'We share your pain': Putin tells mothers of Russian soldiers; Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Europe to stay united - CNBC

President Vladimir Putin met connected Friday with the mothers of Russian soldiers warring successful Ukraine, telling them that helium and his state shared their pain.

Sitting with the radical of women astir a array with beverage and cake, Putin said helium understood that thing could regenerate the nonaccomplishment of a son.

"I would similar you to cognize that, that I personally, and the full enactment of the country, we stock your pain," helium said, according to a recorded tv clip seen by Reuters.

"We recognize that thing tin regenerate the nonaccomplishment of a lad — particularly for a mother. We stock this pain," helium added.

The clip did not instantly amusement the mothers' effect to Putin's comments.

Hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers person been sent to combat successful Ukraine this year, including astir 300,000 reservists who were called up successful September successful a "partial" mobilization.

— Karen Gilchrist

At slightest 77 civilians person died and millions person been plunged into utmost hardship since Russia started pounding Ukraine's captious infrastructure successful October, the U.N. quality rights main said.

"Millions are being plunged into utmost hardship and appalling conditions of beingness by these strikes," said Volker Turk successful a statement, according to Reuters.

"Taken arsenic a whole, this raises superior problems nether planetary humanitarian law, which requires a factual and nonstop subject vantage for each entity attacked," helium added.

Turk besides noted that an aboriginal investigation of videos purporting to amusement Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian prisoners of warfare indicated they were "highly apt to beryllium authentic."

— Karen Gilchrist

Russian forces extended their shelling of the confederate metropolis of Kherson, sidesplitting 7 radical and injuring astatine slightest 21 much successful the latest circular of strikes, according to 1 official.

Shelling from Russian positions crossed the Dnieper River has go a regular occurrence since the metropolis was liberated from Russian concern 2 weeks ago.

The politician of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevych, said a residential country was deed by Russian artillery and antiaircraft occurrence astir 5 p.m. section clip Thursday, causing a high-rise gathering to acceptable connected fire. A children's playground was besides hit, helium said.

— Karen Gilchrist

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Friday urged Europeans to enactment agreed successful the look of Russia's war.

Speaking via video nexus to a league successful Lithuania, Zelenskyy described the task arsenic the region's fig 1 mission.

"There is nary split, determination is nary schism among Europeans and we person to sphere this. This is our ngo fig 1 this year," helium said.

The U.K. defence ministry said Russian reservists, 2 months aft being mobilized by Putin, person "highly likely" experienced dense casualties aft being asked excavation trenches successful the eastbound of Ukraine.

"The Kremlin volition apt beryllium acrophobic that an expanding fig of reservists' families are prepared to hazard apprehension by protesting against the conditions their relatives are serving under," it said successful its regular update Friday.

Prominent supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin are utilizing progressively "genocidal rhetoric" erstwhile discussing and demonizing Ukrainians, analysts note, with immoderate pro-war commentators cheering the conception of the "liquidation" of the modern authorities of Ukraine.

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The caput of Kyiv's determination authorities reiterated that astir 70% of the determination authorities remains without electricity.

Oleksiy Kuleba besides said that the decease toll from caller Russian airstrikes roseate to seven, according to an NBC News translation.

Rockets rained down connected Kyiv and respective different Ukrainian cities connected Wednesday, little than 24 hours aft officials said a newborn became 1 of the youngest victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin's war.

— Amanda Macias

The Ukrainian authorities said investigators recovered 50 abstracted locations of wide graves successful the precocious liberated areas of Mykolaiv and Kherson.

"In the liberated territories of the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, 50 locations of probable burials person been examined," the authorities wrote connected the Telegram messaging app, according to an NBC News translation.

"Search teams identified the bodies of astir 200 victims," the connection added.

The Kremlin has antecedently denied claims that its forces person utilized wide graves successful areas that were erstwhile heavy occupied.

— Amanda Macias

The enactment overseeing the export of Ukrainian crops said determination is simply a backlog of 79 vessels waiting to beryllium loaded with cargo.

The U.N.-led Joint Coordination Center besides said that astir 110 loaded vessels are waiting for inspection successful Turkish territorial waters.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a woody brokered successful July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and the United Nations, eased Russia's naval blockade and saw the reopening of 3 cardinal Ukrainian ports.

Since the woody was signed, much than 490 ships carrying 11.8 cardinal metric tons of atom and different nutrient products person near for destinations astir the world.

Kyiv has antecedently blamed Moscow for holding up inspections and delaying vas movements.

— Amanda Macias