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UKRAINE WAR UPDATES: U.S. BRUSHES OFF PUTIN’S ‘NUCLEAR WAR’ THREAT; UKRAINE SAYS
RUSSIAN ELECTION IN OCCUPIED REGIONS ‘ILLEGAL’

Sophie Kiderlin
Holly Ellyatt

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Thursday said that Russian attempts to hold
elections in occupied territories or to force regional residents to head to the
polls would be “illegal” — a sentiment echoed by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in
a separate briefing, Reuters reports.

Russia’s presidential election is slated to take place over March 15-17.

Meanwhile, two people were killed and several were injured in Ukrainian attacks
on the Russian region of Belgorod, its governor said. CNBC could not
independently verify the details.

A view of the site after Ukrainian shelling that damaged buildings and vehicles
in Belgorod, Russia on March 14, 2024.
Emil Leegunov | Anadolu | Getty Images

Earlier, the White House said it had no reason to adjust the U.S.′ “nuclear
posture” after comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday in which
he said his country was “technically” ready for nuclear war.

In other news, Russian-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
plant in southern Ukraine accused Ukraine’s armed forces of shelling critical
infrastructure at the plant on Thursday.

Russia has occupied the plant since March 2022, with the nuclear facility being
a focal point of tensions and skirmishes between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
CNBC was unable to verify the latest claims.


2 Hours Ago


ALLIES WARNING HUNGARY OF INCREASINGLY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA, U.S.
AMBASSADOR SAYS

Hungary’s allies are cautioning the country about its relationship with Russia,
David Pressman, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary said Thursday.

“Hungary’s allies are warning Hungary of the dangers of its close and expanding
relationship with Russia,” he said in a speech marking the 25th anniversary of
Hungary’s accession to NATO.

As Hungary’s foreign minister and prime minister are continuing to engage with
Russia, it appears fostering a close relationship with the country is part of
Hungary’s policy, Pressman said. If this is true, the allies would need to
decide how to protect their security interests, he noted.

Pressman also criticized Hungary’s position on the war in Ukraine.

“Hungary could stand with Ukraine, alongside all of its NATO Allies, to demand
real peace, true peace, which can only be based in freedom rather than standing
beside Russia and calling for surrender and subjugation,” he said.

— Sophie Kiderlin



3 Hours Ago


RUSSIA THOUGHT TO HAVE INTERFERED WITH SIGNAL OF U.K. DEFENSE MINISTER’S PLANE,
SOURCES SAY

Russia is thought to have interfered with the satellite signal of an airplane
carrying U.K. Defense Minister Grant Shapps on Thursday, Reuters reported citing
multiple sources.

The aircraft reportedly could not access GPS and had to use alternative methods
to assess its location, and mobile phones were unable to connect to the internet
when the plane was flying near Russian city Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. The
outage lasted for about thirty minutes, sources said.

Shapps was traveling back to the U.K. from Poland at the time.

— Sophie Kiderlin


4 Hours Ago


NORWAY SAYS IT WILL REACH 2% DEFENSE SPENDING GOAL FROM NATO THIS YEAR

Norway will hit NATO’s goal of spending 2% of a country’s gross domestic product
on defense this year, its Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement
on Thursday.

“The security policy situation is serious. We have to live with a more dangerous
and unpredictable Russia, probably for a long time,” he said according to a
Google translation.

Countries around Norway have been amping up their defense spending, and it is
following suit, Stoere said. The country previously said its target was to reach
the NATO defense spending goal by 2026.

“We must take responsibility for our own security, and we must help take
responsibility for European security,” Stoere said.

— Sophie Kiderlin


5 Hours Ago


UKRAINE LACKS AMMUNITION, NOT COURAGE, NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference at NATO
headquarters during the first of two days of defence ministers’ meetings on
February 14, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. 
Omar Havana | Getty Images

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg once more urged allies to show
“political will” and provide military support to Ukraine.

“We have the capacity to give Ukraine what it needs. Now we need to show the
political will to do so,” he said Thursday during a press briefing after the
launch of the NATO Annual Report for 2023. “The Ukrainians are not running out
of courage. They are running out of ammunition.”

