Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,361 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key events from the 1,361st day of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here are the conditions for Sunday, November 16:

fighting

• The Ukrainian military said it attacked Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, located about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of Moscow, “as part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to conduct missile and bomb attacks.”
• The Ukrainian military said the attack caused several explosions and a large fire at the site.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces had taken control of the village of Yablyukov in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region.
• The Ukrainian military confirmed the retreat from the village of Novovasilivske in Zaporizhia, saying the retreat was necessary to move to “more favorable defensive positions”.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the widow of the first victim of the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl power plant was among several killed in Russian attacks on the capital of Kiev in recent days. He said that Natalia Khodemchuk’s death was the result of “a new tragedy once again created by the Kremlin”.
• Conditions at the Moscow-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine are stable after an external power line was shut down as a precaution on Friday, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported.
• Russian state-run TASS news agency reported that Ukrainian forces have launched drone strikes on residential buildings in the Russian city of Volgograd, causing damage to “the facades and glazing of apartment buildings and the surrounding area.”
• According to TASS, the Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down eight Ukrainian drones over the course of four hours in the areas of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk, as well as in Russian-occupied Crimea.

politics and diplomacy

• Russia and Ukraine have agreed to move forward with a prisoner swap that would see about 1,200 Ukrainians released, according to a Ukrainian official. The announcement came after several days of talks overseen by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, reviving the exchange process set out during previous talks in Istanbul.
• President Zelensky promised to “reboot” state-owned energy companies, including reforms to root out corruption, as his government grapples with a major scandal in which investigators said $100 million was embezzled from power companies.
• Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed a bill providing social assistance for Ukrainian refugees, but said it was “the last time” he would do so unless a new solution to the issue was found. The Polish leader has argued that the provision of aid to Ukrainian refugees, about one million of whom are living in Poland, is “unfair to Poles”. The legal status of Ukrainian refugees in Poland is set to expire in March.
• Serbian officials said the United States will not ease sanctions on Serbian oil company NIS, despite appeals for leniency from Belgrade, unless it changes its majority-Russian ownership stake in the company. Energy Minister Dubravka Jedovic Handanovic said the US “clearly and unambiguously” demanded a change in Russian ownership, giving Serbia until February 13 to find a solution.

logistical support

• Zelensky called for additional air defense resources after a wave of Russian attacks on Kiev killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others. The Ukrainian leader said the attacks underlined the need for more aid and “greater resolve” from allies after attacks on apartment buildings across the capital city on Friday.