The strikes targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, the Air Force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Updated at 16:34 GMT Important events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Leyland Cecco Canadian-made parts were found in the Iranian “kamikaze” drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine, according to a report. An investigative project by the NGO Statewatch found components from 30 European and American companies, including antenna components from Tallysman Wireless, a Canadian manufacturer. Iranian-made Shahed 136 drones have been used by Russia in attacks against Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure. According to Statewatch’s Trap Aggressor project, the Russian military renamed the drone Geran-2 to hide its origin. Tallysman’s chairman told the Globe and Mail he was “painfully aware” that his company’s product had been used to target civilians in Ukraine. “Sometimes it is assumed that we are somehow complicit in this use. We absolutely are not,” Gyles Panther told the paper. “Tallysman is 100% committed to supporting Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.” Because of sanctions against Iran, Panther is suspected of mistakenly selling parts under “bogus company fronts” and said his company was cooperating with Canadian customs officials, but admitted it could be difficult to prevent largely innocuous parts such as wireless antennas, which are not covered by export controls, from falling into the wrong hands. Updated at 16:53 GMT Moldovan police on Monday found fragments of a rocket that fell in an area of northern Moldova near the border with Ukraine, state news portal Prima Sursa reported citing police. Moldovan authorities did not immediately comment publicly on the incident, which was reported after Russia carried out a new wave of missile strikes in Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko, responding to media reports about the incident, repeated calls for Kyiv to receive more missile defense systems from its allies. “This proves once again that Russian missile terrorism poses a huge threat not only to the security of Ukraine, but also to the security of neighboring countries,” he said in a statement. Russia did not immediately comment on the reports. Updated at 16:45 GMT
Ukraine shoots down most missiles fired by Russia, Air Force says
Ukraine shot down more than 60 of more than 70 missiles fired by Russia in a massive missile attack on Monday, Ukraine’s Air Force Command said. The strikes targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, the Air Force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Updated at 16:34 GMT Air defenses shot down most of the Russian missiles fired at Ukraine on Monday and energy workers have already started working to restore power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Russia has carried out the latest in a wave of airstrikes in Ukraine, destroying homes in the south and cutting power in the north, killing at least two people, Ukrainian officials said. The governor of Kyiv region said 40 percent was without electricity and some infrastructure was damaged, but that there were no “critical consequences,” Reuters reports. Updated at 15.01 GMT Vladimir Putin crossed the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to the Crimean peninsula, after it was damaged by a truck in October. The Russian president crossed the bridge today and spoke with workers and a senior government official, Reuters reports. The bombing, on October 8, disrupted travel on one of the two lanes of the bridge. Russia blamed Ukraine and responded with a wave of strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities and other key infrastructure. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the damaged bridge over the Kerch Strait in October. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/AP Updated at 15:43 GMT
All clear in Kyiv as Ukrainian capital appears to emerge unscathed from missile attacks
Julian Borger Everything was clearly heard in Kyiv. There are likely to be further waves of strikes, but for now the capital appears to have escaped unscathed. Air defenses could be heard in action. So far there have been no reports of rockets hitting the city. Odesa appears to have been hardest hit meanwhile and there are reports of a missile landing on the border in Moldova, near Brichen. Updated at 14:24 GMT Moldovan police said they found fragments of rockets in the Brichen region near the border with Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing the state-run intelligence portal Prima Sursa. Ukraine’s state energy company Ukrenergo said its infrastructure was hit by Russian missiles on Monday, causing emergency power outages. “Ukrenergo dispatchers are working to maintain balance in the energy system,” it said in a statement. It did not say which facilities had been hit Ukrainian officials reported a fresh barrage of Russian missiles across the country, an attack expected as Russia tries to disable Ukraine’s energy supplies and infrastructure as winter approaches. Media reports cited explosions in several regions of the country, including the cities of Odessa, Cherkassy and Krivi Rykh. In Odessa, the local water company said a missile strike knocked out power to pumping stations, leaving the entire city without water. “The enemy is again attacking the territory of Ukraine with missiles!” Kirill Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, wrote on Telegram. Air raid alarms sounded across the country and authorities called on people to evacuate, Reuters reported. A Ukrainian air force spokesman, Yuriy Ikhnat, said Russia had fired land-based missiles from southern Russia and cruise missiles from the Caspian and Black Seas. Russian strategic bombers also fired missiles, he said. Ihnat warned that the Russians could attack in several waves to make it harder for Ukrainian air defenses to shoot down the missiles. Updated at 14.02 GMT
Power outages in Sumy after wave of Russian missiles
Power has gone out in Sumy following the latest Russian missile attacks, according to the northern region’s energy provider. However, the governor of the Kiev region said its air defenses were working there and told residents to stay in shelters. There were also reports of power and water outages in Odessa following strikes there. The Guardian’s world affairs editor Julian Borger says he has yet to hear or see reports of a landing in the city of Kiev. But there are fears this was the first of a double punch, with the first wave designed to soak up air defences, giving the second wave a better chance of reaching its targets, possibly the power grid, on a day that started with low -7C. Updated at 14.06 GMT
Two killed in Russian missile strikes in Ukraine – senior official
Russian missiles hit buildings in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, destroying several homes and killing at least two people, a senior Ukrainian official said. Kirill Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, did not elaborate on the attacks, Reuters reported. A city official said buildings were hit on the outskirts of the city of Zaporizhzhia and some Russian missiles were shot down. The governor of the Kyiv region said air defenses were operating in the area and told residents to stay in shelters. An energy provider said electricity had been cut in the northern region of Sumi in the latest rocket attacks. Updated at 13.11 GMT India has given a list of Indian products to Moscow for access to Russian markets, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said, as his country seeks to narrow a widening trade deficit with Russia at a time when Moscow faces acute shortages of some critical materials after Western sanctions. Reuters reported last week that Moscow sent India a list of more than 500 products for possible delivery, including parts for cars, planes and trains, as sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine squeeze its ability to keep vital important industries. Russia has been India’s largest supplier of military equipment for decades and is the fourth largest market for Indian pharmaceuticals. But with India’s purchases of Russian oil soaring and shipments of coal and fertilizer also strong, the South Asian nation is looking for ways to balance trade. “We have given the Russians a set of products that we believe we are very competitive in and that we believe they should have access to in the Russian market,” Jaishankar told reporters at a briefing with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, who is visiting India. The minister added that discussions on expanding trade have been going on for some time, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Julian Borger Ukrainian air defenses managed to shoot down some of the incoming missiles (see 11.58am) The reported intercepts so far have been four in the Kharkiv region, one in Dnipro and one in Poltava, while other explosions have been reported elsewhere that could be air defense intercepts. After the sirens went off in Kyiv, people began to gather at the metro stations, which have started to fill up. The Guardian has not heard or seen reports of the impact in the capital, but there are several reports of air defenses in action, including in Odesa, suggesting there are incoming Kalibr missiles fired from Russian warships in the Black Sea. Updated at 12:34 GMT Here’s a map showing where mysterious explosions occurred at two Russian air bases far from the front lines. Here’s a map showing where mysterious explosions occurred at two Russian air bases far from the front lines.