Stoltenberg further called on allied countries to “step up,” echoing previous
messaging that NATO members should meet their commitments to route 2% of their
gross domestic products toward defense. A statement introducing the coalition’s
latest annual report said two-thirds of NATO allies are expected to meet or
exceed this defense spending target in 2024.

Individual country contributions were thrown into the spotlight in February when
former U.S. president and presidential Republican nominee Donald Trump said he
would not protect NATO nations from Russian hostilities if they lag on their
membership contributions.

“We have the capacity, we have the economies to be able to provide Ukraine what
they need,” Stoltenberg said Thursday. “This is a question of political will. To
take those decisions and to prioritize support for Ukraine. And therefore we
need the decision to invest more in the defense industry.”

— Ruxandra Iordache


5 Hours Ago


TWO KILLED BY UKRAINIAN STRIKES ON RUSSIA’S BELGOROD REGION, GOVERNOR SAYS

Two people were killed and several others were injured following Ukrainian
strikes in the western Russian region of Belgorod on Thursday, local Governor
Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

In several Telegram posts, Gladkov said that multiple towns in the region were
hit by Ukraine, and that cars and houses were damaged or destroyed.

Russian air defense systems shot down as many as ten Ukrainian missiles, he
noted.

CNBC could not confirm developments on the ground.

— Sophie Kiderlin


6 Hours Ago


227 U.S. CITIZENS BANNED FROM ENTERING RUSSIA BY FOREIGN MINISTRY

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov listens during a United Nations Security
Council meeting on Ukraine, at UN headquarters in New York City on January 22,
2024.
Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images

Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday announced that it was banning a further
227 U.S. citizens from entering the country in a Google-translated statement.

The figure included people “involved in the development, implementation and
justification of the Russophobic course of the current US Administration” and
“those directly involved in anti-Russian actions,” the Russian foreign ministry
said.

The list features a large number of academics, business representatives,
especially from technology and military equipment companies, as well as
political figures such as senior advisors, deputy ministers, government
spokespeople and a former U.S. ambassador to Russia.

— Sophie Kiderlin


6 Hours Ago


UKRAINE, NATO CHIEF SAY HOLDING RUSSIAN ELECTIONS ON OCCUPIED TERRITORY WOULD BE
“ILLEGAL”

Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba (L) and Nato Secretary
General Jens Stoltenberg (R) give a press conference following their meeting at
Nato Headquarters in Brussels, on November 29, 2023, on the sidelines of a Nato
Foreign ministers meeting. 
Simon Wohlfahrt | Afp | Getty Images

Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Thursday said it would be illegal for Russia to
hold elections in occupied territories of Ukraine, and that the votes would not
have any legal consequences.

“Forcing millions of Ukrainian citizens who live in temporarily occupied
territories or who have been forcibly transferred to Russian Federation
territory to participate in the so-called “elections” is equally illegal,” a
ministry statement said.

Russia’s attempt to hold elections in occupied regions showed the country’s
“flagrant disregard” for international laws and conventions, the foreign
ministry added.

People visit a mobile polling station during the early voting in Russia’s
presidential election, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk,
Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 10, 2024. 
Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters

“We urge Ukrainian citizens who live in the temporarily occupied territories of
Ukraine or are forced to stay in the territory of the Russian Federation not to
participate in the ‘pseudo-elections’ of the Russian President,” it said.

Separately, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that any
efforts to organize elections in Ukraine’s occupied regions would be illegal,
Reuters reported.

— Sophie Kiderlin


7 Hours Ago


PUTIN ALLY PROPOSES RUSSIAN SIX-POINT PEACE PLAN WHICH WOULD INCLUDE UKRAINE’S
SURRENDER

Russia’s Deputy head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, accompanied by
Deputy Defence Minister Nikolay Pankov, visits the Prudboi military training
ground in Volgograd region, Russia June 1, 2023. 
Yekaterina Shtukina | Sputnik | Reuters

Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday
shared a proposed peace plan from a Russian perspective, which among other
points calls for Ukraine to surrender.

The plan is a response to the 10-point peace formula proposed by Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which is being discussed by allies as a potential
basis for peace negotiations.

