Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 993

Ukraine war day 993: These are the key developments as the war enters its 993rd day.

Fighting

According to Ukraine’s military, Ukrainian forces have driven back Russian troops close to the city of Kupiansk in the northeast. It further stated that Russian soldiers used tanks, armored vehicles, and a mine-clearing apparatus in their four waves of attack. It claimed that certain Russian personnel engaged in a war crime by dressing in uniforms that were similar to those of the Ukrainian military.
Further south, the city of Pokrovsk has seen heavy military activity, with Ukrainian forces fending off all but one of 36 attacks.
The village of Rivnopil in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine has been seized by Russian soldiers, according to the country’s defense ministry. According to Ukrainian police, two people were killed in a Russian attack in the Donetsk region’s Shevchenko village.
Ukraine war day 993: One of its highest-ranking targets to yet, according to a Kyiv security source, was senior Russian navy officer Valery Trankovsky, who was killed by a Ukrainian car bomb in the city of Sevastopol in seized Crimea.
Since August, Russia has attacked Kyiv with missiles for the first time; no significant damage or casualties have been reported. The air force reported that 37 drones, two incoming cruise missiles, and two ballistic missiles were all intercepted by air defenses nationwide.

According to South Korea’s spy service, there is proof that North Korean soldiers have fought with their Russian partners against Ukraine.
According to Bonnie Jenkins, the top U.S. arms control official, the United States is worried about Russia’s expanding ties with North Korea, particularly the technology that the two nations might be sharing. “We have nothing definitive … in terms of nuclear technology going from Russia to the DPRK [North Korea],” Jenkins continued.

Ukraine war day 993: In Brussels, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte as the departing Biden administration looks to solidify support for Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office again.
In the months leading up to Trump’s return, Blinken promised NATO that the Biden administration will strengthen its backing for Ukraine, stating that North Korea’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine “demands and will get a firm response.”
After speaking with Blinken about the potential for deep attacks on Russia and Euro-Atlantic integration, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha declared he was “cautiously optimistic.”
During a friendly encounter between Trump and Joe Biden, the outgoing US president allegedly made the case that backing Ukraine was beneficial for national security since a stable Europe would prevent America from getting drawn into conflict.
President Andrzej Duda claims that the US’s opening of a new air defense installation in northern Poland demonstrates that Washington is a “guarantor of Poland’s security” and that Poland is safe as a NATO member.
Saudi Arabia’s official news agency reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke over the phone about the events of the war in Ukraine.