Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 242

Here is the situation as it stands on Sunday, October 23.

Fighting

• Russian-installed authorities in occupied Kherson have urged residents to leave “immediately” amid fighting with Ukrainian forces.
• Russia says its forces prevented an attempt by Ukraine to break through its line of control in the Kherson region, where it anticipates a wider Ukrainian counteroffensive.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s attacks on infrastructure were on a “very wide” scale and pledged that his military would improve on an already good record of downing missiles with help from its partners.
• Presidential adviser Kyrylo Tymoshenko said more than a million people were without power. Parts of Kyiv suffered power cuts into the evening, and a city official warned attacks could leave Ukraine’s capital without power and heat for “several days or weeks”.
• A former owner of a prestigious aircraft engine builder Motor Sich in central Ukraine, Vyacheslav Boguslaev, has been detained on treason charges, Ukrainian media reported, quoting security sources.

Diplomacy

• The Group of Seven industrial powers condemned Russia’s kidnapping of Ukrainian managers at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and called for the immediate return of full control of the plant to Ukraine.
• Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denounced Moscow’s comments regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying the use of nuclear weapons was a “serious threat” to the peace and security of the international community.
• Iran strongly condemned a call by Britain, France and Germany for a United Nations probe of accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine.