Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 994

Ukraine war day 994: These are the key developments as the war reaches its 994th day.

Fighting

According to Ukrainian officials, a Russian airstrike destroyed a boiler plant used for heating, killed one person, and injured eight others when it attacked a residential structure and power installations in and around the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine.
In an indication of increasing strain on the Ukrainian outpost, a small Russian assault squad briefly made its way to the outskirts of Kupiansk, a city in northeastern Ukraine, for the first time since September 2022. According to Ukraine’s military, its soldiers had halted the Russian advance and were still in complete control of the rail terminal.
According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, Russian forces have taken control of the town of Voznesenka in the eastern Donetsk area of Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian military, it shot down 21 of 59 Russian attack drones took off Thursday night.

Anastasia Berezhinskaya, 43, was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony by a military court in Moscow for making antiwar remarks on the internet, including many that called for the murder of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Gennady Gatilov, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Russia is amenable to talks to end the war in Ukraine if they are started by US President-elect Donald Trump, but they must be grounded in the facts of Russian progress in the battle.
Ukraine war day 994: As the new director of national intelligence for the United States, Trump has selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who lacks intelligence and security credentials and is perceived as being lenient toward Russia and Syria. The 43-year-old is perceived as being friendly to Russia in its war on Ukraine, therefore the decision has shocked the national security establishment.
Boris Pistorius, the country’s defense minister, stated that if the US is less focused on Europe, Germany must increase its defense role. He also added that it was illogical to show President Putin a debt-free Germany that was less able to protect itself.

Ukraine war day 994: Amid growing military connections with Moscow, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered mass manufacture of the aerial weapon and oversaw a test of suicide drones, raising concerns about whether he is getting technical assistance from Russia to create the weapons.
On November 19, the foreign ministers of Poland, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Ukraine will gather in Warsaw, Poland, to talk about issues such as Trump’s reelection and the conflict in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has stated that President Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke this week on the conflict in Ukraine, but it has declined to elaborate.