CONFLICT
Key events in 1,000 days of the war in Ukraine
November 19, 2024 - As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine reaches its 1,000th day, the human and economic cost continues to mount, with neither side seeming eager to negotiate.
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Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region
Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure
Russian offensive in Ukraine’s Donetsk region gains momentum
Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range missiles
EU looking at ramping up Ukraine aid
Russia’s defence spending at highest level on record
Russian conscription rising since invasion of Ukraine
Kremlin’s secret drones project
Russia launches counter-offensive in Kursk region
Biden hints at ending Ukraine long-range weapons restrictions
Iran ships “hundreds” of ballistic missiles to Russia
Ukraine faces major government reshuffle
Russian troops move deeper into eastern Ukraine
Third bridge destroyed by Ukrainian forces in Kursk
Ukrainian forces seek to hold Russian positions
Russia widens evacuations to second border region
Russia struggles to repel deep incursion by Ukraine
Ukraine presses on with surprise military incursion into Russia
Russian forces press toward strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
Germany plans to halve military aid for Ukraine
Russian strikes kill at least 41 in Ukraine, hit children’s hospital
Huge emissions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
France sends Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine
Biden to let Ukraine strike inside Russia with U.S. weapons
Sweden to supply ASC 890 surveillance aircraft to Ukraine
Calls grow to allow Ukrainian strikes inside Russia
Russia preparing for possible new offensive in Ukraine
U.S. quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine
Russia risks aircraft losses for tactical gains in Ukraine
German lawmakers to vote on long-range missiles for Ukraine
Nearly three years after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, the outlook is grim. Russia is expending huge amounts of weaponry and human life to make small-but-steady territorial gains to the nearly one-fifth of Ukraine it already controls. Ukraine, meanwhile, is struggling to minimise losses, maintain morale and convince allies that, with more military aid, it can turn the tide.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he could quickly end the war, though it is unclear how or in whose favour he might tip the scales, AP said.