Here are the key events from day 1,352 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 7 Nov 20257 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Friday, November 7:Fighting
Ukraine attacked Russia with at least 75 drones on Thursday, sparking a fire in an industrial area in the southern city of Volgograd, which killed at least one person and halted dozens of flights across the country, Russian officials said.
Russian oil firm Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd has also halted operations after it was struck by Ukrainian drones, the Reuters news agency reports, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
The sources said Lukoil’s primary processing unit, CDU-5, with a daily capacity of 9,100 metric tonnes, or 66,700 barrels per day – a fifth of the plant’s total capability – and another with a capacity of 11,000 tonnes per day were damaged during the attack.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces have advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian troops.
Russia said it captured 64 buildings in Pokrovsk over the past 24 hours and repelled Ukrainian attacks from Hryshyne to the west.
Moscow says taking Pokrovsk would give it a platform to drive north towards the two biggest remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in the Donetsk region, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
South Africa’s government said it received distress calls from 17 citizens who had joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The men are between the ages of 20 and 39 years and are trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region. It is unclear who they were fighting for.
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Ukraine is engaged in “positive” talks on the purchase of Tomahawk missiles and other long-range weaponry with the United States, Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington, Olha Stefanishyna, told Bloomberg News.
Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said Sweden and Ukraine have signed a letter of intent that includes establishing a joint hub in Ukraine “where Swedish personnel will be working on defence innovation”.
Ukraine has also asked Sweden to start training Ukrainian pilots on Swedish Gripen fighter jets as soon as possible, Kyiv’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Sanctions
Swiss commodity trader Gunvor said it has withdrawn its proposal to buy the foreign assets of sanctioned Russian energy company Lukoil after the US Treasury called the firm Russia’s “puppet” and signalled Washington’s oppos …
