By Kathleen Magramo, Sana Noor Haq, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN
From CNN’s Victoria Butenko in Kyiv
Russia launched 70 missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday in its latest “large-scale attack on crucial infrastructure facilities,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Telegram.
Fifty-one of the 70 missiles were intercepted, as well as five attack drones, the military's statement read.
The missiles were launched from two small missile-carrying ships in — and aircraft over — the Black Sea; from TU-95MS missile carriers in Volgodonsk in southern Russia; and from the Caspian Sea.
From CNN’s Victoria Butenko and Olga Voitovych in Kyiv
More than 30 missiles flew towards the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Vitali Klitschko told Ukrainian television.
“According to the military, 31 missiles flew towards Kyiv. Twenty-one missiles were shot down,” he said.
Some of the missiles hit critical infrastructure facilities, he added.
“Currently, part of the city is without electricity. There is no water supply,” he added. “We are doing everything to restore both the electricity and water supply tonight.”
The blackouts are affecting businesses in the city.
CNN's Yulia Kesaieva reports that no shops, cafes or restaurants are open in the Podilskyi district. “There are huge traffic jams and some of the traffic lights are not working. Policemen are coordinating the traffic at the busiest junctions. Some people are waiting next to the entrances to the supermarkets, asking each other if they have power at home, and where to buy bread and hot meals," Kesaieva said.
From CNN's Sam Fossum and Jeremy Diamond
The US will provide $400 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, the White House announced Wednesday in a memo.
According to a statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the drawdown "includes additional arms, munitions, and air defense equipment from U.S. Department of Defense inventories."
A White House official said that the package has "additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 200 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds," and more.
Total US military assistance for Ukraine amounts to approximately $19.7 billion since the beginning of the Biden administration, Blinken's statement added.
"We will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, so it can continue to defend itself and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table when the time comes," Blinken said.
From CNN’s Olga Voitovych in Kyiv
A 17-year-old girl was one of three people killed when Russia shelled the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Wednesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on Telegram.
“Three people were killed as a result of today's missile shelling of the capital. A 17-year-old girl was among them,” he said. “Eleven residents of the capital were injured. 10 of them were hospitalized in medical facilities in the city. One victim was treated on the scene.”
From CNN's Uliana Pavlova
Thirty-five Russian prisoners of war were exchanged with Ukraine and returned to Russia following negotiations, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“On November 23, as a result of the negotiation process, 35 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime, who were in mortal danger in captivity,” a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
“Aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces will transport the released servicemen to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation at medical institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry,” it said.
All those released will be given medical and psychological assistance, the Ministry of Defense said.
Earlier, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the separatist Donetsk region, said on his Telegram channel that Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange according to the formula "35 for 35."
“Among our released people there were four from the Donetsk People’s Republic, two from the Luhansk People’s Republic,” he said.
From CNN’s Olga Voitovych and Victoria Butenko in Kyiv and Jo Shelley in London
There are power outages across every region of Ukraine following a barrage of Russian missile strikes targeting the country’s critical infrastructure on Wednesday afternoon, national power supply company Ukrenergo said in a statement posted to Facebook.
“The missile attack is still ongoing, but there are already hits on energy infrastructure facilities. Emergency outages are taking place in all regions,” it said. “This is a necessary step to protect power grids from additional technological accidents and maintain the power system. Repair crews together with the units of the State Emergency Service will start repairing the damage immediately after the end of the air alert. But due to the frost and freezing rain in some regions, emergency repair works at the facilities damaged by terrorist missiles may take longer.”
Ukrenergo advised everyone in Ukraine to make note of locations it described as "points of invincibility," where “electricity, mobile communication and Internet, heating, water and first aid kits” would be available in the event of “significant” interruptions.
Kyiv regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said that a residential building in the district of Vyshgorod had been hit, as well as the village of Chabany. More than 20 people were injured, he said.
From CNN's Andrew Carey
The air raid warning in Kyiv ended at 3:08 local time (8:08 a.m. ET) after being active for just under two-and-a-half hours.
Warnings were still in place in six regions of Ukraine, all of them in the north and eastern parts of the country, including Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.
From CNN's Chris Liakos
Moldova is suffering a “massive blackout,” following a fresh wave of Russian missiles targeting critical infrastructure in Ukraine, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu said Wednesday.
He added that the country’s transmission operator, Moldelectrica, “is working to reconnect more than 50% of the country to electricity.”
Last week, Moldova similarly suffered power cuts after Ukrainian energy facilities were targeted. Spinu had warned last week that the risks of power cuts remain high and that the Russian aggression against Ukraine “directly affects” Moldova.
From CNN’s Olga Voitovych in Kyiv
The water supply in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv has been suspended after shelling in the region, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on Telegram.
Klitschko asked residents to “stock up on water” while experts tried to “return water to the homes of Kyiv residents.”
Engineers were also working to restore power supply, Klitschko said. Parts of the city are without power after Moscow reportedly targeted infrastructure facilities in the region, the country’s biggest energy supplier, Yasno, said in a statement earlier Wednesday.
