Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 278

Because the Russia-Ukraine warfare enters its 278th day, we check out the primary developments.

Rescuers work on the website of a hospital destroyed by a Russian missile assault in Vilniansk, Zaporizhia area [File: Reuters]

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Monday, November 28:

Combating

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia was “planning new strikes” on his nation, urging defence forces and residents to be ready to face up to a brand new week of pressure on the ability grid amid freezing temperatures.
• “We perceive that the terrorists are planning new strikes. We all know this for a truth,” Zelenskyy mentioned in his nightly video deal with. “And so long as they've missiles, they, sadly, won't relax.”
• The Common Workers of Ukraine’s Armed Forces mentioned Russian troops shelled a dozen villages in Donetsk in Ukraine’s east, together with the primary targets of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
• Ukrainian army analyst Oleh Zhdanov mentioned Russian forces launched a number of failed assaults in town of Soledar, close to Bakhmut, and had taken heavy losses in a separate push in the direction of Avdiivka.
• Heavy preventing was additionally happening within the northeastern Kharkiv area, close to areas recaptured by the Ukrainian military in September and October, Zhdanov mentioned.

Blackouts

• In Kyiv, snow fell and temperatures hovered round freezing as tens of millions in and across the Ukrainian capital struggled with disruptions to the electrical energy provide and central heating attributable to waves of Russian air strikes.
• Metropolis authorities mentioned staff had been near finishing the restoration of energy, water and warmth, however excessive consumption ranges meant some blackouts had been imposed.
• After Zelenskyy criticised Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko – saying he had not finished sufficient to assist beleaguered residents – Klitschko hit again, saying the feedback had been misplaced throughout Russia’s army marketing campaign.

Nuclear plant and grain

• The pinnacle of Ukraine’s state-run nuclear vitality agency mentioned there have been indicators that Russian forces is likely to be making ready to depart the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant, which they seized in March.
• A Russian official denied the army was planning to depart the plant, calling it “pretend” information.
• Ukraine accused the Kremlin of reviving the “genocidal” techniques of Josef Stalin as Kyiv commemorated a Soviet-era famine that killed tens of millions of Ukrainians within the winter of 1932-33.
• Exports of Ukraine’s grain won't attain 3 million tonnes in November as Russia tries to restrict ship inspections at ports, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov mentioned. In October, some 4.2 million tonnes of grain left Ukrainian ports, Kubrakov mentioned on his Fb web page.