As the war enters its 963rd day, these are the main events.
Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
Struggle
- At least one person was killed and 11 wounded, some of them seriously, in a Russian airstrike on the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim said.
- At least one person was killed and eight injured in the latest Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa. Two civilian ships and a grain storage facility were also damaged.
- Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had taken control of the small village of Levadne in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported. There was no comment from Ukraine.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had stood their ground and were counterattacking as Russian troops tried to break their lines in the Kursk region for the fifth day in a row.
Politics and diplomacy
- Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy's chief of staff, called for a new international security system to prevent future cases of armed aggression, while speaking at an online conference on how to ensure peace after Russia's invasion. Yermak said that 66 countries and international organizations participated in the conference.
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance would not be intimidated by Russian threats and would maintain its strong support for kyiv. Rutte was speaking on his first visit as NATO chief to the Security Assistance and Training Center for Ukraine (NSATU), which will gradually take over coordination of Western military aid to kyiv in Germany.
- France called for the immediate release of French researcher Laurent Vinatier after a Moscow court found him guilty of violating Russia's “foreign agent” laws and sentenced him to three years in prison. Vinatier was detained shortly after French President Emmanuel Macron signaled the need for a tougher line in the war in Ukraine.
Arms
- The European Union imposed sanctions on Iran's deputy defense minister, senior members of the Revolutionary Guard and three airlines over accusations that they supplied drones, missiles and other equipment to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed the move.
- Zelenskyy said Ukraine had already acquired and supplied 1 million drones to the front.
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