Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,350

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Here are the cardinal events from time 1,350 of Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine.

Published On 5 Nov 2025

Here is however things basal connected Wednesday, November 5:

Fighting

Russian and Ukrainian troops person fought battles successful the ruins of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub successful eastbound Ukraine, with Ukraine’s subject reporting fierce warring nether mode successful a portion of the metropolis that was cardinal for Kyiv’s front-line logistics.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium visited troops warring adjacent the eastbound metropolis of Dobropillia, wherever Ukrainian forces are conducting a counteroffensive against Russian troops.

Russia struck civilian vigor and larboard infrastructure successful a monolithic overnight drone onslaught connected Ukraine’s confederate portion of Odesa, the region’s politician said successful a station connected the Telegram messaging app, adding that rescuers extinguished fires and determination were nary casualties.
Ukraine has struck an lipid refinery successful Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod portion eastbound of Moscow, the General Staff of Ukraine’s equipped forces said successful a statement. The grade of harm to the Lukoil refinery successful the municipality of Kstovo, which supplies the Russian military, was not instantly known.
Ukraine’s subject besides said that its drones had caused “considerable damage” to a petrochemical works successful Bashkortostan successful cardinal Russia. Regional authorities reported an onslaught connected the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant, but added that the installation was inactive operating.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a instrumentality that allows the usage of subject reservists to defender lipid refineries aft Ukrainian drone strikes person led to substance shortages successful immoderate regions of the country.

Weapons

Putin lauded his country’s improvement of caller weapons, including the Burevestnik cruise rocket and Poseidon ace torpedo, describing them arsenic faster and much effective, with the Burevestnik said to beryllium susceptible of reaching much than 3 times the velocity of sound.
Putin besides said that Russia was proceeding with the wide accumulation of its Oreshnik missile, which Moscow said was archetypal utilized to onslaught Ukraine successful November 2024.
Zelenskyy again urged the United States to stay unfastened to supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons for its warfare effort against Russia’s invasion, portion besides calling for much sanctions connected Moscow’s state and atomic sectors.
Norwegian munitions shaper Nammo has signed a missive of intent with a Ukrainian concern spouse to produce, make and merchantability ammunition successful Ukraine, Norway’s authorities said.

Sanctions

Kazakhstan’s state-owned lipid and state institution Kazmunaygaz and the sanctioned Russian lipid and state steadfast Lukoil are continuing enactment connected associated projects successful accordance with contractual obligations, contempt Western sanctions, Russia’s Interfax bureau reported.
Japan’s concern steadfast Marubeni plans to travel the guidance of the Japanese authorities regarding its engagement successful Russia’s Sakhalin-1 lipid task aft the US authorities sanctioned the project’s cardinal shareholder, Rosneft, Marubeni’s CEO, Masayuki Omoto, told a briefing successful Tokyo.
Turkish substance supplier Guzel Enerji has announced that it volition rise the terms of diesel aft Western sanctions connected Russian lipid companies led to issues with proviso and accrued security and financing costs, according to a papers seen by Reuters quality agency.

Politics and diplomacy

Zelenskyy called connected Hungarian person Viktor Orban to halt blocking Kyiv’s bid to articulation the European Union.
The European Commission said that the EU could invited caller subordinate countries arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2030, arsenic it praised Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova for their advancement connected reforms needed to articulation the bloc.
The EU whitethorn request to travel up with a bridging solution to support Ukraine financed successful aboriginal 2026 if a woody connected an EU loan, based connected frozen Russian assets held successful EU accounts, continues to beryllium delayed, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis said.
Germany plans to summation its fiscal assistance to Ukraine by astir 3 cardinal euros ($3.5bn) adjacent year, a spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Finance said. Germany has already contributed astir 40 cardinal euros ($46bn) since the full-scale Russian penetration began successful 2022.
Maxim Oreshkin, a lawman main of unit successful Russia’s statesmanlike administration, volition pb Moscow’s delegation to the G20 acme successful South Africa aboriginal this month, according to a decree signed by Putin. The Kremlin earlier said that Putin, who is facing an International Criminal Court warrant for arrest, would not question to the acme successful Johannesburg connected November 22-23.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is perpetually moving arsenic a mediator betwixt Ukraine and Russia implicit Ukraine’s atomic powerfulness plants, including successful Zaporizhzhia, IAEA main Rafael Mariano Grossi said.