“Everyone understands perfectly well, including the out-of-touch Western liars,
that even in much simpler situations during war, peace can be achieved either
with the mutual will of the parties on the basis of a reasonable compromise, or
through the surrender of one of the parties to the conflict,” Medvedev wrote in
a Telegram post, according to a Google translation.

Ukraine was not willing to negotiate, he added, before suggesting an alternative
six-point plan. Ukraine should recognize its defeat and commit to “complete and
unconditional surrender,” as well as de-militarize.

Medvedev also called for the dissolution of Ukrainian authorities and the
election of a provisional parliament, which should recognize “that its entire
territory is the territory of the Russian Federation,” and pass a reunification
act, before dissolving again.

The United Nations and international community should condemn the current
Ukrainian government and ultimately recognize the reunification, he added.

— Sophie Kiderlin


9 Hours Ago


KREMLIN DEFENDS PUTIN’S NUCLEAR WAR COMMENTS, SAYING THERE’S NO THREAT

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s
President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to US talk show host Tucker Carlson
at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 6, 2024. 
Gavriil Grigorov | AFP | Getty Images

The Kremlin defended comments made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Wednesday in which he said Russia was “technically” ready for a nuclear war, and
was ready to conduct nuclear tests if the U.S. did so, saying the remarks did
not constitute a threat to use them.

The remarks, published in pro-Kremlin media Wednesday, echoed previous comments
Putin has made about Russia’s nuclear arsenal, saying Russia would only consider
using them if the country’s existence was under threat. The White House
responded that it saw no reason to adjust its own “nuclear posture” after the
comments.

Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Putin was just
answering questions from Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselev, and that the
comments had been distorted by the Western media.

“Putin did not make any threats about the use of nuclear weapons in this
interview. He answered, firstly, the journalist’s questions, and these were
precisely the journalist’s questions, and not some special statements,” Peskov
said, according to comments published by news agency RIA Novosti and translated
by Google.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
annual press conference in Moscow, Russia December 14, 2023. 
Alexander Zemlianichenko | Reuters

“And the president was just talking about the reasons that could make the use of
nuclear weapons inevitable. These are the reasons that are indicated in our
relevant documents, which are well known throughout the world,” he added.

“This is a deliberate distortion of the context and a reluctance to listen to
President Putin. Again, there is nothing new in this. This is what we are very
focused on [and have] observed for a long time and especially in the last two
years,” Peskov said. Moscow has repeatedly criticized what it sees as a
“Russophobic’” Western media since it invaded Ukraine two years ago.

— Holly Ellyatt


10 Hours Ago


RUSSIA HITS BACK AT UKRAINE WITH ‘MASSIVE’ DRONE, MISSILES STRIKE OVERNIGHT

Russia has launched “massive” drone and artillery strikes against Ukraine
overnight, Ukrainian officials said, with civilian infrastructure targeted in
the northeast, east and south of the country.

The strikes come after a sharp uptick in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks
against Russian regions over the last few days, with a number of major Russian
oil refineries targeted and disrupting production.

Oleh Synehubov, the governor of the eastern border region of Kharkiv, said on
Telegram on Thursday morning that Russia had carried out “massive” attack using
drones, or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), on television infrastructure in the
region, with restoration work ongoing.

“About 15 settlements of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and
mortar attacks,” Synehubov said. There appeared to be no casualties from the
attacks, he said, according to a Google translation.

The aftermath of a drone attack on a five-story residential building in Sumy,
northeastern Ukraine, on March 13, 2023. 
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images

In the neighboring Sumy region, the military administration said civilian
infrastructure had been targeted in the cities of Sumy, Shostka, Trostyanets,
and Bilopillya. Missile strikes were also carried out on Shostka and
Trostyanets.

All in all, around 150 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk,
Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions had come under
Russian artillery fire, Ukraine’s military said in its latest update on Thursday
morning.

— Holly Ellyatt


10 Hours Ago


U.S. SEES NO SIGN RUSSIA IS READY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The White House said it had no reason to adjust the U.S.′ “nuclear posture”
after comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday in which he said
Russia was “technically” ready for nuclear war.

