As the war enters its 960th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
Fighting
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces had downed 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 17 in the southeastern Krasnodar region, 16 over the Azov Sea and 12 over the border region of Lursk. There were no immediate reports on casualties.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia fired 28 drones at Ukraine, of which 24 were destroyed in the regions of Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Mikolayev and Kherson.
The Ukrainian chief of staff said its forces had struck a fuel depot overnight in the eastern Russian-occupied Luhansk region, setting it on fire. It did not give any details and Moscow did not confirm the attack.
Russia has said that its forces captured the front-line villages of Zhelanne Druge and Ostrivske in eastern Ukraine, the latest in a string of territorial gains. Ostrivske lies on the eastern banks of the Kurakhove reservoir in an area where…
