Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 953
Al Jazeera
As the war enters its 953rd day, these are the main developments.
Here is the situation on Saturday, October 5, 2024.
Romania has recovered fragments of a Russian drone from a canal in the Danube Delta near the Ukrainian border, the defence ministry said. Romania shares a 650km (400-mile) border with Ukraine and has had Russian drone fragments stray into its territory repeatedly over the past year.
Russia has knocked out about 80 percent of critical infrastructure in the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Ukraine’s east, as Russian soldiers slowly advance. Serhiy Dobriak, Pokrovsk’s military administration head, said Russian forces were about 7km (4 miles) from the town.
An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed in a car bomb attack near the city of Enerhodar. Ukrainian military intelligence published a video of his car exploding and in a statement called Andrei Korotkiy a “war criminal” and collaborator. Plant director Yuri Chernichuk described the attack as “horrific” and an “inhumane act”.
The Kremlin on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of playing with fire, a day after Russian forces said they had intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Kursk nuclear plant and some news outlets reported a fire had broken out several miles away. Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi denied that his country had fired weapons at or near the plant.
Scientists have engineered the pests to provide enhanced immunity to the disease they transmit, according to new study.
Air pollution has become a major problem in Pakistan and it is children who are paying the price.
An official with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says Gaza a ‘graveyard’ for 2 million trapped people.
The bill now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass with only hours remaining before an expected shutdown.
Workers complain of inadequate wages as inflation soars, and promise to escalate the strike.
Turkish president compares Kurdish YPG fighters to ISIL and says neither group has a future in Syria.
Nonessential government functions are expected to shutter on Saturday unless a government spending bill can be passed.
Germans expected to vote on February 23 after a centre-left coalition government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapses.
Customers of the banks named in lawsuit lose more than $870m over the seven years since Zelle was introduced, the consumer watchdog says.
US says Mohammad Reza Nouri orchestrated the killing of Stephen Troell in 2022 as revenge for Qassem Soleimani.