Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,369

On Monday, November 24, this is how things are going.

Trump’s strategy

American Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated to reporters in Geneva that “a significant amount of progress” had been made on Sunday during discussions in the Swiss city and that he was “very optimistic” that a deal could be reached “very soon, in a very reasonable period of time.”
• Rubio added that NATO and security guarantees were among the areas still being worked on in the 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, which was supported by US President Donald Trump.
• The delegation’s head, Andriy Yermak, echoed Rubio’s words, telling reporters that they had made “very good progress” and were “moving forward to the just and lasting peace Ukrainian people deserve.”
• Trump had previously stated in a post on Truth Social that Ukraine was not appreciative of US efforts. “EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA, AND” THE LEADERSHIP OF IRELAND HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS,” Trump wrote.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the US president’s post quickly, saying that his country was “grateful to the United States… and personally to President Trump” for their assistance in “saving Ukrainian lives.”
• Later, Zelenskyy claimed in his nightly video that Trump’s team in Geneva was “hearing us] Ukraine” and that discussions were planned to continue into the night with “further reports” to come.
• Zelenskyy and Trump could meet in the US this week, according to CBS news reports, but the outcome in Geneva would determine how likely it would be.
• Emanuel Macron, the president of France, said the EU should continue to support Ukraine and that he is confident in Zelenskyy’s ability to advance the country’s anti-corruption strategy. He added that Kyiv’s accession to the EU would require reforms of the rule of law.
• Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, claimed that Ukraine had “no chance” of winning the war because of how intently it was being protracted by EU leaders. He added that Kyiv’s ongoing EU support for the conflict was “just crazy.”

Fighting

• Four people were killed and 12 others were hurt in a “massive” Russian drone attack on Kharkiv in Ukraine on Sunday, according to local officials. Two children, ages 11 and 12, were among the injured.
• Vladyslav Haivanenko, the acting head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, described the region as a “difficult day” due to frequent Russian drone and shelling attacks that claimed the lives of two 42-year-old women and two 39-year-old men and injured at least five others.
• A 40-year-old man was killed in a field in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine when a Russian shelling attack struck, according to a post on Telegram from the State Emergency Service.
• A Ukrainian drone attack on the Shatura Power Station, a heat and power station 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of the Kremlin, reportedly sparked a fire, according to the governor of Russia’s Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov. Thousands of people were without heating after the attack, according to Vorobyov, before it was later restored.
• After three Ukrainian drones were shot down while traveling toward the capital, Russia’s Federal Air Navigation Service announced that temporary restrictions were in place at Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport.
• According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, an explosion on a crucial route for the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, including weapons transfers, was an “unprecedented act of sabotage,” promising to find the perpetrators.
• Oil prices dropped as Novorossiysk, a major Russian export hub, resumed loading after being suspended for two days following a Ukrainian attack.

Weapons

• At a meeting between Zelenskyy and Macron in Paris, Ukraine and France agreed to purchase up to 100 Rafale fighter jets over the course of ten years.