Satellite images revealed that Russia had withdrawn air defences, artillery and
tanks from the
Kuril Islands as part of a possible redeployment to Ukraine.[9]
The first Ukrainian crewmen completed their training on
M1A1 Abrams tanks in the
United States in anticipation of their delivery to Ukraine.[10] However, their training was extended upon request by the
Ukrainian government.[11]
The
Ukrainian military claimed to have breached the first line of Russian defenses in the
Zaporizhzhia front and were now pushing towards the succeeding defense line.[14]
A spokesperson for the
Ukrainian Air Force said that the US would supply Ukraine with
AMRAAM missiles, with
Raytheon signing a contract to supply them to Ukraine valued at $192 million.[19]
3 September
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the port of
Reni, injuring two people. The Ukrainian Air force claimed to have shot down 23 of 25 drones launched.[20] Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and
Kherson Oblast.[21][22]
Ukraine president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of his Defence Minister
Oleksii Reznikov and his replacement by
Rustem Umierov, the manager of the
State Property Fund of Ukraine and a negotiator in talks with Russia throughout the war. Zelenskyy said he had based his decision on finding "new approaches" for the ministry, which had also been caught up in several corruption scandals in recent weeks.[26][27] Umierov's appointment was confirmed by the
Verkhovna Rada on 6 September.[28]
In Russia,
Roman Starovoit, governor of
Kursk Oblast, claimed that a Ukrainian drone was shot down over
Kurchatov, with falling debris setting fire to a "non-residential building".[29]
President Zelenskyy said
France had agreed to help train Ukrainian pilots on the use of
F-16 fighter jets.[30]
4 September
Russia claimed to have shot down two drones over the Black Sea and in Kursk Oblast[31] and destroyed four Ukrainian landing boats heading towards
Crimea.[32] It also launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine's
Danube ports, damaging several buildings but causing no injuries. Ukraine claimed to have shot down 23 of 32 drones launched,[33] with
Romania saying drone parts fell on its territory.
NATO said it did not believe that the spillover constituted a deliberate attack by Russia.[34] In response, the
Romanian government introduced additional security measures on the border settlements of
Plauru and
Ceatalchioi.[35] One person was killed by shelling in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[36]
President Zelenskyy made another visit to Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts.[38]
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced two Ukrainian soldiers to more than 20 years' imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the
Siege of Mariupol.[39]
Russian media reported that
T-14 Armata tanks were withdrawn from service in Ukraine after being deployed in indirect fire roles to test them in "real combat conditions".[40]
Cuba announced the discovery of a
human trafficking network that recruited its nationals to fight in Ukraine under Russian military forces, denouncing it as an act of "mercenarism",[46] and arrested 17 people.[47]
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken visited
Kyiv and announced another aid package to Ukraine valued at more than $1 billion, which included about $665 million worth of security assistance and $175 million in military hardware that included
HIMARS artillery,
Javelin antitank weapons, Abrams tanks, and depleted uranium ammunition.[54] France also delivered 150
Delair drones to Ukraine.[55]
Ukraine claimed that a HIMARS strike on the village of
Myronivs'kyi in occupied Donetsk Oblast destroyed a stockpile of
Vikhr missiles used by Russian
Ka-52 attack helicopters.[56]
7 September
Another wave of drone attacks was reported across Russia. In
Rostov-on-Don, one person was injured and three buildings were damaged in a reported strike by two drones at the headquarters of the
Southern Military District. Another drone was shot down over Moscow Oblast.[57] A drone fell on a military facility in
Volgograd Oblast,[58] while another drone caused a fire at an industrial facility in
Bryansk.[59]
More than 270,000 tonnes of grain were reportedly destroyed by a Russian drone attack in the Danube river ports. Ukraine claimed to have shot down 14 drones.[60] Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[61]
Ukrainian border guards reclaimed the frontier settlements of
Stroivka and
Topoli, both of which lay in a recently de-mined "gray zone" between Ukrainian and Russian positions in
Kharkiv Oblast.[62]
The British
Royal Air Force began surveillance flights over the Black Sea to protect grain shipments from Russian attacks.[63]
The Pentagon pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $600 million which included air defense equipment, additional ammunition for HIMARS systems, 105 mm artillery rounds, electronic warfare, mine-clearing equipment, demolition munitions, training, and maintenance support.[64]
A court in
Abakan, Russia, sentenced journalist
Mikhail Afanasyev to more than 5 years in prison and a 2.5-year ban on him practicing his profession for reporting on antiwar sentiment in
Khakassia.[65]
The US and the UK sanctioned 11 members of the Russian
cybercrime group
Trickbot for launching
ransomware attacks on foreign entities and targeting critics of the invasion of Ukraine.[67]
8 September
Russia launched a wave of
missile attacks on cities across Ukraine, including in
Zaporizhzhia and
Sumy. In
Kryvyi Rih, a police officer was killed and 74 others were injured in a missile strike on a police station, while 69 structures were damaged.[68] Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[69]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken more than half of the village of
Klishchiivka, south of
Bakhmut,[70] while noting that Russia had assembled a strike force near the village of
Novohryhorivka in Luhansk Oblast in preparation for an offensive towards
Lyman.[71]
Russia began holding local sham elections in occupied areas of Ukraine until 10 September.[72] During polling, the exiled mayor of
Melitopol claimed that the regional headquarters of the
United Russia party was destroyed in an incendiary incident, producing casualties on Russian authorities.[73]
The Ukrainian government announced the repatriation of nine children deported to Russia, one of whom was imprisoned for allegedly blowing up a bridge.[74]
Lithuania delivered 1.5 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine.[75]
9 September
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[76] A Canadian volunteer for the
non-government organisation (NGO)
Road to Relief and the organization's Spanish director were killed after their vehicle came under Russian artillery fire near
Chasiv Yar. Two other foreign volunteers were wounded.[77]
A Russian soldier guarding polling stations during the
Russian-organized local elections was reportedly killed in a car bombing in
Nova Kakhovka by Ukrainian
partisans, who also hacked into Russian television broadcasts in Crimea and called for a boycott of the elections.[78]
The Russian-installed head of Crimea
Sergey Aksyonov claimed three drones were shot down over the peninsula.[79]
The
G20 issued a joint declaration at the end of its annual meeting in
New Delhi that produced a milder stance on the invasion of Ukraine compared with the previous summit held in
Bali, avoiding mention of Russian involvement in the conflict.[80]
Major General
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukrainian military intelligence, said that their counteroffensive would go on into winter.[81]
10 September
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on
Kyiv, injuring one person in the
Podil neighborhood. Ukraine claimed to have shot down more than 24 drones launched.[82] One person was killed in a separate attack in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[83]
Eight Ukrainian drones were reportedly shot down by Russian air defenses near Crimea,[82] while Russia also claimed to have destroyed three Ukrainian military transport vessels north-east of
Snake Island.[84]
South Korean president
Yoon Suk-yeol announced the establishment of a $2.3 billion aid package to Ukraine for humanitarian and postwar recovery concerns.[85]
11 September
The Ukrainian defence ministry claimed its forces had retaken parts of the village of
Opytne, three kilometers northwest of
Donetsk,[86] as well as 4.8 square kilometers of territory in the southern front over the past week.[87]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that special forces had recovered several oil and gas drilling platforms off the Crimean coast that had been occupied and fortified by Russia since 2015. Among the facilities retaken were the
Boyko Towers platforms and the 'Tavryda' and 'Syvash' mobile rigs following clashes during which a Russian
Su-30 fighter jet, according to Ukrainian sources, tried to sink the assault boats with various weapons. Initially it was shot at with "service weapons" until it was reportedly struck by a Ukrainian
MANPAD, damaging it and forcing it to retreat. Ukrainian forces also seized helicopter ammunition and a
Neva radar system from the sites.[88]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck a Russian drone base in
Luhanske, occupied Donetsk Oblast.[89]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast,[90] while two houses were reportedly damaged in a drone attack on
Rylsk, Kursk Oblast.[91]
Russia began manufacturing upgraded
T-80BVM tanks equipped with protection from drone attacks and
top attack anti-tank missiles following observations in Ukraine.[93]
Russian media reported that the National Guard,
Rosgvardia, had begun recruiting former convicts who served in Ukraine as members of the
Wagner Group.[94]
12 September
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.[95][96]
Denmark pledged a 5.8-billion-Danish-kroner ($830 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, ammunition, and anti-aircraft guns.[97]
The NGO Save Ukraine returned 13 children in Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to relatives living in Kyiv-controlled territory.[98]
13 September
The Russian-appointed governor of
SevastopolMikhail Razvozhaev claimed that the
Sevastopol Shipyard was struck by a Ukrainian "missile attack" at 2 am, causing a large fire. The
Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that 10 cruise missiles were fired, with 7 shot down. The attack also involved three "maritime drones", which were all destroyed. The Ministry said, "As a result of being hit by enemy cruise missiles, two ships under repair were damaged". At least 24 people were reported injured. The ships damaged were identified as the landing ship Minsk and the Rostov-na-Donu, a
Kilo-class submarine. The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that
Storm Shadow missiles were used.[99][100][101] The
Institute for the Study of War (ISW) later assessed that 62 Russian servicemen were killed in the attack.[102]
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Izmail, injuring six people.[103]
Ukrainian soldiers from the
3rd Assault Brigade released footage of
first person drones destroying a
T-90A tank near Bakhmut. The footage was undated but believed to have been filmed in early August.[104]
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced two alleged members of the
Azov Regiment to 29 years' imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.[105]
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, a Satcom surveillance system, 20 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones, two mobile antenna mast systems, 10 drone detection systems, two WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks, explosive ordnance disposal material, 3,000 155 mm artillery shells, 1.5 million small arms ammunition rounds, an 8x8 HX81 truck tractor train, four semi-trailers, nine transport vehicles, five 8x8 load-handling trucks, and three ambulances.[106]
Russia claimed to have shot down four drones over Bryansk Oblast.[108] It also claimed to have destroyed 16 aerial and naval drones in Crimea, with explosions reported in the vicinity of a Russian military garrison near the village of
Uiutne, outside
Yevpatoriya.[109] At the same time, Russian officials closed the Crimean Bridge to traffic.[110] Ukrainian forces subsequently claimed to have destroyed
S-300 and
S-400 missile systems near Yevpatoriya using drones and
R-360 Neptune missiles[111] and damaged the Russian patrol ships Sergei Kotov and Vasily Bykov in a separate attack in the Black Sea;[112] the Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that the Vasily Bykov engaged and destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones when escorting the merchant vessels Yaz and Ursa Major, the latter an alleged arms-runner, heading towards
Istanbul.[113] Another Russian vessel, the corvette Samun was reportedly hit by a Ukrainian naval drone as it entered
Sevastopol Bay.[114]
A six-year-old child was killed by Russian shelling in
Novodmitryk, Kherson Oblast. Later in the day, authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of families with children in 31 settlements across the oblast.[115]
Vasily Popov, commander of the Russian 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment, was reportedly killed in action in Ukraine according to the ISW.[116]
In response to spillovers from Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian Danube ports, Romania imposed a ban on aircraft flying at an altitude of less than 4,000 meters (more than 13,000 feet) over a zone within 30 kilometers (19 miles) of the eastern section of the Ukrainian border, in the vicinity of the ports of
Sulina and
Galați.[118]
The United States announced sanctions on more than 100 individuals and entities involved in the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Among those sanctioned included Russian oligarch
Andrei Bokarev, the head of major rolling stock manufacturer
Transmashholding, his business partner
Iskandar Makhmudov, and their family members, as well as Russian Deputy Defense Minister
Aleksei Krivoruchko and
Mkrtich Okroyan, the chief designer and board member for two Russian aerospace companies. Among companies sanctioned were Finnish and Turkish entities exporting goods to Russia, and leading Russian banking, investment, manufacturing, construction, and electronics firms.[119] Meanwhile, the EU lifted sanctions against Russian businessmen
Grigory Berezkin,
Farkhad Akhmedov, and
Alexander Shulgin.[120]
15 September
The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken full control of the village of
Andriivka, south of Bakhmut.[121] It also accused Russia of accidentally dropping a bomb on occupied
Nova Kakhovka and blaming Ukraine for the incident.[122]
The Russian patrol boat Askold was reportedly attacked by Ukraine in the Black Sea.[123]
The United States provided the Ukrainian military with
3D printers to manufacture spare parts for military equipment.[126]
The
European Commission lifted a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to
Poland,
Bulgaria,
Hungary, Romania and
Slovakia that had been in place since May 2023 to protect domestic production. However, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia stated that they would continue to enforce the ban.[127]
The United Kingdom formally designated the Wagner Group as a
terrorist organisation.[128]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Tver and Kaluga Oblasts.[130] One person was reportedly killed by shelling in the border village of
Plekhovo,
Kursk Oblast.[131]
The
Palauan-flagged cargo ships Resilient Africa and Aroyat arrived at the port of
Chornomorsk,
Odesa Oblast to load grain, the first vessels to do so under the maritime corridor introduced by Ukraine following the collapse of the
Black Sea Grain Initiative.[132]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in
Sumy Oblast.[135] Four others were killed in separate attacks in Kherson Oblast.[136]
The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken
Klishchiivka.[137] Explosions were reported in
Tokmak[138] and in
Sevastopol, with the latter occurring near Russian radio intelligence and air defence facilities.[139]
Colonel
Andrei Kondrashkin, commander of the Russian 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade, was reportedly killed in action in Andriivka, near
Bakhmut.[140]
Russia claimed to have shot down five drones over Crimea and Moscow Oblast,[141] while another damaged an oil depot in
Oryol.[142]
Canada pledged $33 million CAD ($24.4 million) in military aid to Ukraine as part of a joint initiative with other Western countries to improve the country's air defence capabilities.[143]
Ukraine formally filed lawsuits in the
World Trade Organization against Poland, Slovakia and Hungary for their continued refusal to lift their ban on imports of Ukrainian grain, saying that their actions violated international obligations.[144]
Russia claimed to have shot down three aerial projectiles over Belgorod Oblast.[152]
Germany pledged a €400 million ($430 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include explosives,
mortar ammunition, rockets,
armored vehicles,
demining equipment, clothing and power generators for the winter,[153] while South Korea pledged two
K600 anti-mine vehicles.[154][155]
19 September
Russia launched an early morning drone attack on
Lviv, killing one person, injuring another and setting fire to a warehouse.[156][157] Two people, including a police sergeant, were killed in a separate attack on a trolleybus in Kherson.[158] Six people were killed in an airstrike in
Kupiansk.[159]
Russia claimed two drones were shot down over Belgorod and
Oryol Oblasts.[160]
The Ukrainian government said that the cargo ship Resilient Africa left Chornomorsk after loading grain and was now heading to
Istanbul.[161] It also announced that it would ban the import of Polish fruits and vegetables into the country in retaliation for Warsaw's continued ban on Ukrainian grain.[162]
Belarusian state media reported the arrival in the country of 48 children taken from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as part of what it called a "holiday" organized by a charity supported by President Lukashenko.[163]
Denmark pledged 15
T-72EA tanks and 30 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.[164]
The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol,
Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed Russian forces stopped two attacks on the city which involved Ukrainian naval drones and missiles, respectively.[169] Ukraine claimed to have struck a command post of the
Black Sea Fleet near
Belbek air base.[170]
In Russia, a fuel storage tank caught fire near
Sochi airport following a suspected drone attack.[171]
Polish Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki announced that the country would no longer supply Ukraine with weapons in response to disputes over the flow of agricultural products between the two countries. The Polish government later clarified that it would continue to honor preexisting agreements to deliver weapons to Ukraine.[172]
21 September
Russia launched a series of missile attacks across Ukraine. In Kyiv, falling debris set a residential building on fire and hospitalised two, including a child. In
Cherkasy, falling debris damaged a hotel and injured several people. Other explosions were reported in
Kharkiv,
Khmelnytskyi,
Rivne,
Vinnytsia,
Lviv and
Ivano-Frankivsk.[173] More than 20 people were reportedly injured in the attacks,[174] which was also the first strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in six months. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 36 of 43 missiles launched.[175] Seven people were killed and 11 others were injured in separate attacks in Kherson Oblast.[176][177]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed 30 Russian servicemen and damaged military equipment in an air attack on
Saky air base in Crimea.[178][179] Ukrainian
Stryker and
Marderinfantry fighting vehicles were reportedly seen on the
Surovikin Line near
Verbove for the first time, indicating that the main Russian line of defence had been breached.[180]
Russia claimed to have shot down 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea and in Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol Oblasts.[181]
Sweden delivered ten
Stridsvagn 122 tanks to Ukraine,[182] while Germany delivered 17 SatCom terminals, an antenna hub station, four 8x8
HX81 truck tractor trains, four semi-trailers, 12 Zetros trucks, and spare parts for WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks as part of a military aid package to Ukraine.[183] The United States pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $325 million that would include air defense and
cluster munitions.[184]
Ukraine reached an agreement with Slovakia for a grain licensing system that would see the dropping of Kyiv's lawsuit against the country over its ban on grain imports and the end of Slovakian bans on Ukrainian agricultural products.[185]
22 September
The headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was reportedly
struck and destroyed by a Ukrainian missile. One serviceman was reported missing by Russian authorities,[186] while Ukrainian military officials claimed 34 officers, including fleet commander Admiral
Viktor Sokolov, were killed and 105 servicemen injured, including two generals and "the top management of the fleet".[187][188] However, Russia released a video appearing to show Sokolov alive on 26 September.[189] Ukrainian sources said that
Storm Shadow missiles were used, Russian sources claimed that seven missiles, including one
Neptune missile, were used, with air defences shooting down five missiles.[190][191] Russian officials also reported a "large-scale
cyberattack" in occupied Crimea.[192]
One person was killed and 55 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk.[193] Another person was killed by shelling in Kherson.[194]
Ukraine and the United States announced a program to manufacture "air defence systems" in Ukraine.[195]
During President Zelenskyy's visit to
Ottawa, Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau pledged 650 million Canadian dollars ($480 million) in military aid for Ukraine that included 50 armored vehicles and training on F-16 fighter jets. The Canadian government also imposed sanctions on 63 Russian individuals and entities for their role in the invasion and the deportation of Ukrainian children. Among those sanctioned were Russian Labour Minister
Anton Kotyakov, advisor to the Commissioner for Children's' Rights Alexey Petrov, the
Moscow State Institute of International Relations and its director
Anatoly Torkunov, the
Higher School of Economics, the publications Vzglyad and Komsomolskaya Pravda, and several youth organizations.[196]
23 September
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed that another missile attack on the city occurred, with debris landing near the pier. Explosions were also reported in
Vilne, in northern Crimea.[197]
The Ukrainians claimed that nine people were killed and 16 others were wounded in the strike.[198]
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kherson, Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.[199][200][201]
24 September
Two people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kherson Oblast.[202]
In Russia, the governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that a government building was damaged by a Ukrainian drone in
Kursk city.[203] Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a drone strike on the
Khalino air field in the same region killed or wounded the commander and other officers of the Russian
14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.[204] Another drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast.[205]
25 September
Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, damaging port infrastructure and a disused hotel and killing two people in a strike on a grain warehouse.[206] Several buildings in the historic centre, including the
Vorontsov Palace and eight buildings on
Prymorskyi Boulevard, where also damaged,[207] while missile debris was later found in
Chițcani, across the border in the breakaway
Moldovan region of
Transnistria. Though similar cases had happened before in government-controlled regions of Moldova, this was the first time it happened in Transnistria.[208][209] Three people were killed in a separate airstrike in
Beryslav, Kherson Oblast,[210] while three others were killed by an artillery strike in Kherson city.[211]
Another air attack was reported in Sevastopol, with a missile reportedly shot down over Belbek airbase.[212] A Russian ammunition dump in
Sorokyne,
Luhansk Oblast, was destroyed in a suspected Ukrainian attack.[213]
President Zelenskyy announced the arrival of the first batch out of a total of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the United States to Ukraine, without specifying its number, although Politico reported the number to be ten. More tanks were expected to be sent "during the fall."[214][215][216]
The United States announced sanctions against 16 Russian and
Chinese companies for supplying drone technology components to Russia.[218]
26 September
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Izmail, injuring two people and damaging port infrastructure.[219] One person was killed in a separate attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[220]
The SBU arrested a priest of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Kherson Oblast for hiding, possessing and attempting to sell two weapons caches left behind by retreating Russian forces in 2022.[222]
27 September
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts.[223][224]
The Ukrainian military reported that around 500 Wagner Group fighters returned to fight in Donetsk Oblast as part of the group's redeployment in Ukraine for the first time since its failed rebellion against the Russian military establishment in June.[225]
The SBU arrested two residents of Kyiv on suspicion of passing information to Russian intelligence to use in
airstrikes against the capital.[226]
Ukraine announced that it would boycott
UEFA football matches involving Russian teams after the body decided to lift the ban on Russian youth teams that had been imposed following the invasion.[227] Poland,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
England,
Northern Ireland,
Denmark, and Sweden also announced that it would join Ukraine in its boycott.[228]
Dutch defence minister
Kajsa Ollongren said that
F-16s would arrive in Ukraine in 2024, with training of pilots and ground crew taking approximately 6–8 months.[229] The
Bulgarian parliament approved the delivery of unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine.[230]
Ukraine relocated the production of an unspecified missile system to another country due to ongoing Russian attacks on its plant.[231]
28 September
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson,[232] while three others were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[233]
Russia claimed to have repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group in border areas of Belgorod Oblast.[234]
A massive
Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack struck the Russian airline booking system Leonardo, preventing users from accessing booking services and online and airport check-ins and causing flight delays. Ukrainian
Digital Transformation MinisterMykhailo Fedorov later confirmed that Ukrainian hackers were responsible for the cyberattack.[235]
The EU extended the temporary protection status it granted to Ukrainian refugees to 2025.[237]
29 September
A Russian S-300 missile reportedly shot down a Russian
Su-35 fighter jet over
Tokmak, killing the pilot.[238]
Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian drones dropped explosives on an electrical substation in the village of
Belaya in
Kursk Oblast, cutting power to five settlements. A dozen other drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod, Kursk and Kaluga Oblasts.[239] A radar station near
Giryi, Kursk Oblast was reportedly destroyed by a drone.[240]
President Putin appointed former Wagner Group commander and retired colonel
Andrei Troshev (nom de guerreSedoi) to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine.[242]
The
Russian Defence Ministry announced that it would subject residents of occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to
conscription for the first time since their unrecognized
annexation by Russia in 2022.[243] The ministry also said that it was expecting to enlist 130,000 personnel across the country in the fall.[244]
Ukrainian National Police recovered an undisclosed number of
TOR missiles from a house in
Brovary Raion,
Kyiv Oblast. The missiles were believed to have been abandoned by Russian forces following their withdrawal from the area in the spring of 2022 and were believed to be worth "about 30 million hryvnias (about $811,000)" each.[245]
Russia avoided a full ban from the
2024 Paralympics in Paris after the
International Paralympic Committee voted 74–65 with 13 abstentions against suspending its membership "for breaches of its constitutional membership obligations."[247] However, Russian athletes were only allowed to compete under a neutral flag. The body also voted against a full ban on participation by Belarus.[248]
Bulgaria imposed a ban on the importation of Ukrainian sunflower products into the country that would last until the end of November 2023.[249]
30 September
Ukrainian officials claimed to have shot down thirty out of forty Russian drones. Twenty were aimed at central Ukraine and some "broke through" Ukrainian defences to strike
Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, starting a "powerful fire". Romania also claimed that radar detected an "unauthorised" entry into its airspace towards
Galați.[250]
The
Ukrainian Navy announced that it had conducted a successful operation to extract two airborne assault operators who were trapped and forced into hiding in Russian-occupied territory for more than one and a half years after being injured. The operation was conducted by the navy's Angels special forces unit, while an airborne assault detachment provided covering fire during the extraction.[251] Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a Russian soldier it had recruited in July had
defected to Ukraine after convincing 11 other Russian soldiers to defect as well.[252]
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement of
Pogar, Bryansk Oblast, reportedly caused a power outage in the area.[253]
President Zelenskyy held a forum for 250 Western arms manufacturers from 30 countries in Kyiv as part of efforts to increase domestic weapons production and manufacture more Western weapons. The
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claimed that 20 agreements between Ukraine and Western companies were signed.[254]
One person was killed by shelling in
Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.[256]
The Russian-appointed head of Crimea,
Sergei Aksyonov, claimed that two warehouses were damaged by debris from intercepted Ukrainian missiles in
Dzhankoi.[257]
The ISW, citing Russian
milbloggers, reported that Lieutenant General
Andrei Sychevoi was relieved from his post as field commander in Bakhmut for conducting "unprepared and unsupported" counterattacks near Andriivka and Klishchiivka.[258]
In Russia, Ukrainian drones reportedly struck
Adler airbase in
Sochi and an aircraft factory operated by the state-run Tactical Missile Armament corporation in
Smolensk.[260] Three people were reportedly wounded by Ukrainian shelling at a market in
Shebekino,
Belgorod Oblast.[261]
2 October
A police officer was killed by Russian shelling of a transport company in Kherson.[262]
Foreign ministers of all 27 member states of the EU gathered in Kyiv for the first such meeting of its kind outside the bloc's territory.[263]
Germany delivered an aid package to Ukraine that included over 32,000 rounds of 40-mm ammunition, dozens of all-terrain and border protection vehicles, radio equipment for
Leopard tanks, almost 100 Satcom terminals, over 1,000 infusion kits, a Beaver bridge-laying tank, and two Wisent 1 mine-clearing tanks.[264]
3 October
One person was killed by a Russian airstrike in the
Antonivka suburb of Kherson.[265]
President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian military positions on the Kupiansk-Lyman front in Kharkiv Oblast.[266]
In Russia, a drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast,[267] while Russia accused Ukraine of hitting several homes in
Klimovo with cluster munitions.[268]
The Russian Investigative Committee charged four Ukrainian military officials with terrorism, namely military intelligence chief
Kyrylo Budanov, Air Force Commander
Mykola Oleshchuk, Navy Commander
