RAccording to the estimates of the British intelligence services, the United States uses in Ukraine outdated carrier missiles already designed for nuclear warheads. Debris from a type of missile believed to have been brought down can be seen in publicly available recordings, dating back to the 1980s and developed as a nuclear delivery system, according to a report from Britain’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday. Rocket launchers will now be launched without weapons and without warheads.

The British government said that although these missiles could cause damage, it was unlikely that Moscow would have any serious success with them. Instead, the Kremlin hopes to distract Ukraine’s air defences. London saw this as evidence of the depletion of Russia’s arsenal of long-range missiles.

Since the beginning of the war of Russian aggression against Ukraine at the end of February, the British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information on the course of the war, citing intelligence information. By doing so, the British government wants to counter the Russian image and keep the Allies in line. Moscow accuses London of waging a disinformation campaign.

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11:30 a.m. – Ukraine reports progress restoring power

After recent Russian attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, authorities on Saturday continued efforts to restore the country’s electricity and water supplies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that since widespread power outages in recent days, millions of people have been reconnected to the grid.

In his Friday evening televised address, Zelensky said it was possible, from Wednesday to Friday evening, to halve the number of people without electricity from about twelve million to more than six million, and to stabilize the system. In most regions, including the capital Kyiv, there are still blackouts.

11:10 a.m. — Ukraine commemorated the famine 90 years ago

Amid more than nine months of Russian war of aggression, Ukraine has commemorated the devastating Holodomor famine 90 years ago. „Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now through darkness and cold,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday, referring to Russian attacks on his country’s energy infrastructure. In 1932/33, then-Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin deliberately caused a famine in Ukraine, called the Holodomor. Up to four million people died.

Zelensky emphasized that the Ukrainians do not have as great a desire to break the Russians as they did at that time. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office, wrote: „We will conquer death again. The Russians will pay for all the victims of the Great Famine and will be held accountable for today’s crimes.”

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8:55 am – Russia fires guns with no ammunition

Britain says Russia is likely to remove nuclear warheads from aging cruise missiles and remove firearms without ammunition. The British Ministry of Defense, citing its daily intelligence report, stated that the ammunition would be fired even without weapons. „Regardless of the reasons, this improvisation shows how much the Russian long-range missile unit has diminished.” Missing warheads may be full ballast. Unused kinetic energy and fuel will still cause damage.

8:15 a.m. – Klitschko: Half of households are without electricity

Two days after massive Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s electricity and water supplies, half of consumers in the capital, Kyiv, are still without electricity, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Friday morning. Klitschko told the Telegram news channel that a third of Kyiv’s homes have already been heated again. According to the military administration of the capital, Kyiv’s water supply has now been fully restored. She said some consumers are still experiencing low water pressure. The city’s heat source will also be restored. Emergency teams in the repair process. As soon as the electricity network is stable, the mobile network will work again in all regions of Kyiv.

7:45 a.m.: Selinski slams Klitschko for sheltering him in an emergency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizes Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. In his evening video address, Zelensky said the capital had not adequately provided the emergency shelters that would be set up after Russia’s destruction of infrastructure. „Unfortunately, the local authorities have not done a good job in all cities,” he says. „In particular, there are many complaints in Kyiv.” Many citizens of the capital now go up to 30 hours without electricity. „We expect good work from the mayor’s office.” Klitschko did not comment. Ukraine is creating thousands of so-called „invincible centers” where residents will have access to heat, water, internet and cell phone service.

05:15 a.m. – Federal government: All jobs at PCK Schwedt refinery secured for 2023

According to the federal government, all 1,200 jobs at the PCK refinery in Schwedt have been secured for 2023. Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economics Michael Kellner told dpa that the shareholders of Rosneft, Shell and Eni have approved a budget for operating costs for next year . Accordingly, layoffs for operational reasons could be ruled out in 2023. Everyone is committed to ensuring that no one is fired. This is what we promised.”

In mid-September, the federal government placed the majority of PCK’s owners, two subsidiaries of Russia’s state-owned Rosneft, under trusteeship and thus under the control of the Federal Network Agency. At that time, the government had already granted a two-year job guarantee to employees at the refinery in northeastern Brandenburg. According to Kellner, that has now been implemented by the 2023 resolutions.

12:00 AM Deputy EU Commission – Refugees will remain after the war is over

According to EU Commission Vice-President Dubravka Sojka, host countries such as Germany and Poland will have to adjust to the fact that refugees from Ukraine will remain in the country for years after the war ends. „I think we have to be ready for this,” Soyka told the German Liberation Network (RND). Their schools were destroyed, their homes destroyed, and their jobs lost.”

The main problem is that these families think they can go home the day after the war. „But they will not go back to their country at that time,” said Soeka, the European Commission’s vice president for democracy and demography. “I have to say it honestly, I experienced the war in Croatia in the former Yugoslavia myself.”

11:50 pm – Turkey endorses Sweden and Finland’s „progress” after meeting on NATO accession

Turkey witnessed the „progress” of Sweden and Finland regarding the accession of both countries to NATO. In a statement, the three countries congratulated each other for „intensifying cooperation (…) and the progress made by Finland and Sweden in complying with the memorandum.” The latest agreement was signed in June on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid.

„Sweden has fully respected the tripartite memorandum and is getting closer to NATO,” Swedish negotiator Oskar Steenström said after the meeting in Stockholm, which was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month.

11:11 PM – Zelenskyj: More than six million Ukrainian households are still without electricity

In Ukraine, two days after massive Russian attacks on power plants, more than six million households are still without electricity. „Tonight, power outages are continuing in most regions and in Kyiv,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video address. With six million households affected, the number has halved since Wednesday.

According to Selenskyj, about 600,000 customers were affected by the power outage in the capital, Kyiv. The hardest-hit regions included Odessa in the south, Lviv and Venezia in the west, and Dnipropetrovsk in the interior.

22:52 – Ukraine evacuates more civilians from Kherson

Due to the difficult situation in Chersonesos, the Ukrainian government evacuated the first civilians from the recaptured city. The Ministry of Infrastructure announced that 100 people were transported by train to Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine. These included 26 children and 6 patients. They would be housed in what was considered a safe area and would receive the usual state support for internally displaced persons.

8:03pm – EU meeting on oil price cap has been cancelled

An EU meeting scheduled to curb Russian oil prices has been canceled, according to people familiar with the matter. According to an EU diplomat, the positions were not sufficiently rounded. Another explained that there would be no meeting in the evening or at the weekend. Some countries, such as Poland and Estonia, wanted a ceiling much lower than the $65-$70 per barrel suggested by the G7 countries. On the other hand, Greece and Cyprus wanted a higher price or compensation for expected costs.

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