the request to amended the quality of Ukraine's company- and battalion-sized units to determination and coordinate attacks crossed the battlefield.

A battalion tin see arsenic galore arsenic 800 troops; a institution is overmuch smaller, with a mates 100 forces.

According to officials, the grooming volition instrumentality spot astatine the Grafenwoehr grooming country successful Germany. And the purpose is to usage the wintertime months to hone the skills of the Ukrainian forces truthful they volition beryllium amended prepared to antagonistic immoderate spike successful Russian attacks oregon efforts to grow Russia's territorial gains.

— Associated Press

The European Union said it approved a caller bundle of sanctions aimed astatine ramping up unit connected Russia for its warfare successful Ukraine.

The package, whose details person not been revealed, was approved aft days of deliberations during a gathering of the 27-nation bloc's ambassadors.

The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, said the bundle volition beryllium confirmed by written process connected Friday. Details volition past beryllium published successful the bloc's ineligible records.

The European Commission, the EU's enforcement branch, past week projected question bans and plus freezes connected astir 200 much Russian officials and subject officers arsenic portion of the caller circular of measures.

The targets of the latest recommended sanctions included authorities ministers, lawmakers, determination governors and governmental parties.

— Associated Press

Four ships carrying wheat and rootlike lipid person near ports successful Ukraine, the enactment managing cultivation exports from the state said.

The ships are destined for India and Turkey.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a woody brokered successful July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, saw 3 cardinal Ukrainian ports reopen aft a Russian naval blockade stopped exports for months. More than 13.9 cardinal tons of atom and different products person near Ukraine since the statement took effect.

The woody among the signatories is acceptable to expire successful astir 3 months.

— Amanda Macias