Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,005

These were the key developments on the 1,005th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

This photograph shows a destroyed car and rubble from a recent shelling in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, on November 24, 2024. The first snow falls on Ukraine and settlements close to the front line, while Russia continues to shell energy infrastructures, promising a "very difficult winter" according to Kiev. (Photo by Florent VERGNES / AFP)
Rubble from recent Russian shelling in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region of Ukraine piles up amid continuing bombardment [Florent Vergnes/AFP]

Here is the situation on Monday, November 25:

Fighting

  • Russia’s air defence systems destroyed seven Ukrainian missiles overnight over the Kursk region, Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov wrote on his Telegram channel.
  • Falling debris from destroyed Ukrainian drones sparked a fire at an industrial facility in Russia’s Kaluga, according to regional governor Vladislav Shapsha. He said there were no injuries and that three drones were destroyed.
  • Russian forces captured a British mercenary, who identified himself as James Scott Rhys, who is fighting with the Ukrainian army in Russia’s Kursk region, a security source told Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency.
  • Air defences were in operation in Kyiv in response to a new Russian drone attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
  • Ukraine’s air defences had earlier downed 50 of 73 Russian drones launched on various targets, the Ukrainian military said.

Politics and diplomacy

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on its Western partners to concentrate their efforts on helping provide an air defence system to protect people.
  • Russia will soon name Alexander Darchiev, currently head of the Foreign Ministry’s North American department, as its new ambassador to Washington, the Kommersant newspaper reported.
  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the “renewed threat” of antipersonnel landmines, days after the US said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia’s invasion.
  • Ukraine has shown journalists fragments of the Russian missile used to strike the city of Dnipro last week, after Moscow said it had tested its new Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows those who sign up to fight in Ukraine to write off unpaid debts worth almost $100,000, the government announced.
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Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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