Oleksiy Neizhpapa, and commander of the 383rd separate regiment of remotely controlled aircraft,
Serhii Burdeniuk, for their role in attacks on Russian and Crimean soil blamed on Ukraine.[269]
The Pentagon announced that it was ready to send a small number of cluster munition-armed
ATACMS with a range of "300 kilometers (190 miles)" to Ukraine pending approval by President
Joe Biden.[271]
4 October
Ukrainian military intelligence announced that special forces had landed in Crimea and engaged in combat with Russian forces, resulting in losses on both sides before retreating as part of a scheduled operation.[272]
Russia claimed to have shot down 31 drones during an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on its western border regions.[273] An S-400 Triumph air defense system near Belgorod was reportedly hit by SBU drones.[274]
The SBU arrested three people, including a Russian citizen, on suspicion of spying on the Ukrainian military and aiding airstrikes on behalf of Russian military intelligence in Kharkiv and
Zhytomyr Oblasts.[275]
Lithuania opened a corridor for Ukrainian grain to reach
Baltic ports, with Ukrainian Agriculture Minister
Mykola Solskyi adding that Ukrainian agricultural exports heading for
Klaipeda would be checked directly at the port instead of at the Polish border to speed up movement.[276]
A court in
Moscow sentenced journalist
Marina Ovsyannikovain absentia to eight-and-a-half years in a
penal colony and imposed a ban on her engaging in electronic activities for four years for allegedly discrediting the Russian military in relation to her on-air criticism of the war on the main evening news program Vremya in 2022.[277]
Ukraine announced plans to build the world's first underground school in Kharkiv due to its proximity from the Russian border.[278]
US officials announced that "thousands" of Iranian-made weapons and 1.1 million 7.62 mm rounds seized by the
US Central Command were to be transferred to Ukraine.[279][280]
5 October
59 people,[281] including a six-year-old child, were killed and six others were injured[282] after a store and a café hosting a wake were
struck by a suspected Russian
Iskander missile in the village of
Hroza, Kharkiv Oblast, 30 kilometers west of Kupiansk.[283] Three people were killed in separate attacks in Kherson[284] and Sumy Oblast.[285]
In Russia, one person was reportedly injured by a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack in
Rylsk, Kursk Oblast,[286] while power outages were reported in the region following drone strikes on infrastructure facilities in three districts.[287]
CBS, citing US officials, reported that
North Korea had begun delivering artillery to Russia for its war effort in Ukraine.[288]
The NGO Save Ukraine said it had rescued 19 Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories.[289]
During the third
European Political Community summit in
Granada, Spain, which president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended,
Spain pledged six
Hawk air defense systems to Ukraine,[290] while German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz pledged another
Patriot air defense system.[290] The United Kingdom also pledged a humanitarian aid package that included a loan guarantee of 500 million pounds ($600 million) disbursed through the
World Bank to ensure winter support payments to three million households, $41 million to the United Nations and charities supplying Ukrainians with shelter and warm winter clothing, and $12 million to sustain electricity supplies.[291]
6 October
Two people, including a ten-year-old child, were killed and 23 others were injured in a Russian missile strike on an apartment in Kharkiv.[292] A separate drone attack on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast damaged nine trucks and a granary. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 25 of 33 drones launched.[293]
A Russian-born Ukrainian citizen and resident of
Ternopil and two military recruits were reportedly detained and tortured by personnel from the local military enlistment office, leading to charges against a commander of the office's security department and another staffer.[294]
Sweden pledged a 2.2-billion-kronor ($199.8 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include artillery ammunition, spare parts, infantry equipment, and communications equipment.[295]
The
US Commerce Department added 42 Chinese companies and seven other firms from other countries to its export control list for providing logistical support to the Russian military and defence industry.[296]
The Supreme Court of Russian-occupied Crimea sentenced Ukrainian activist
Serhiy Tsygipa, who was abducted from Kherson Oblast in 2022, to 13 years in prison for alleged "
espionage" on behalf of Ukrainian authorities.[297]
In Russia, one person was reportedly killed by Ukrainian shelling in
Urazovo, Belgorod Oblast, while the Russian Defence Ministry claimed to have destroyed three
Tochka-U missiles over the region and thwarted a drone attack on Moscow.[301]
8 October
Two people were killed by Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.[302]
Finnish president
Sauli Niinistö and prime minister
Petteri Orpo stated that the gas pipeline
Balticconnector and an adjacent communications cable, connecting
Finland and Estonia, failed due to possible sabotage,[303] prompting an investigation.[304][305] Undersea telecommunications cables between Sweden and Estonia were damaged by "external force or tampering", according to
Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Sweden's minister for civil defence. Bohlin said the damage was related to the damage to the gas pipeline and cables between Finland and Estonia.[305] In response, NATO increased patrols in the Baltic Sea.[305]
Hungary resumed imports of Ukrainian sugar following an amendment to its ban on Ukrainian agricultural products.[307]
Two days after the
Hamas invasion of Israel, Ukraine intelligence accused Russia of supplying
Hamas with western-made Ukrainian weapons seized from battlefields in an attempt to discredit Ukraine[308] and distract Western media attention.[309]
10 October
A 13-year-old child was killed by Russian shelling in
Uhroidy, Sumy Oblast.[310]
Russia intensified its offensive to encircle Avdiivka.[311]
In Russia, a couple was reportedly killed by Ukrainian shelling in
Popovka, Belgorod Oblast.[312] A conscript was killed while five other soldiers were injured in a separate attack in
Gudovka, Bryansk Oblast.[313]
Russia's bid to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council was rejected, with 83, or 43%, of 193 UN members states voting in favor of Russian membership.[314][315]
Rheinmetall pledged 150,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.[316]
UEFA reversed its decision to allow Russian youth teams to play in the Under-17 European Championship.[317]
11 October
Four people were killed and two more injured by Russian shelling of a high school in
Nikopol.[318] Another person was killed in a separate attack in Avdiivka.[319]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Bryansk Oblast.[320]
A suspected saboteur working for Russian military intelligence in Kharkiv was arrested after he was reportedly caught planting explosives at a gas station.[321]
The
UK Defense Ministry announced a £100 million ($122 million) military aid package to Ukraine that included anti-minefield equipment and the MSI-DS Terrahawk Paladin air-defense system.[322] The Pentagon also pledged a $200 million military aid package to Ukraine that included
AIM-9 munitions, artillery and rocket ammunition, precision aerial munitions, anti-tank weapons, and anti-drone equipment.[323]
12 October
Five people, including a child, were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[324]
The ISW assessed that Russian forces had taken 4.5 square kilometers of territory around Avdiivka since the start of its offensive on 10 October.[325]
In Russia, two people were reportedly killed in a house fire caused by falling drone debris in Belgorod Oblast.[328]
The
Czech Republic and Denmark jointly pledged a military aid package to Ukraine that would include 50 infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, 2,500
pistols, 7,000
rifles, 500
light machine guns, 500
sniper rifles, electronic warfare and surveillance equipment, and artillery shells.[329]
President Putin made his first international visit following the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant against him, arriving in
Kyrgyzstan, which is not a member of the court, to attend the
Commonwealth of Independent States summit.[330]
One person was killed and 23 others were injured in a Russian missile attack in
Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast,[332] while another was killed in a drone strike in Kherson Oblast.[333]
A train carrying ammunition and fuel for the Russian military as well as looted items was reportedly blown up by Ukrainian partisans in Melitopol.[334]
The
White House said that North Korea had delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions for the Russian war effort in Ukraine.[335]
A Ukrainian woman in
Kirovohrad Oblast was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for treason for providing the Russian military with photographs of strategic sites, such as oil refineries and defense plants, in Ukraine.[336]
French police opened an investigation into the suspected poisoning of Russian journalist and former Kremlin propagandist
Marina Ovsyannikova, who had previously protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after she suddenly collapsed outside her apartment. In early October, she was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison by a Moscow court for "disseminating false information" about the Russian army.[337]
14 October
Three people, including an 11-year-old child, were killed in Russian attacks on Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[338][339]
A massive fire broke out at a gas pipeline in
Kuteinykove, occupied Donetsk Oblast.[340]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over the coast of Sochi.[341]
According to
Boeing,
GLSDB will be delivered to Ukraine by winter.[342]
15 October
Two people were killed in a Russian airstrike in
Druzhelyubivka, Kharkiv Oblast.[343] Another two people were killed in Russian attacks on
Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, while two others were killed in shelling of
Beryslav, Kherson Oblast.[344] Two airstrikes on infrastructure facilities in Kherson resulted in electricity and water outages in the city.[345]
Russia claimed to have shot down 27 drones over Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts.[346] An attack on an energy facility in
Krasnaya Yaruga, Belgorod Oblast, caused blackouts in the area.[347]
Four Ukrainian children deported to Russia were returned to their families as part of an agreement brokered by
Qatar.[348]
16 October
The ISW assessed that Russian forces had advanced three kilometers south of Avdiivka.[349]
In Russia, three drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast.[351]
