December 5, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement Monday that Kyiv's air defenses have "intercepted most of the missiles."

Earlier Monday, officials in three regions of Ukraine have claimed that most Russian missiles fired were intercepted.

The Kyiv City Military Administration said that 10 missiles had been identified flying over Kyiv. "Preliminary, nine of them were intercepted," it said.

In Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the military administration, said that "defenders from the Air Command 'East' shot down 15 Russian missiles."

And Dmytro Lunin, governor of Poltava region in central Ukraine, said on Telegram that "there have been no hits in Poltava. Air Defense has been excellent. Up to ten Russian missiles were intercepted."

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (DI) says that while Russian missile stocks may have fallen to "critical levels," it still has enough to inflict heavy damage on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Andrii Yusov, the DI spokesperson, told Ukrainian television Monday that attacks during the day were "another terrorist attack on peaceful, civilian infrastructure, primarily energy infrastructure."

Yusov said that "regarding high-precision weapons in Russia, by many indicators the stockpiles of missiles have fallen to critical levels."

As for reports of explosions at or near airfields in the Russian cities of Ryazan and Engels, Yusov said they "can neither confirm nor deny. When terrorists have something burning, it can only be positive."

Debris from a missile has been found in Moldova, in a town called Briceni about 3 kilometers (almost 2 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The Moldovan Interior Ministry said on Facebook:

It is not immediately clear from the images what type the rocket is. CNN is working on confirming the type of missile.

The Moldovan Interior Ministry added in their statement “the area where the rocket was discovered has been isolated by police patrol and border police. The specialized services of the interior ministry” are on the scene.

The Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Kryvyi Rih reported that they are without water or electricity. 

In Odesa: The water supply company Infoksvodokanal, said, "all pumping station and reserve lines are without power – thus consumers don’t have water."

In Kryvyi Rih: “Part of the city is without electricity, some boiler houses and pumping stations are off,” said Oleksandr Vilkul the head of city military administration.

Russian forces have launched fresh missile strikes, with several waves of attacks possible over the course of the day, according to officials, following on from shelling in central, southern and eastern Ukraine earlier Monday.

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Two people have been killed and another two injured in Zaporizhzhia region following a wave of Russian missile strikes, according to a Ukrainian official.

“Several private houses were destroyed" in the strikes, which hit 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Zaporizhzhia city, wrote Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukraine's presidential administration, on Telegram.

Earlier “several” explosions were reported in the city of Zaporizhzhia, according to Anatolii Kurtev, secretary of the city council.

“Some of them are the echoes of enemy incoming hits in the suburbs. Another part is the successful work of the Air Defense Forces,” he wrote on Telegram. He did not confirm the target of the missiles.

Russian forces have launched a fresh set of missiles towards Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.

There may be several waves of attacks, added Ihnat.

Air defense systems are operating, but there is "no information" on the number of missiles launched or how many have been shot down, he said.

The governors of Odesa, Poltava and Vinnytsia regions have announced that missiles are incoming on social media.

Kyiv's air defense systems are "working” around the Ukrainian capital as there is a “movement of missiles towards the region," said Oleksii Kuleba, head of Kyiv's regional military administration, on Telegram. He urged residents to stay in shelters.

CNN teams in Kyiv have reported that air raid sirens have sounded.

As of yet there have not been any confirmed strikes.

Ukraine continues to suffer a "difficult" energy situation, according to state energy provider Ukrenergo.

“We all have a difficult heating season ahead," the company said in an update Monday.

Russian forces have deliberately targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine, where authorities have been battling to maintain power, water and cell phone connectivity.

This weekend, however, Ukrenergo said “it was possible to apply the minimum amount of emergency shutdowns,” due in part to increased capacity at nuclear power plants.

The company also noted an increase in electricity consumption “due to both the beginning of the week and drop in temperatures throughout the country."

Temperatures in Kyiv hit -7 degrees Celsius (44 Fahrenheit) on Monday, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.

Russian attacks on critical facilities have dropped off in the past week or so, but Ukrenergo is struggling to bring damaged facilities back online.

Moscow will not recognize a price cap on its oil exports implemented by a group of western nations, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

“One thing is obvious here - we will not recognize any price caps,” Peskov said Monday during his daily conference call with journalists, adding that Russia would prepare a response to the measure.

On Friday, the European Union's 27 member states capped the price of Russian oil at $60 a barrel, with Australia and the Group of 7 nations -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States -- implementing the price cap from Monday.

The move is aimed at reducing Russia's income from oil exports and is designed to be enforced by companies that provide shipping, insurance and other services for Russian oil.

If a buyer has agreed to pay more than the cap, they would withhold those services. Most of these firms are based in Europe or the United Kingdom.

The decision to impose the cap would not affect Russia's ability to carry out its “special military operation” in Ukraine, said Peskov.

“The Russian economy has the necessary potential to fully meet all the needs and requirements of the special military operation," he said. "Such measures will not affect it."

However the price cap would have an effect on the stability of the energy market, said Peskov.

“One thing is obvious and indisputable: the adoption of these decisions is a step towards destabilizing the world energy markets,” he said.