russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia s defence ministry. by ground attack, aircraft, missiles, and
we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched missile strikes across the country, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of ukraine into an emergency blackout. this is the scene in the city of dnipro, where at least five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine s president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, | a residential building was destroyed i as a result of this russian strike. dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and are being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is still unknown. unfortunately the list of the dead is growing every hour. our correspondent, paul adams, is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst att
theirs is quite robust. we leave you with a chilly reminder that winter is just getting started in many parts of the world. take this example from eastern russia that s been making the rounds on social media. as you can see, noodle soup is no match against the siberian winter. this dish froze before the person could even take a bite. this weekend the temperature will continue to drop to as low as minus 65 degrees celsius. that s a bit chilly, isn t it? a reminder of our top story. ukraine is continuing to dispute russian claims to have captured the eastern salt mining town of soledar in what would represent a rare victory for moscow after months of reverses on the battlefield. in a video address, president zelensky repeated ukraine s insistence that fighting for soledar and other towns in the donetsk region was continuing.
a new de classified us government document shows that the us national intelligence agency is now aware of 510 reported sightings nearly half of the new sightings were deemed unremarkable but more than 100 of them remain unexplained. now, a chilly reminder that winter is just getting started in many parts of the world. take this example from eastern russia that s been making the rounds on social media. as you can see, noodle soup is no match against the siberian winter. this dish froze before the person could even take a bite. this weekend the temperature will continue to drop to as low as minus 65 degrees celcius. that is all from me for now. more on all the stories we are covering on our website. you can get hold of me
wind chill alerts here, warnings and advisories in place. minus 30 to minus 65 degrees below zero for wind chill. that spreads across the great lakes and northeast today. look at what happens as we get into friday, saturday and sunday. minneapolis, your honor daytime high today minus 41. by sunday 45. and could see some snow on monday back into artic chill there look at chicago. zero is your daytime high today and then 53 on monday. so we just got to really get through today and tomorrow. that s where the worst of it is going to be. there is your forecast wind chill. watch as we go through time it retreats into canada that is great news. not saying the last of the cold air but the last of the worst of the cold air this year. fingers crossed. ainsley: hard to believe the high is zero in chicago. janice: it s crazy. we will be talking about this for a number of years. this cold air. brian: in kelvin minus 22, 76.