Ukraine Update November 29

The following were the most significant developments of the 1,009th day of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Fighting
This month, Russia conducted its second significant attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, resulting in severe power outages that impacted at least one million individuals in three western regions. According to regional administrators, the attacks resulted in the loss of power to 523,000 consumers in the Lviv region, 215,000 in the Volyn region, and 280,000 in the Rivne region.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in the Lviv region, Ukraine, on November 28 [Handout/Press Service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Lviv Region via Reuters]

On 29 Nov 2024

According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia employed 91 missiles and 97 drones in the attack, with 12 of them landing on their intended targets, the majority of which were energy and petroleum facilities.
In response to Ukraine’s assaults on Russian territory, President Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow had employed US medium-range ATACMS missiles. He cautioned that future targets could include “decision-making centres” in Kyiv, which Moscow claims are immune to interception, through the use of its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile.

The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accused Russia of a “despicable escalation” and claimed that the attack was carried out using cruise missiles armed with cluster munitions. Zelenskyy stated that he was in communication with…