Asked to respond to the remarks, White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said
Wednesday that the Biden administration saw no need to adjust its assessment of
the nuclear threat posed by Moscow.

“We have not seen any reasons to adjust our own nuclear posture ... nor any
indication that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine,” she
told reporters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his meeting with drivers and
road industry representatives, on February 22, 2024 in Kazan, Russia. 
Contributor | Getty Images

In an interview published by pro-Kremlin media Wednesday, Putin said, “from a
military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready ... [and] constantly
in a state of combat readiness,” for nuclear war.

He added, however, that cool heads were likely to prevail to prevent a “rushing”
toward such a scenario. Nonetheless, Putin said Russia would be ready to conduct
nuclear tests if the U.S. did so.

— Holly Ellyatt


10 Hours Ago


RUSSIA-CONTROLLED ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT SHELLED BY UKRAINE, OFFICIALS CLAIM

Russian-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP)
accused Ukraine’s armed forces of shelling critical infrastructure at the plant
on Thursday.

On Thursday, officials at the site in southern Ukraine said the plant had been
shelled and that an explosive device was dropped into an area where tanks with
diesel fuel were located, adding that the action could have had “dire
consequences.”

“Such attacks are unacceptable ... But despite everything, we are recording
ongoing shelling,” the Russian-run ZNPP Telegram channel stated, in comments
translated by Google.

Russia has occupied the ZNPP since March 2022, early on in the invasion of
Ukraine. The nuclear facility has been a focal point of tensions and skirmishes
between Ukrainian and Russian forces ever since, with both accusing each other
of endangering the safety of the plant and risking a nuclear disaster.

A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern
Ukraine on June 15, 2023. 
Olga Maltseva | Afp | Getty Images

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has been monitoring the
site during the war, was notified of the incident, the Telegram post added.

CNBC was unable to immediately verify the claims made in the post and Ukraine
has not commented on the claims.

— Holly Ellyatt


Wed, Mar 13 20248:34 AM EDT


RUSSIA SAYS U.S. PLANS TO ATTACK ITS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that the
United States planned to stage cyberattacks on Russia’s electronic voting system
during its presidential election from March 15-17.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov’s annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on January 18,
2024.
Alexander Nemenov | AFP | Getty Images

Zakharova also said Washington had tasked U.S. non-governmental organisations
with undermining the election by decreasing voter turnout. Her comments echoed
similar accusations by Russia’s foreign intelligence service made this week.

— Reuters


Wed, Mar 13 20241:09 PM EDT


EU AMBASSADORS AGREE TO REFORM EUROPEAN PEACE FACILITY, BOOSTING UKRAINE AID

European Union ambassadors agreed in principle on Wednesday to reform the
European Peace Facility fund in order to supply aid worth 5 billion euros ($5.48
billion) to Ukraine this year, the Belgian presidency of the EU said in a post
on social media platform X.

“The [EU] remains determined to provide lasting support to [Ukraine] & ensure
that the country gets the military equipment it needs to defend itself,” the
post said.

The European Peace Facility is a mechanism set up in 2021 aiming to support the
EU’s ability to create peace, security and prevent conflict, which member states
pay into every year based on the agreed budget.

— Sophie Kiderlin



Wed, Mar 13 202412:30 PM EDT


RUSSIA SAYS IT ISN’T PLANNING TO JOIN UKRAINE PEACE CONFERENCE IN SWITZERLAND

Russia does not intend to join a high-level peace conference that aims to bring
an end to the war in Ukraine, even if it is formally invited, a spokesperson for
the Russia Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Switzerland said earlier this year that it would aim to host a peace conference
in the coming months.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova cited a number of reasons
for Russia not participating in the event, including that the conference will
discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace formula.

Ultimatums to Russia are a key part of the plan and are unacceptable, she added.

“Secondly, Switzerland can hardly serve as a platform for various peacekeeping
efforts, since this assumes a neutral status, which Bern has lost,” the
statement said, according to a Google translation.

Zakharova said previous attempts by the West to broker peace, such as the
so-called Minsk agreements, had shown its inability to negotiate.

Russia would in principle be open to negotiations, Zakharova said, but only if
Russian interests are taken into account and military aid to Ukraine was halted,
among other conditions.

