Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,376

Published On 1 Dec 2025

On Monday, December 1, this is how things are going.

Fighting

According to regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk, one person was killed and 18 were hurt in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv on Sunday, according to the governor.
Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram that at least two people were killed and seven others were hurt in southern Kherson as a result of more Russian atrocities.
According to Governor Vadym Filashkin, at least two people were killed and five were hurt in the Donetsk region’s Saturday assaults by Russians.
The operational headquarters of the Belgorod region posted a message on Telegram about a Ukrainian drone attack that killed two men in Russia.
According to Russia’s state news agency, the “Donbas Dome electronic warfare system” was used by Russian forces to shoot down 309 drones over the Donbas region over the past week, according to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

Following a meeting held on Sunday in the US state of Florida, officials from the United States and Ukraine welcomed “productive” discussions involving a resolution to end Russia’s hostility with Ukraine.
Marco Rubio, the US’s secretary of state, expressed optimism while also claiming that negotiations are still challenging. We are optimistic about how challenging this is, especially given how far we’ve come, he said.
Rubio added that Steve Witkoff, the US envoy, will travel to Russia later in the week and continue the discussions. There are a lot of moving parts, he said, and there is obviously another party [Russia] that will have to be a part of the equation, which will continue into Mr. Witkoff’s trip to Moscow later this week.
Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s new top negotiator, claimed Washington had been “super supportive” throughout the discussions. He said, “US is walking beside us, US is supporting us, and we are hearing.”
Sergiy Kyslytsya, the country’s first deputy foreign minister, was present as well, and praised Rubio for “excellent leadership” and “excellent leadership” at the beginning of the meeting.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, acknowledged Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission in a Sunday phone call. In light of Russia’s ongoing attacks on our infrastructure and the energy sector, Ursula is paying close attention to the need to strengthen our resilience.
Berlin needs to be prepared for shifting alliances, according to German Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, “we don’t know which alliances we can still rely on in the future and how long they will last.”
He said in a statement to the German parliament, “The geopolitical chessboard is rapidly changing; its patterns and configuration. Alliances are changing more quickly than could have previously been conceivable.
According to Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on Sunday and discussed how he would support peace efforts in Russia and Ukraine.

After signing a deal with his Norwegian counterpart, Tore O Sandvik, the Ukrainian defense minister Denys Shmyhal announced in a post on X that the country will cooperate with Ukraine and Norway in producing Ukrainian drones.

Oncu Keceli, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, expressed concern over Ukrainian forces’ alleged plans to attack Russia’s shadow fleet of sanctioned oil tankers on Friday.
The safety of navigation, life, property, and the environment in the region have been seriously threatened by these incidents, which occurred within Turkiye’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea, according to Keceli’s statement on Saturday.

Source: Aljazeera