Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,361 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Listed below are the important thing occasions from day 1,361 of Russia’s struggle on Ukraine.

Right here is how issues stand on Sunday, November 16:

Preventing

• The Ukrainian army mentioned it struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, situated about 200km (125 miles) southeast of Moscow, as “a part of efforts to scale back the enemy’s potential to launch missile and bomb strikes”.
• The Ukrainian army mentioned the strike precipitated a number of explosions and a big fireplace on the website.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence mentioned its forces have taken management of the village of Yablukove in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia area.
• The Ukrainian army confirmed withdrawing from the village of Novovasylivske in Zaporizhia, saying the retreat was mandatory in an effort to relocate to “extra beneficial defensive positions”.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the widow of the primary sufferer of the 1986 catastrophe on the Chornobyl energy plant was amongst a number of individuals killed in a barrage of Russian strikes on the capital of Kyiv in latest days. He mentioned Nataliia Khodemchuk’s demise was the results of “a brand new tragedy precipitated as soon as once more by the Kremlin”.
• Russia’s RIA Novosti information company reported that situations are secure on the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in Ukraine after an exterior energy line was switched off as a precautionary measure on Friday.
• The Russian state-run TASS information company reported that Ukrainian forces have launched a drone assault on residential buildings within the Russian metropolis of Volgograd, damaging “the facades and glazing of condominium buildings and the encompassing space”.
• The Russian Defence Ministry mentioned it shot down eight Ukrainian drones in the middle of 4 hours over the areas of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk, in addition to Russian-occupied Crimea, in response to TASS.

Politics and diplomacy

• Russia and Ukraine have agreed to maneuver ahead with a prisoner trade that may see the discharge of about 1,200 Ukrainians, in response to a Ukrainian official. The announcement got here after a number of days of talks overseen by Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates, rejuvenating an exchange process laid out throughout earlier negotiations in Istanbul.
• President Zelenskyy promised a “reboot” of state-owned power corporations, together with reforms to root out corruption, as his authorities continues to grapple with a significant scandal wherein investigators mentioned $100m was embezzled from energy companies.
• Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed a invoice offering social help for Ukrainian refugees, however acknowledged it was the “final time” he would accomplish that till new options to the problem have been discovered. The Polish chief has argued that the availability of help to Ukrainian refugees, about a million of whom live in Poland, is “unfair to Poles”. The authorized standing of Ukrainian refugees in Poland is ready to run out in March.
• Serbian officers mentioned that the US won’t ease sanctions on the Serbian oil firm NIS except it modifications the corporate’s majority-Russian possession share, regardless of pleas for leniency from Belgrade. Vitality Minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic mentioned that the US “clearly and unequivocally” demanded modifications to Russian possession, giving Serbia till February 13 to discover a resolution.

Army help

• Zelenskyy referred to as for added air defence sources, following a wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv that killed at the very least seven individuals and injured dozens extra. The Ukrainian chief mentioned that the assaults underscore the necessity for extra help and “higher resolve” from allies following the strikes, which struck condominium buildings throughout the capital metropolis on Friday.