These were the key developments on the 1,008th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.Here is the situation on Thursday, November 28:
Fighting
Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Nova Illinka, close to the embattled Donetsk region town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence.
A Russian drone attack on Kyiv has wounded three people, two of whom were hospitalised, officials in the Ukrainian capital said.
Russia is pressing ahead to put its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile – part of its strategic nuclear arsenal – on combat duty, according to state-run news agency TASS.
Ukraine’s air defences downed 36 of 89 Russian drones launched in attacks overnight, while Russian air defence systems destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones overnight, both sides reported.
Ukraine should consider lowering the age of military service for its soldiers to 18 from 25, an anonymous senior United States administration official has said, adding that Kyiv is not mobilising or training enough new soldiers to replace those lost on the battlefield.
Politics and diplomacy
Russia’s acts of sabotage against Western targets may eventually prompt NATO to invoke the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service, has said.
Donald Trump has tapped Keith Kellogg, a retired US lieutenant general who presented him with a plan to end the war in Ukraine, to serve as a special envoy for the conflict, the president-elect has announced. Kellogg was chief of staff for the White House National Security Council during Trump’s 201 …