As the war enters its 993rd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, November 14:
Fighting
Ukrainian forces have repelled Russian troops near the northeastern city of Kupiansk, Ukraine’s military has said. It added that Russian forces attacked in four waves and deployed tanks, armoured vehicles and a mine-clearing system. Some of the Russian forces, it said, donned uniforms resembling those of the Ukrainian military – a practice it said is a war crime.
Heavy military activity has been reported further south in the city of Pokrovsk, with Ukrainian forces repelling all but one of 36 attacks.
Russia’s Defence Ministry has said its forces have taken control of the town of Rivnopil in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Ukrainian authorities have said a Russian attack killed two residents in the village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk region.
A Ukrainian car bomb has killed senior Russian naval officer Valery Trankovsky in occupied Crimea’s city of Sevastopol, in what a Kyiv security source has said is one of its highest-ranking targets to date.
Russia has launched its first missile attack on Kyiv since August, with no casualties or major damage reported. Air defences intercepted two incoming cruise missiles, two ballistic missiles and 37 drones across the country, the air force said.
North Korean soldiers in Ukraine
South Korea’s spy agency has said it has evidence that North Korean soldiers …