Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 954

As the war enters its 954th day, these are the main developments.

Here is the situation on Sunday, October 6, 2024.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces took control of Zhelanne Druhe village in the Donetsk region. Moscow’s claim could not be independently confirmed. The village is located close to Pokrovsk, a logistics hub for the Ukrainian army that is threatened by advancing Russian troops.

Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s envoy to the United States and a Kremlin hardliner, returned to Moscow at the end of his term, which was a time of the most hostile relations between the two nations in decades. The Siberia-born career diplomat had been heading the Russian mission in Washington, DC since 2017.