Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 234

Because the Russia-Ukraine battle enters its 234th day, we check out the principle developments.

A pink teddy bear lies on the bottom in entrance of residential residences that have been destroyed by Russian navy strikes, as Russia's assault on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 14, 2022 [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters[

Here is the situation as it stands on Saturday, October 15.

Fighting

• Ukrainian authorities have reported Russian shelling in several regions overnight including in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
• Local authorities have said five enemy drones of Iranian design were intercepted over the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine.
• The US government has announced further arms deliveries to Ukraine worth a total of $725m including HIMARs, ammunition and armoured vehicles.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine.
• The 70-year-old Russian leader said he has no plans “for now” to launch massive air raids such as those carried out this week, in which more than 100 long-range missiles were fired at targets across Ukraine.

Debris covers an area of a heavily damaged school after a Russian attack, two days ago in the village of Velyka Kostromka, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Thursday, October 13, 2022 [Leo Correa/AP Photo]

• Ukrainian engineers have restored “a lot wanted” back-up energy to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after shelling robbed it of entry to exterior electrical energy twice prior to now week, Rafael Grossi, head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, mentioned on Friday.
• Ukrainian investigators have completed exhuming troopers in considered one of two mass graves found after Russian troops retreated from the city of Lyman in Donetsk, police mentioned.

Diplomacy

• Saudi Arabia will present $400m in humanitarian assist to Ukraine, in accordance with state information company SPA.
• Sweden has rejected plans to arrange a proper joint investigation group with Denmark and Germany to look into final month’s ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and a couple of pipelines, mentioned a Swedish prosecutor investigating the leaks.

Financial system

• Worldwide Financial Fund member international locations have issued a near-unanimous name for Russia to finish its battle in Ukraine, however Moscow once more blocked consensus on issuing a joint communique on the one greatest issue fuelling inflation and slowing the worldwide financial system, officers mentioned.