The US military confirmed the arrival in Ukraine of all 31 Abrams tanks it had promised to the latter.[352]
17 October
Ukraine claimed it had killed and wounded dozens of Russian soldiers and destroyed between nine and 21 helicopters, an air defense system, and an ammunition dump in airstrikes in
Berdiansk and
Luhansk.[353] Analysts later reported 21 helicopters had been destroyed.[354] President Zelenskyy confirmed that 160-kilometer (99-mile) range ATACMS rockets were used in the attacks, the first time they were used in the conflict since their arrival from the US a few days earlier.[355][356][357]Forbes reported that three ATACMS were fired during the attack.[358]
The Ukrainian military said it had advanced by a kilometer west of
Verbove.[359]
18 October
Five people were killed and five others were injured in a Russian missile attack on a residential building in
Zaporizhzhia,[360] while another was killed in a separate attack in Dnipro.[361] Two people were killed in a missile attack in
Stepove,
Mykolaiv Oblast,[362] while one person was killed in an airstrike in Kherson Oblast.[363]
Two Ukrainian missiles were reportedly shot down over Crimea, with an explosion being reported in the Sakharnaya Golovka area of Sevastopol.[364]
Russia said it had shot down 28 drones over Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts as well as over the
Black Sea.[365] A military camp near the
Khalino airbase in
Kursk was reportedly struck by drones from the SBU.[366]
19 October
Ukrainian forces reportedly landed on the east bank of the
Dnipro river in Kherson Oblast, advancing north of
Pishchanivka and into
Poima, around four kilometers from the shore, and prompting Russian airstrikes on Pishchanivka.[367][368] One person was killed in a Russian attack in
Bila Hora, Donetsk Oblast.[369]
Russia claimed to have intercepted three Royal Air Force aircraft over the Black Sea.[370]
Israeli officials told Axios that tens of thousands of 155 mm artillery shells that were to be delivered by the US Defense Department for Ukraine were to be diverted instead to Israel
to fight Hamas militants.[371] According to US officials, the shells were already stockpiled in Israel and the US would transfer them to Ukraine if Israel gave permission.[372]
Ukraine announced a campaign to hire over 2,000 judges to tackle multiple issues such as corruption allegations, war crimes investigations and delays in background checks.[373]
US President Joe Biden delivered a national address linking the war in Ukraine with the war in Israel, saying "We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win." He also asked Congress for $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and US–Mexico border security.[374]
Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of
Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine.[375]
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kherson Oblast.[377] Another person was killed and another hospitalized in a separate attack on residences in Kryvyi Rih.[378]
The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northeastern part of the village of
Krynky, two kilometers southeast of the Dnipro River in
Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.[379]
The exiled mayor of Melitopol claimed that Ukrainian partisans detonated a car bomb in the Aviamistechko district that targeted Russian looters.[380]
Russian authorities started a military camp in occupied territories to train teenagers aged 14 to 17 years in "particular military occupational specialties" that Russian forces lack. Occupation authorities intend to involve every 1 in 10 children in the
Young Army Cadets National Movement.[381]
In Moscow,
OMONriot police detained worshippers at a mosque for forced enlistment. Authorities seized the worshippers' passports and had them sign military enlistment contracts without the presence of lawyers.[385]
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[390] A power plant operated by Ukraine's largest private energy company
DTEK sustained significant damage in a separate attack.[391]
In Crimea, explosions were reported in
Sevastopol Bay.[392] Russia claimed to have shot down three missiles over Kherson Oblast.[393]
Ukraine claimed to have shot down five Russian
Su-25s over the last ten days over Donetsk Oblast.[394]
23 October
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[395] In Kherson city, transportation and food factories were hit.[396] Ukraine's air defense systems destroyed six Russian drones and a cruise missile.
Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, said Russia shot down three Ukrainian missiles heading for Crimea.[396]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that four FSB agents were "liquidated" by partisans in a car bombing in Berdiansk.[397]
The SBU arrested three residents of
Kherson on suspicion of aiding Russian airstrikes on the city.[398]
Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents or guardians from eight settlements in Donetsk Oblast and 23 settlements in Kherson Oblast due to heavy fighting.[399][400]
The Washington Post reported that the SBU carried out dozens of
assassinations in Russia since the invasion began, including the bomb attack on journalist
Darya Dugina, which they had previously denied.[401]
Russian
OMON police raided a Moscow mosque during Friday prayers, according to reports, and took those arrested to a military enlistment office. It was also alleged that they seized the worshippers' passports, and without legal advice, forced them to sign military contracts.
[403]
24 October
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in
Podoly, Kharkiv Oblast, another four in the region were injured.[404][405] Four people, including a 12-year-old, were injured by Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.[404]
Russia claimed to have destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones following explosions in Sevastopol.[406]
The Russian
Federal Security Service accused the SBU of attempting to poison some 77 pilots of the
Armavir Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots in Krasnodar Krai during a reunion by sending a poisoned cake and whiskey. The deliveryman, who came from occupied Melitopol, was sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment for hooliganism.[407]
Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $1.4 billion that would include three Gepard anti-aircraft cannon systems, 40 RQ-35 and Vector reconnaissance drones, a Biber assault bridge system, three HX81 tank recovery vehicles, three tank recovery trailers, 13 border patrol vehicles, and 3,872 155 mm smoke shells.[408]
25 October
Sixteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on
Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[409] Twenty people were injured in a Russian strike employing Iranian
Shahed drones in
Netishyn, likely targeting the
Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.[410] One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Beryslav.[411]
The Australian government announced a $20 million (AUD) aid package for the Ukrainian military that would include 3D printers, de-mining equipment, x-ray machines and anti-drone systems.[412]
Two people, including a 16-year-old, were killed by Russian shelling in Sumy and Kherson Oblasts.[415]
Russia claimed that three drones tried to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.[416] The FSB claimed to have killed a man working for Ukrainian intelligence in
Tver who was planning to attack a military enlistment office following a shootout.[417]
Romania installed an anti-drone system at the Danube Delta region bordering Ukraine following incidents of Russian drone debris landing on its territory during airstrikes.[418]
Denmark pledged a military aid package to Ukraine worth 3.7 billion kroner ($520 million) that would include T-72EA tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, artillery shells, drones, small arms, and engineering and recovery vehicles.[419] The US also pledged a military aid package worth around $150 million that would include munitions for NASAMS and HIMARS munitions, small arms, AIM-9M and Stinger missiles, Javelin anti-armor systems, night vision devices, and cold weather gear.[420]
The new Slovakian Prime Minister
Robert Fico officially announced that his country would provide no further military aid to Ukraine and oppose further sanctions against Russia.[421]
27 October
An entire family consisting of nine people, including two children, was killed by Russian soldiers who wanted to seize their home in
Volnovakha, occupied Donetsk Oblast. Russia said it had arrested two suspects.[422]
Pro-Russian and former Ukrainian parliamentarian
Oleg Tsaryov was shot and wounded near his home in Crimea. Russian officials said he was in hospital under intensive care.[423] The FSB claimed that it had killed a Ukrainian military intelligence agent and arrested two others following a shootout in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[424]
US intelligence officials claimed that Russian forces were executing soldiers who had refused to follow orders in fighting near
Avdiivka; Ukrainian forces claimed that some Russian units had suffered "mutinies".[425]
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included an
IRIS-T SLM air defense system, IRIS-T SLS missiles, 5,000 155 mm artillery shells, four armored personnel carriers, eight VECTOR reconnaissance drones, a
TRML-4D aerial radar, four ground radars, five unmanned surface ships, six border guard vehicles, ammunition for
MARS II multiple-launch rocket systems, four tractors with semi-trailers, and 10,000 safety glasses.[426]
The
Institute for the Study of War assessed that some 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been recruited by Russian forces to fight against Ukraine.[427] Russian state media reported that the
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion formed in February 2023 from Ukrainian POWs had joined a Russian military unit and would be deployed to the front after taking an oath.[428]
In a phone call, President Zelenskyy told UK Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak that Russian forces had lost at least a brigade's worth of soldiers during fighting near Avdiivka.[429]
The bodies of 50 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were returned to Ukraine in a cadaver exchange with Russia.[430]
28 October
Russia claimed to have destroyed 36 drones over the Black Sea and Crimea following explosions near
Chornomorske and
Saky.[431]
29 October
One person was killed in a Russian attack in Kherson Oblast.[432]
In Russia, a fire was reported at the Afipsky oil refinery near
Novorossiysk. No damage or casualties were reported. Local media, quoting security officials, claimed the fire was started by a drone.[434] Ukrainian media reported that the attack was organized by the SBU.[435]
The Institute for the Study of War, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Colonel General
