在俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京发射9个多月后入侵这两个国家正在争夺乌克兰东部和南部地区的控制权。
11月普京的部队拿出乌克兰军队领导了针对赫尔松市的反攻。俄语嗡嗡声继续轰炸平民目标在整个乌克兰，摧毁关键的电力基础设施冬天 开始了。
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据两名美国官员透露，五角大楼正在考虑是否在美国境内为乌克兰军队进行爱国者导弹训练。
如果是这样，这将标志着自俄罗斯入侵美国以来，乌克兰军队首次在美国境内接受训练。
官员们说，俄克拉何马州锡尔堡的陆军基地被认为是美国本土训练的地点。
上周，一名高级国防官员告诉记者，正在考虑可能持续数月的训练的几种选择。然而，还没有做出决定，训练仍有可能在德国进行，如前所述。
乌克兰军队的武器系统训练只在乌克兰进行。
——美国广播公司新闻的路易斯·马丁内斯
美国东部时间12月23日上午11:04
俄罗斯大使称美国在打“代理战争”
俄罗斯驻美国大使阿纳托利·安东诺夫(Anatoly Antonov)周五在接受俄罗斯媒体采访时声称，美国正在“乌克兰领土”上打一场“代理人战争”。
“让我提醒观众，代理战争意味着代理人的战争，代理人的战争。实际上，这就是美国人在乌克兰领土上所做的，”安东诺夫说。
他继续说，“今天，没有人隐藏白宫对我们政策的真正目标。在所有电视频道上，政治评论员都在谈论加强美国对俄罗斯联邦的代理人战争的必要性。”
安东诺夫表示，“俄罗斯和美国这两个大国之间”发生冲突的风险“很高”
- ABC新闻的威尔·格雷特斯基
美国东部时间12月22日下午2:35
美国新制裁针对俄罗斯海军行动
美国星期四宣布对支持克里姆林宫海军行动的10个俄罗斯实体实施制裁。
美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在一份声明中说，“在俄罗斯海军对乌克兰港口采取行动后，包括那些为世界提供急需的食品和谷物的港口，美国今天对俄罗斯海军实体实施制裁。”
美国国务院表示，预计制裁将使“俄罗斯国防机构付出沉重代价”
美国国务院表示，制裁是针对与俄罗斯经济的国防和海洋部门相关的俄罗斯公司实施的。
被制裁的实体包括Rigel电池公司，该公司为俄罗斯海军提供电池长达15年;Elektropribor，为俄罗斯战斗舰生产导航系统;以及为俄罗斯军用水面舰艇和潜艇提供自动控制系统的Avorora。
布林肯说:“美国仍然决心使用一切适当的措施来阻止俄罗斯对乌克兰的攻击——无论这些攻击来自空中、陆地还是海上。”。“这些问责措施强调了一个简单的信息:克里姆林宫必须结束针对乌克兰的野蛮行动。”
国务院和美国财政部还对俄罗斯寡头弗拉基米尔·波塔宁拥有的一家公司实施了制裁。
美国财政部在一份声明中表示，波塔宁是俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的亲密助手，也是俄罗斯最富有的人之一，他拥有Interros公司，该公司“在俄罗斯经济的几乎所有领域”开展业务。
美国国务院表示，已将波塔宁价值数亿美元的超级游艇“涅槃号”认定为被冻结财产。
对国有的俄罗斯铁路公司董事会的五名成员和近30名地区负责人和州长实施了额外的制裁。美国国务院表示，“监督和执行公民征兵，以回应俄罗斯最近的动员令。”
-ABC新闻的香农·克劳福德
1:01东部时间12月22日下午
乌克兰核电站安全区谈判重新开始
联合国核监督机构负责人星期四在俄罗斯，就乌克兰扎波罗热核电站周围的安全区恢复谈判。
国际原子能机构(International Atomic Energy Agency)总干事马里亚诺·格罗斯(Mariano Grossi)周四在Twitter上发帖称，“该区只专注于防止核事故，这一点很关键。”。
国际原子能机构总干事拉斐尔·马里亚诺·格罗斯在国际原子能机构大会后与记者交谈...阅读更多
在俄罗斯和乌克兰的战争中，欧洲最大的核电站Zaporizhzhia在战斗中遭到炮击，引发了对该地区潜在核灾难的担忧。
格罗斯在莫斯科会见了俄罗斯原子能公司总干事阿列克谢·利哈乔夫。包括俄罗斯武装部队和外交部代表在内的俄罗斯代表团也参加了会谈。
俄罗斯代表团在一份声明中说:“在理解有必要尽快达成一项双方都能接受的文本的情况下，磋商将继续进行。”。
根据声明，在周四的谈判中，双方讨论了Zaporizhzhia工厂“在提高核电厂电力和热力供应可靠性的任务背景下”和附近的Enerhodar市。
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian officials dismiss Zelenskyy trip to US
More than nine months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine.
