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The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Russia launches ‘massive missile attack’ across Ukraine as blasts heard in Kyiv and Kharkiv suffers complete blackout

Attacks have been reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia

Evening Standard

EU denounces Russia's 'indiscriminate terror' in Ukraine after fresh missile attacks

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday condemned the "indiscriminate terror" that Russia's latest missile attacks were inflicting on Ukraine. Read FRANCE 24's liveblog below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

At least three killed in Russian missile strikes on Ukraine

Russia rained down scores of missiles on Ukraine's power grid on Friday, killing at least three people, damaging nine energy facilities and forcing Kyiv to introduce emergency blackouts across the country as winter bites.

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Ukrainian shelling kills eight, injures 23 in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine - TASS

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing an unidentified source in the emergency services.

Reuters

Russia Launches Another Major Missile Attack on Ukraine

Ukraine's capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia's invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread emergency power outages, Ukrainian officials said. Gunfire from air defense systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air-raid sirens as the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kharkiv left without power, heating and water after new wave of Russian missile strikes across country – as it happened

‘Colossal’ damage in Ukraine’s second largest city, mayor says, after Russian missile strikes lead to power emergency

The Guardian - AU

Twitter suspends journalists who report on Elon Musk

Twitter owner accuses journalists of endangering his family as press groups condemn suspensions.

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Ukraine-Russia war – live: Water, electricity supply partly restored in Kyiv after Russian airstrikes

‘But schedules of emergency outages are being implemented,’ Kyiv mayor said

The Independent UK

Vatican apologises to Russia over 'cruellest' fighters in Ukraine claim by Pope

Pope Francis' comment that the Chechens and Buryats fighting in the Russian army were "the most cruel" involved in the Ukraine war has led to an apology to Russia by the Vatican

Daily Mirror

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists who had reported on Elon Musk

Many at CNN, Washington Post and the New York Times who had written critically of the new owner found their handles suspended

The Guardian - US

Russia to double intercontinental missile tests in 2023 -commander

Russia is to double the number of test launches of its intercontinental ballistic missiles to eight in 2023 from four in 2022, the commander of strategic rocket forces was quoted as saying on Friday.

Reuters

British-led unit to hunt Russian soldiers suspected of rape and attacks in Ukraine

The Sexual Violence Mobile Justice Team will train local detectives and help hunt for sex attackers among the Russian military, many still in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

EU agrees 9th sanctions package against Russia -diplomats

European Union governments agreed on Thursday on a 9th package of sanctions against Russia over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, EU diplomats said.

Reuters

Ukrainian general says Russia preparing for ‘prolonged’ war

Comments come as Russia pounded Kherson city and Kharkiv, while Ukraine shelled Donetsk in the east.

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Foreign Affairs

Russia’s New Theory of Victory

Christmas Day will be a grim milestone for the Ukrainian people. It will mark almost exactly ten months since Russian forces crossed into their country, bringing devastation on a scale not seen in Europe since World War II. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been killed. Millions have fled their…

The Independent UK

US to expand combat training for Ukrainian troops

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will expand military combat training for Ukrainian forces, using the slower winter months to instruct larger units in more complex battle skills

Evening Standard

Russia warns of ‘consequences’ if US air defence missiles are sent to Ukraine

‘The US has effectively become a party’ to the war, the Kremlin said

Daily Mirror

Ukraine uncovers children's torture chamber set up by Vladimir Putin's troops

Dmytro Lubinets revealed evidence which showed that detained children were "practically not" given food and that they were given water every other day in Kherson, Ukraine

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Daily Mirror

Number of Russian soldiers searching 'how to surrender' on internet doubles in a month

Worried relatives are inundating Russia’s main search engine to understand how to safely raise the white flag and become prisoners of war after they have surrendered

Reuters

Poland's top cop injured by exploding present, says ministry

Poland's most senior police officer was injured and hospitalised when a present he received during a visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw, Poland's interior ministry said on Thursday.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: drones strike inside Russia while western sanctions get smarter

If you expected things to come to a grinding halt for a few months as winter takes hold in Ukraine and Russia, it looks as if you may need to think again. Military analysts are confidently predicting that Ukraine will intensify its counteroffensive in the south to drive through Russian…

Daily Mirror

Russian MP caught on camera offering to send missiles to Ukrainian boy for Christmas

Pro-war Russian politician Oleg Nilov was at a charity event at the parliament when he read out seasonal wishes from children which were hanging on a Christmas tree and made the vile comments

The Independent UK

Red Cross volunteer killed in Ukraine Kherson shelling

Kherson was liberated from the Russians in mid-November

The Guardian - UK

Putin preparing major offensive in new year, Ukraine defence minister warns

Defence minister suggests attack could happen by February, but other officials indicate it could come in January

Reuters

UN rights chief warns of 'serious deterioration' in Ukraine if strikes continue

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday that further strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure could lead to a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation and spark further displacement.

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