Oleg Makarevich was replaced as the commander of Russian forces in Kherson by Colonel General
Mikhail Teplinsky.[436]
30 October
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.[437]
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed Russian air defence systems in a missile attack on Crimea. Russian milbloggers said that two missiles fell near
Olenivka while three naval drones were intercepted near Sevastopol.[438] The attack was believed to have targeted an
S-300 missile battery, and injured about 17 Russian personnel.[439] One person was reportedly injured following explosions in Sevastopol and Saky.[440]
The
FSB detained a Russian national in Sevastopol for allegedly passing sensitive information to Ukraine.[441]
Latvia pledged 12 drones to the Ukrainian police.[442]
The Russian private military company
Redut opened recruitment for women as drone operators and snipers in the invasion of Ukraine.[443]
An apartment owned by the Zelenskyys in
Yalta, Crimea was auctioned off by Russian authorities after it was seized.[444]
31 October
One person was killed while two others were injured in a Russian attack in Kherson.[445] Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts.[446]
An oil refinery in Kremenchuk was set on fire following a Russian attack.[447]
The White House said that President Biden will veto any Republican funding bill for Israel if aid for Ukraine was excluded.[448]
November 2023
1 November
Five people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[449]
The Economist published an opinion piece from top Ukrainian commander Valery Zaluzhnyi in which he called the current state of the conflict a "stalemate". In response, the deputy head of President Zelenskyy's office,
Igor Zhovkva criticized Zaluzhnyi's for allegedly going too far in disclosing battlefield information to the public.[450]
The
Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation uncovered a massive scheme involving regional military enlistment offices receiving bribes in exchange for helping people evade mobilization. It said that nine recruitment officers were involved in the scheme, which was allegedly organized by the former head of the Kyiv Regional Military Commissariat and was primarily centered in Kyiv Oblast. At least 100 people were suspected to have availed of the scheme after paying between $6,000-10,000 in bribes.[451]
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced three Ukrainian soldiers to 30 years to life imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.[452]
Switzerland extended the temporary protected status it granted for Ukrainian refugees until March 2025.[453]
Italian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni spoke to a pair of Russian pranksters posing as African leaders in a thirteen-minute audio clip, during which she admitted that there was a "lot of fatigue" over the war in Ukraine.[454]
2 November
Russia claimed to have shot down six drones over the Black Sea and Crimea.[455]
Ukraine sustained its most extensive Russian artillery bombardment of 2023 over the last 24 hours according to Interior Minister
Ihor Klymenko, with about 118 settlements shelled in ten regions.[456] Authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents or guardians from 66 settlements in
Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast citing the "security situation".[457]
South Korean officials said that North Korea had supplied Russia with several types of missiles for use in Ukraine including "short-range ballistic missiles, anti-tank missiles and portable anti-air missiles".[458]
Nineteen soldiers from the Ukrainian
128th Mountain Assault Brigade "
Zakarpattia" were killed and several others, including civilians were injured following
a Russian missile attack on an awards ceremony to celebrate Artillery Day on the frontline village of
Zarichne [
uk], Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[460] The brigade's commander, Colonel
Dmytro Lysiuk, who arrived late to the ceremony and was uninjured, was suspended from his position.[461]
Russian-installed officials in occupied Kherson Oblast claimed that nine people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in
Chaplynka.[462]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a car belonging to Igor Kuznetsov, the CEO of the Russian arms manufacturer
GosNIImash, was set on fire in
Nizhniy Novgorod by members of the "resistance" movement.[465]
Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren pledged ammunition to Ukraine worth €500 million ($532 million).[467] The US pledged a $425 million military aid package to Ukraine that would include NASAMS and HIMARS munitions, TOW anti-tank missiles, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery rounds, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor system, small-arms ammunition, and cold weather gear.[468]
4 November
Ukraine launched a missile strike on the
Zalyv Shipbuilding yard, also known as the BE Butoma shipyard, in
Kerch, Crimea, hitting a dry dock and reportedly damaging the Russian cruise missile carrier Askold.[469]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.[470] Another person was killed in a separate attack in
Poltava Oblast.[471]
In the evening Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, injuring eight people. 15 drones and a missile were reportedly shot down over the city. Mayor
Gennadiy Trukhanov said significant damage was reported on the
Odesa Fine Arts Museum housed in the Potocki Palace, where artwork was ripped from walls and windows blown off, as well as on 20 residential buildings and the water system. The museum, which was celebrating its 124th anniversary on the day of the attack, said none of its collections were destroyed.[473][474]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[475]
Ukrainian officials claimed that an explosion broke out at a Russian ammunition depot in
Sedovo, occupied Donetsk Oblast.[476]
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian Pole 21 electronic warfare system in the southern front.[477]
6 November
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.[478][479]
Major
Hennadiy Chastyakov, an aide to Ukrainian military commander General
Valerii Zaluzhnyi was killed by a grenade given as a birthday present at his residence in
Chaiky [
uk], Kyiv Oblast. His 13-year-old son was injured.[480]
In his first definite statement on holding elections in wartime, President Zelenskyy called such thoughts "absolutely irresponsible" and adding that it was "not the right time" to hold such exercises.[461]
Herman Smetanin, the head of the Ukrainian state weapons producer
Ukroboronprom, announced that it had begun mass-producing of kamikaze drones with a maximum range of 1,000 kilometers in cooperation with foreign partners, adding they had been used against Russian targets.[481][482]
The Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast,
Yevgeny Balitsky, announced the beginning of construction of a railway linking the region to Russia, starting at
Yakymivka, outside Melitopol, and terminating at
Rostov-on-Don and passing through
Berdiansk and
Mariupol. He added that the project would aid Russian military logistics by circumventing the Crimean Bridge.[483]
The French weapons manufacturer
Verney-Carron signed a 36 million euro ($38.6 million) contract to provide Ukraine with 10,000 assault rifles, 2,000 sniper rifles, and 400 grenade launchers.[484]
Polish truckers blocked three crossings on the
Poland-Ukraine border in protest over falling revenues they attributed to the relaxation of EU regulations on Ukrainian truckers.[485] The Ukrainian government said the blockage had prevented the movement of about 20,000 vehicles on both sides of the border by 9 November.[486]
The Kyiv Post released drone footage of what it claimed was Ukrainian special forces attacking
Wagner PMC soldiers in Sudan with an explosive projectile.[487]
7 November
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in
Bahatyr, Donetsk Oblast, while two others were killed in separate attacks in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.[488]
The Russian-installed head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that six people were killed and 11 others injured by Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk city.[489]
Russia claimed to have destroyed or intercepted 15 drones over the Black Sea and Crimea, while explosions were reported near Belbek airbase.[490]
The last 16 workers of the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant were evacuated from the facility.[491]
Ukraine imposed sanctions on nine companies linked to Russian oligarch
Mikhail Fridman for providing support to the Russian war effort in Ukraine.[492] An American court indicted seven individuals and three firms based in the US, Russia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates for exporting US-made dual-use technologies to Russia.[493]
A court in Moscow ordered the arrest of exiled
Pussy Riot member
Lucy Shtein for purportedly spreading false information on Russian military actions in Ukraine.[494]
Five Ukrainian armoured vehicles, including a
BTR-4, were deployed on the east bank of the
Dnipro River near Krynky, Kherson Oblast, the first time such vehicles were seen in the area since the Russian occupation began.[495]
President
Zelenskyy said during an address that additional
NASAMS systems had been received as part of increasing air defences ahead of winter without mentioning its supplier.[496]
The Dutch Defence Ministry said five
F-16s were sent to Romania for Ukrainian pilots to use in training.[497]
8 November
Mikhail Filiponenko, a separatist military commander of the
Luhansk People's Republic during the
War in Donbas and a member of the Russian-installed regional assembly, was killed by a car bomb planted by Ukrainian military intelligence and partisans in Luhansk city.[498]
The Liberian-flagged cargo ship Kmax Ruler was hit by a Russian missile as it was entering
Pivdennyi Port, Odesa Oblast to pick up iron ore bound for China, killing a Ukrainian pilot and injuring another port employee and four Filipino crew members.[499] Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[500]
A court in Odesa convicted and sentenced the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast,
Vladimir Saldo, in absentia to 15 year's imprisonment for treason, collaborationism, and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[501]
The European Union authorized the beginning of accession talks regarding Ukraine and Moldova joining the bloc in 2024.[502]
In Russia, the FSB arrested a man in
Buryatia for allegedly working with Ukrainian intelligence to convince Russian soldiers to defect upon deployment to Ukraine.[503]
The UK imposed sanctions on 29 individuals and entities supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine through "gold, oil, and strategic sectors." Among those sanctioned were a network of UAE-based gold traders believed to have channeled over $300 million in revenues to Russia, two of Russia's largest gold producers and its largest gold refiner, and the energy trading company Paramount Energy & Commodities.[504]