Putin’s forces in November pulled out of key positions, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive targeting the city. Russian drones have continued bombarding civilian targets throughout Ukraine, knocking out critical power infrastructure as winter sets in.
The Pentagon is weighing whether to carry out Patriot missile training for Ukrainian troops inside the United States, according to two U.S. officials.
If so, it would mark the first time Ukrainian forces trained inside the U.S. since the start of Russia's invasion.
The officials say the Army base at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is being considered as the site for stateside training.
Last week, a senior defense official told reporters that several options were being considered for training that could last several months. However, no decision has been made and it is still possible that the training may take place in Germany, as previously reported.
Weapons systems training for Ukrainian troops has taken place only in Ukraine.
- ABC News' Luis Martinez
Dec 23, 11:04 AM EST
US fighting 'proxy war,' says Russian ambassador
The United States is fighting a "proxy war" on "Ukrainian territory," Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, claimed during an interview with Russian media Friday.
"Let me remind the viewers that a proxy war means an agent’s war, a war by proxy. Actually, this is what the Americans are doing on Ukrainian territory," Antonov said.
He continued, "Today, no one hides the true goals of the White House policy towards us. On all TV channels, political commentators talk about the need to intensify the U.S. proxy war against the Russian Federation."
Antonov stated that the risk of a clash "between the two great powers [Russia and the U.S.]" is "high."
- ABC News' Will Gretsky
Dec 22, 2:35 PM EST
New US sanctions target Russian naval operations
The United States announced Thursday it is imposing sanctions against 10 Russian entities that support the Kremlin's naval operations.
“In the wake of Russian naval operations against Ukrainian ports, including those that are providing much-needed food and grain to the world, the United States today is imposing sanctions on Russian naval entities,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
The State Department said it expects the sanctions will place "severe costs on Russia’s defense establishment."
The sanctions are being imposed against Russian companies linked to both the defense and marine sectors of Russia’s economy, the State Department said.
Among the entities being sanctioned are the Rigel Battery Company, which has provided the Russian Navy with batteries for 15 years; Elektropribor, which produces navigation systems for Russian combat ships; and Avorora, which supplies automated control systems for Russian military surface ships and submarines.
"The United States remains determined to use all appropriate measures to deter Russia's attacks on Ukraine -- whether those attacks be from the air, land, or sea," Blinken said. "These accountability measures underscore a simple message: the Kremlin must end its brutal campaign against Ukraine."
The State Department and the U.S. Treasury Department also imposed sanctions against a company owned by Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin.
A close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of the richest people in Russia, Potanin owns Interros, a company that carries out business "across nearly all sectors of Russia’s economy," the Treasury Department said in a statement.
The State Department said it has identified Potanin's super yacht "Nirvana" -- which is worth hundreds of millions of dollars -- as blocked property.
Additional sanctions were levied against five members of the state-owned Russian Railways’ board of directors and nearly 30 heads of regions and governors the State Department said “oversee and enforce the conscription of citizens in response to Russia’s recent mobilization order.”
-ABC News' Shannon Crawford
Dec 22, 1:01 PM EST
Talks resume on safe zone for Ukrainian nuclear power plant
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief was in Russia Thursday, resuming negotiations for a safe zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
“It’s key that the zone focuses solely on preventing a nuclear accident,” Mariano Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a Twitter post Thursday.
PHOTO: IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks with journalists after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission arrives in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Aug. 31, 2022.
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During the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, has been shelled during the fighting, prompting concerns of a potential nuclear catastrophe in the region.
Grossi met in Moscow with Aleksei Likhachev, director general of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation. A Russian delegation, including representatives of the Russia's armed forces and the ministry of foreign affairs, also participated in the talks.
"Consultations will be continued with the understanding of the need to reach a mutually acceptable text as soon as possible," the Russian delegation said in a statement.
During Thursday's negotiations, the parties discussed the Zaporizhzhia plant "in the context of the task of improving the reliability of electricity and heat supply to the NPP site" and the nearby city of Enerhodar, according to the statement.
