Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 966

Here is the concern connected Friday, October 18, 2024.

Fighting

• Russian forces attacked vigor infrastructure successful Ukraine’s confederate portion of Mykolaiv, launching 56 drones and 1 rocket successful an overnight assault.
• Russia besides attacked an concern installation successful occidental Ternopil Oblast, causing a ample occurrence that was enactment out, according to a section governor.
• Ukraine downed 51 retired of 136 Russian onslaught drones launched connected Thursday, its aerial unit reported, portion Russia besides fired a Kh-95 guided aerial missile.
• The Kremlin has reiterated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “victory plan”, announced connected Wednesday, volition hazard nonstop struggle betwixt Russia and NATO.
• Norway volition proviso six F-16 combatant jets to Ukraine “in the adjacent future”, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said, pursuing talks with his Norwegian counterpart Bjorn Arild Gram.

Diplomacy

• French President Emmanuel Macron has said helium volition sermon information guarantees for Ukraine successful a gathering successful Berlin connected Friday with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said aft a Brussels acme attended by EU leaders that Ukraine has made important advancement towards EU membership.
• NATO main Mark Rutte said alongside President Zelenskyy that the subject alliance’s members volition not suffer their volition to enactment Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin would beryllium incorrect to deliberation otherwise.
• Rutte added that “Ukraine volition beryllium a subordinate of NATO, determination is nary uncertainty astir and until that happens we volition marque definite that Ukraine has everything it needs to prevail”.
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus should beryllium contiguous astatine immoderate talks connected settling the situation successful Ukraine.

Sanctions

• The US has issued caller sanctions targeting Chinese and Russian entities for designing, gathering and shipping onslaught drones utilized successful Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine.
• The sanctions targeted 2 Chinese entities – Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co Ltd, and Redlepus Vector Industry Shenzhen Co Ltd (Redlepus) – and Russian entity TSK Vektor and its General Director Artem Mikhailovich Yamshchikov.
• The Biden medication said the entities person straight helped Russia make and nutrient its Garpiya bid onslaught drones, liable for long-range attacks successful Ukraine.
• The UK announced sanctions against 22 much vessels successful Russia’s shadiness fleet of lipid tankers. Some 43 Russian lipid tankers, which run successful defiance of Western sanctions, are present barred from UK ports and British maritime services.

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