— Sophie Kiderlin


Wed, Mar 13 20245:13 AM EDT


UKRAINE’S SECURITY SERVICE BEHIND DRONE ATTACKS ON THREE RUSSIAN OIL REFINERIES

Ukraine’s Security Service on Wednesday claimed responsibility for drone attacks
on three oil refineries in Russia.

Oil refineries in Ryazan, Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region and Kirishy, in
the Leningrad region, were all deliberately targeted, according to a Ukrainian
security source who asked for anonymity because they are not authorized to speak
publicly about operations.

The source confirmed to NBC that the latest attacks are a continuation of a
series of special operations against Russian oil refineries which were
previously launched by the security service.

“We are systematically implementing a detailed strategy to reduce the economic
potential of the Russian Federation. Our task is to deprive the enemy of
resources and reduce the flow of oil money and fuel, which the Russian
Federation directs directly to the war, to the murders of our citizens,” the
source added.

A worker at the Lukoil company-owned Imilorskoye oilfield in Kogalym, Russia,
January 25, 2016
Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters

The security source said footage on social media proved that the consequences of
the attacks were significant amid reports of fires at the facilities. The
refineries attacked today are among the top five largest plants in the Russian
Federation, the source noted.

In addition, the SBU, together with other representatives of the defense forces,
attacked the air base of the Russian Air Force in Buturlinivka and the military
airfield in Voronezh with drones.

— Holly Ellyatt


Wed, Mar 13 20248:32 AM EDT


RUSSIAN REGIONS FACE SHARP UPTICK IN UKRAINIAN DRONE, MISSILE ATTACKS

M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on Russian position on December 29, 2023 in
Unspecified, Ukraine. M142 HIMARS proved to be a highly effective weapon,
striking targets both on the front line and deep in the Russian rear. 
Serhii Mykhalchuk | Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images

Russia’s defense ministry claimed on Wednesday that Russian air defense systems
had destroyed numerous drones and missiles fired at its territory by Ukraine
over the past 24 hours.

“During the [past] day, air defense systems shot down 136 Ukrainian unmanned
aerial vehicles, four HIMARS MLRS missiles made in the United States, six Grad
MLRS missiles, as well as three Hammer guided aerial bombs made in France,” the
ministry said on Telegram.

CNBC was unable to verify the information in the post and Ukraine has not
commented on the apparent increase in attacks. Russian media agencies have
published multiple reports over the last few days of attempted drone and missile
attacks against Russian regions, particularly those along the border with
Ukraine, as well as damage to energy infrastructure, with oil refineries being
targeted.

— Holly Ellyatt


Wed, Mar 13 20249:22 AM EDT


RUSSIAN OIL REFINERIES PUT OUT OF ACTION AFTER UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS

Several major oil refineries in Russia appear to be out of action following
Ukrainian drone attacks.

Two primary oil refining units were shut down in Rosneft’s Ryazan oil refinery
on Wednesday after a fire caused by a drone attack, two sources familiar with
the situation told Reuters. Rosneft has not commented on the incident.

Meanwhile, operations at the Novoshakhtinsky oil products plant in the Rostov
region were stopped after drones shot down by Russian air defenses fell on the
facility, regional Governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. No one was injured
in the incident.

Production was also halted at Lukoil’s NORSI refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod
region on Tuesday after a drone attack caused a fire.

A red dawn illuminates cracking towers at the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez
(NORSI) oil refinery, operated by OAO Lukoil, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images

Ukraine’s security service on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the drone
attacks on oil refineries in Ryazan, Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region and
Kirishy, in the Leningrad region, saying the latest attacks were a continuation
of a series of special operations against Russian oil facilities.

“We are systematically implementing a detailed strategy to reduce the economic
potential of the Russian Federation,” a Ukrainian security source, who asked for
anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about operations,
told NBC News.

“Our task is to deprive the enemy of resources and reduce the flow of oil money
and fuel, which the Russian Federation directs directly to the war, to the
murders of our citizens,” the source added.

Oil prices were around 2% higher Wednesday against the backdrop of refinery
attacks and potential disruption to oil supplies from major producer, Russia.

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