The Ukraine-skeptic government of newly elected Slovak Prime Minister
Robert Fico blocked the delivery of a 40.3-million-euro ($43.2 million) military aid package for Ukraine proposed by its predecessor.[505]
9 November
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.[506][507] 11 people were reportedly injured following a Ukrainian missile attack on occupied
Skadovsk.[508]
Russia claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian missile near the Crimean coast.[509] Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a
Tor missile system using a first-person-view drone on the
Kupiansk front.[510]
A Russian military court sentenced a Ukrainian soldier to 19 years imprisonment for alleged war crimes in Mariupol.[511]
Russian-installed officials announced that "private clinics" in Crimea have stopped providing abortions. The Russian-appointed health minister, Konstantyn Skorupskyi, said that the clinics "offered to contribute to improving the demographic situation by giving up providing abortions."[513]
10 November
Four people were killed in Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[514]
Russia claimed to have intercepted two drones over Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts.[516]
A car bomb targeting a Russian police officer was reportedly detonated by Ukrainian partisans in Mariupol.[517]
The SBU arrested a resident of Odesa Oblast for passing information to Russian intelligence to use in air strikes.[518] A court in
Sumy sentenced a man to 15 years imprisonment for spying on behalf of the FSB and guiding a Russian column on its way to Kyiv with his car during the
Northern Ukraine campaign in 2022.[519]
The
Russian State Duma was considering a bill that would allow private security to shoot down Ukrainian drones that approach energy infrastructure, which was previously reserved for "law enforcement, security agencies, and certain private security companies" with anti-terror powers.[520][521]
11 November
The
Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have intercepted 19 of 31 Shahed drones launched from Russia. It also reported that Russia fired a
Onyx missile from Crimea, a
Kh-31 from the Black Sea and a S-300 from
Belgorod Oblast. A ballistic missile was intercepted on its way to Kyiv[522] while explosions were heard in the east bank of the Dnipro river section of the city in the first attack on the capital in 52 days.[523]
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in
Toretsk and
Minkivka, Donetsk Oblast.[524]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed three Russian military officers were killed in a bombing orchestrated by partisans during a meeting between the
FSB and
Rosgvardiya at a garrison housed in a former post office in
Melitopol.[525]
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that three houses, power lines and "five railway carriages were damaged" in a Ukrainian airstrike on
Valuyki.[526] A freight train was derailed in
Rybnoye, Ryazan Oblast, which officials blamed on an improvised explosive device which derailed 19 cars, damaged 15 of them and injured the driver's assistant.[527][528]
A joint investigation by The Washington Post and Der Spiegel claimed that
Roman Chervinsky, a former
Ukrainian Special Forces commander who is currently in prison on unrelated charges was responsible for "logistics and support" for the six-person sabotage group that allegedly
attacked the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a statement from his lawyer, Chervinsky denied any knowledge of the attack. The plan was reportedly designed to keep President Zelenskyy "in the dark".[529]
12 November
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.[530]
Bloomberg reported that the government of German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz will double military aid to Ukraine in 2024 to around 8 billion euros ($8.54 billion) and raise German defence spending to 2% of GDP in line with NATO policies.[533] The German government also pledged two
IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine.[534]
13 November
Three people were killed and 15 others were injured by Russian shelling in
Kherson.[535] 17 structures, including a hospital, as well as an ambulance and seven other vehicles were damaged.[536]
A court in
Lviv sentenced former MP
Illia Kyva, who defected to Russia, in absentia to 14 years imprisonment for treason, following his call for Putin to launch a "pre-emptive strike" on Ukraine in 2022.[538]
RIA Novosti and
TASS published, then retracted a report saying that Russian forces were being withdrawn east of the Dnipro River. The
Russian Defence Ministry attributed the report to a "fake account" linked to Ukraine, while the latter described the incident as a disinformation operation.[540]
The
US Department of Defense was reported to be purchasing approximately 60
Gepard air defence units from
Jordan, which were in turn purchased from the Netherlands between 2013 and 2016, for use in Ukraine.[541] Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine consisting of 10
Leopard 1A5 tanks, five
Warthog armored ambulances, 10 Vector reconnaissance drones, 14
Bandvagn all-terrain vehicles, 1,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition, 10,000 safety glasses, 1.4 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 16 more
Zetros trucks, three border protection vehicles, a mine clearing tank, and 14 ground surveillance radars.[542]
14 November
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in
Nikopol.[543]
Russia claimed that a munitions and explosives factory in
Seltso, Bryansk Oblast was damaged by a Ukrainian drone, while other drones were shot down in Moscow,
Tambov, and Oryol Oblasts.[544] A resident of
Krasnoyarsk Krai was sentenced to 7.5 years imprisonment for criticizing Russian military abuses in Ukraine and
Joseph Stalin,[545] while a resident of
Tolyatti was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for defacing posters of Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine.[546]
Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, one of five people jailed in connection with
the murder of Russian journalist
Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, received a presidential pardon after accepting and finishing a contract to fight in Ukraine. However, his lawyer said that he was still in Ukraine, having signed another contract to fight there as a volunteer.[547]
The SBU arrested a man in
Mykolaiv on suspicion of spying on Ukrainian air bases for Russia.[548]
The EU pledged 100 million euros ($107.2 million) for humanitarian aid operations in Ukraine and 10 million euros ($10.7 million) to support
Ukrainian refugees in Moldova.[549]Rheinmetall announced that it was supplying 25
Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine following an order financed by the German government.[550]
German Defence Minister
Boris Pistorius confirmed that the EU would not be able to supply Ukraine with one million 155mm shells by March 2024.[551]
Ukraine launched an $50-million insurance program with the help of broker
Marsh McLennan and
Lloyd's of London to cover grain ships using its ports in case of attacks.[553]
15 November
Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to President Zelenskyy, acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian forces were holding positions on the east bank of the Dnipro river.[554] The Ukrainian military later said it had established a buffer zone of three to eight kilometers from the river's bank in Kherson Oblast.[555]
Four Russian
S-300 missiles struck
Selydove, Donetsk Oblast, killing four people and injuring three. Six apartment blocks and 20 houses were damaged.[556][557] Two members of the
State Emergency Service of Ukraine were killed by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast while responding to an earlier missile attack.[558]
The US government announced that major maintenance and repairs of Ukrainian F-16s would occur in Poland.[559]
Ukraine claimed to have shot down 16 of 18 drones launched and a missile over
Khmelnytskyi. Falling debris injured a truck driver and damaged a food warehouse.[561]
Six people were killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.[564]
Dutch defence minister
Kajsa Ollongren said that the Netherlands would pledge two billion euros ($2.2 billion) in military aid to Ukraine in 2024.[565]
The UK Defence Ministry said that it was "likely" that Russian forces were updating their
A-50 early warning aircraft in anticipation of the West supplying modern fighter jets such as the
F-16.[566][567][568][569]
The US and Ukraine announced the holding of a joint "military industry conference" in Washington D.C. on 6–7 December 2023. The conference is in part aimed at increasing joint ventures and production between Ukraine and Western arms manufacturers.[570]
18 November
Ukraine claimed to have shot down 28 out of 39 Shahed drones launched by Russian forces during
an attack against infrastructure that lasted the night of 17–18 November. An energy infrastructure unit and an administration building in Odesa were damaged. One civilian was wounded. In
Chernihiv Oblast, two infrastructure buildings were also damaged. Drones launched towards Kyiv were all shot down.[571]
The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that a drone was shot down over Moscow.[572]
A Ukrainian attack on a dance hall hosting a theatrical performance for Russian soldiers in
Kumachove, occupied Donetsk Oblast, killed 20 Russian personnel and an actress.[574]
Ukrainian forces claimed to have expanded its bridgehead on the east bank of the Dnipro River and stopped 12 Russian attacks over the past day.[575]
According to the Ukrainian military, some 20
Shahed drones were sent at Kyiv from multiple directions overnight; 15 were destroyed, some 10 were shot down over Kyiv and its outskirts. Five houses were damaged while an infrastructure building was "slightly damaged".[576] One person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.[577]
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down over Moscow Oblast.[578]
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Major-General
Tetiana Ostashchenko as commander of the Ukrainian
Medical Forces Command and her replacement by Major-General
Anatoliy Kazmirchuk, citing the need for "a fundamentally new level of medical support" for the military.[579]
A former
Australian Army soldier fighting in the Ukrainian Army was announced to have been killed near Avdiivka sometime in October by Russian artillery.[580]
Bohdan Yermokhin, an orphaned Ukrainian teenager from Mariupol who was deported to Russia and had publicly appealed to President Zelenskyy to help him avoid conscription in the Russian army and return to Ukraine, was repatriated following mediation by
UNICEF and Qatar.[581]
Pictures posted on X, formerly Twitter, indicated that Russia had modified its 122mm shells for immediate use.[582]
20 November
Two drivers were killed in Russian shelling of a transport facility in Kherson.[583] An elderly woman was killed in a separate attack in Nikopol.[584] One person was killed and 39 workers were briefly trapped following a Russian missile strike on a mine in Donetsk Oblast,[585] while three people were killed in a missile attack on a hospital in
Selydove.[586][587]
The bodies of 94 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were returned to Ukraine in a cadaver exchange with Russia, with the number of repatriated Russian personnel undisclosed.[588]
The US government announced a $100 million military aid package to Ukraine that would include a new
HIMARS launcher believed to have been fitted to fire
GLSDBs,
Stinger and
TOW missiles and 105 mm and 155mm shells.[589] It also imposed sanctions on two Russian officers, Colonel
Azatbek Omurbekov and Guard Corporal Daniil Frolkin for their role in the
Bucha massacre.[590]
Russia placed Ukrainian
Crimean Tatar singer and
Eurovision winner
Jamala on its wanted list, with Russian media saying that she was wanted for posting information on the Bucha massacre.[591]
21 November
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kherson Oblast.[592]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Kursk and Oryol Oblasts.[593]
The SBU arrested a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate's Vinnytsia Diocese for spreading pro-Russian propaganda in his sermons and on social media.[594]
During a visit to Kyiv, German Defence Minister
Boris Pistorius announced a new military aid package valued at "1.3 billion euros ($1.42 billion)" that would include four
IRIS-T missile units, anti-tank mines and 20,000 155mm artillery shells. He also pledged the delivery of 140,000 155mm shells to Ukraine in 2024.[595]
22 November
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[596] Two people were injured by Russian shelling in Nikopol which damaged eight homes and a gas pipeline and left 1,200 families without power due to damaged power lines. 14 Shahed drones were shot down while a cruise missile crashed in Zaporizhzhia causing damage to infrastructure.[597]
Russia claimed to have destroyed four Ukrainian naval drones heading towards Crimea.[598] It also claimed that Boris Maksudov, a journalist for
Rossiya 24 was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia front.[599]
Lithuania delivered three million 7.62x51mm small arms ammunition, remote detonation systems, and winter equipment to Ukraine.[600] Unnamed Ukrainian officials claimed that the delivery of 155mm shells from the US had dropped by over 30% since the start of the
2023 Israel–Hamas war on 7 October, which the Pentagon denied.[601]
A military court in Saint Petersburg sentenced a 17-year-old male to six years' imprisonment for attempting to set fire to military recruitment offices in protest over the war in Ukraine.[602]
Poland filed espionage charges against 16 foreign nationals accused of being members of a Russian spy ring dismantled earlier in the year that sought to sabotage trains heading to Ukraine and spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda.[603]
23 November
Three people were killed while five others were injured following a Russian cluster munitions strike on
Chornobaivka, Kherson Oblast.[604] One person was killed in a separate attack in
Beryslav.[605]
In Russia, a student of
Belgorod State University was placed in pre-trial detention on charges of terrorism after he was caught taking a photograph at a military recruitment office in Moscow. Authorities said that he planned to set the place on fire after coming into contact with Ukrainian groups, while his lawyer said he took a picture of the facility's operating hours in preparation for his draft registration.[606]
President Putin reportedly pardoned two cannibals who fought in Ukraine for six months with the
Storm-Z penal battalion.[609]
24 November
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[610]
Russia claimed to have shot down 16 drones over Crimea and Volgograd Oblast.[611]
A resident of
Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for spying on the Ukrainian military for Russia.[612] A resident of
Vinnytsia was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for similar charges and aiding Russian airstrikes.[613]
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Yuriy Kondratyuk as first Deputy Commander of the
Ukrainian National Guard and his replacement by Vadym Gladkov. Three other deputy commanders were also replaced.[614]
The NACP removed three Greek shipping companies from its list of International Sponsors of War after they had stopped transporting Russian oil.[615]
Russian and Chinese officials had reportedly started discussions about the possibility of building an undersea tunnel to connect Crimea to Russia, citing previous attacks on the
Crimean Bridge.[616][617][618]
The Head of the Ukrainian
National Security and Defense Council,
Oleksiy Danilov, told
Radio Ukraine that a plan was being drawn up to demobilise conscripts who had completed their "service terms" in response to a protest held on 12 November by mostly female relatives of conscripts whom have been fighting for over 18 months.[619]
Nearly 500 tons of humanitarian aid that arrived in Ukraine were found to have been illegally concealed from its proper recipients at three locations in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[620]
25 November
Ukrainian officials claimed that Russia launched what it called the largest drone attack since the invasion began at Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 74 out of 75 drones launched. The raid lasted some six hours. Damaged buildings were reported "in districts all across the city". Five were injured including an 11-year-old girl. A children's nursery was set on fire. Due to the attack some 200 buildings were left without power.[621][622]
The EU pledged 50 million euros ($55 million) to repair Ukrainian port infrastructure damaged in Russian attacks.[623] Azerbaijan delivered a Revival P mechanized demining machine to Ukraine.[624]
26 November
Russian forces claimed to have downed 24 Ukrainian drones over
Moscow Oblast,
Tula Oblast,
Kaluga Oblast,
Smolensk Oblast and the
Bryansk Oblast. One civilian was injured in Tula when an intercepted drone struck an apartment building. Flights from major Moscow airports were halted. A Ukrainian strike cut off power and heat in Russian-occupied Donetsk according to officials.[625] A "booster" from a
Pantsir missile system smashed into a wall of a two-story wooden home in Moscow, starting a fire that was quickly put out by the occupants without casualties.[626]
In Russia, an aircraft factory in Smolensk was reportedly attacked by a Ukrainian drone.[627]
Artem Sachuk, vice president of the
Ukrainian Chess Federation, was announced by the organization to have been killed in action on the front lines.[630]
27 November
A car carrying pro-Russian Chechen fighters was reportedly attacked and blown up by Ukrainian partisans over the weekend in an ambush near
Myrne, outside
Melitopol.[631]
Several military officials and a businessman in
Kyiv Oblast were charged with allegedly selling food supplies from a military warehouse worth at least Hr 5 million ($138,000) commercially.[632]
28 November
Three people, including a seven-year-old child, were killed by Russian shelling in
Seredyna-Buda, Sumy Oblast,[633] while one person was killed by shelling in Nikopol.[634]
Ukrainian media reported that Marianna Budanova, the wife of military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov, had been hospitalized for
heavy metal poisoning.[640]
The SBU arrested a suspected member of a Russian spy network in Odesa who gathered intelligence to use in airstrikes.[641]
A Russian national who was captured by Russian forces near Chernihiv during the 2022 invasion was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a court in Kursk for allegedly fighting for the Ukrainian far-right group
Right Sector.[642] A court in Kazakhstan sentenced a 34-year old national to six years and eight months imprisonment for "mercenarism" after he admitted fighting for the Wagner Group in Ukraine due to financial needs.[643]
Ukrainian truckers blocked the
Medyka border crossing with Poland in protest over the ongoing blockade by Polish truckers.[644]
29 November
The Russian
Black Sea Fleet released video of a frigate launching four
Kalibr cruise missiles. Russian sources claimed that the missiles struck "enemy (Ukrainian) military infrastructure".[645]
The
Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that Russian forces had captured
Khromove, a village located on the western outskirts of Bakhmut. Ukraine did not immediately give comment to the assertion.[646]
In Russia, a warehouse storing
Shahed drones in Bryansk was reportedly attacked by Ukrainian drones.[647]
Ukrainian media reported that cyber specialists from the SBU, along with the Ukrainian hacker group Blackjack breached the website of the
Russian Labour Ministry and gained access to 100 TB worth of data from its servers which included sensitive information regarding the invasion of Ukraine.[648] It also reported that Ukrainian military intelligence orchestrated the hacking of television channels in Crimea to broadcast an evening address by President Zelenskyy.[649]
Five people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential building in
Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast.[651] Three people were killed in two attacks in
Sadove, Kherson Oblast.[652]
Ukrainian media reported that the SBU was behind a series of overnight explosions at the
Severomuysky Tunnel along the
Baikal-Amur Mainline in the far eastern Russian republic of
Buryatia that targeted a freight train. Ukrainian military intelligence admitted responsibility for a series of sabotage attacks on railway infrastructure in Moscow Oblast.[653]
Ukrainian Ombudsman
Dmytro Lubinets said that Russia had halted prisoner exchanges with Kyiv.[654]
The NACP added the Belgian energy firm
Fluxys to its list of International Sponsors of War for storing and transporting Russian liquefied natural gas in its terminal in
Zeebrugge.[655]
Vladimir Urin resigned as director of the
Bolshoi Theater in Moscow without explanation. He had previously signed an open letter calling for an end "to stop all armed activities" in Ukraine.[656]
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Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-17. Geolocated footage published on October 18 indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced north of Pishchanivka (14km east of Kherson City and 3km from the Dnipro River) and into Poyma (11km east of Kherson City and 4km from the Dnipro River).
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ISW. Retrieved 2023-11-30. ISW previously observed elements of the 80th Motorized Rifle Brigade (14th Army Corps,
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Kherson direction suggests that these elements may still be in the area.