Listed below are the important thing occasions from day 1,369 of Russia’s warfare on Ukraine.
Printed On 24 Nov 2025
Right here’s the place issues stand on Monday, November 24.
Trump’s plan
- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Geneva that “an amazing quantity of progress” was made throughout talks within the Swiss metropolis on Sunday and that he was “very optimistic” that an settlement could possibly be reached in “a really cheap time frame, very quickly”.
- Rubio additionally stated that particular areas nonetheless being labored on from a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, championed by US President Donald Trump, included the function of NATO and safety ensures for Ukraine.
- Andriy Yermak, the pinnacle of Ukraine’s delegation, echoed Rubio’s sentiments, telling reporters that they made “superb progress” and have been “transferring ahead to the simply and lasting peace Ukrainian folks deserve”.
- Trump had earlier posted on Fact Social saying that Ukraine was not grateful for US efforts. “UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA,” Trump wrote.
- The US president’s put up prompted a fast reply from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wrote on X that his nation was “grateful to the USA … and personally to President Trump” for the help that has been “saving Ukrainian lives”.
- Zelenskyy later stated in his nightly video tackle that Trump’s staff in Geneva was “listening to us [Ukraine]” and that talks have been anticipated to proceed into the night time with “additional reviews” to come back.
- US media outlet CBS reported that Zelenskyy might go to the US this week for direct talks with Trump, however that it will depend upon the end result in Geneva.
- French President Emanuel Macron stated the European Union (EU) ought to proceed to offer monetary help for Ukraine and that he stays assured in Zelenskyy’s means to enhance his nation’s observe file in opposition to corruption, including that Kyiv’s path to EU membership would require rule of regulation reforms.
- In the meantime, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused EU leaders of intentionally prolonging the warfare, which he claimed Ukraine has “no likelihood” of profitable. He additionally described ongoing EU help for Kyiv within the battle as “simply loopy”.
Preventing
- A “huge” Russian drone assault on Ukraine’s Kharkiv killed 4 folks and wounded 12 others on Sunday, in line with native officers. The wounded included two kids aged 11 and 12.
- The performing head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Army Administration, Vladyslav Haivanenko, stated that the area skilled a “troublesome day”, with repeated Russian drone and shelling assaults that killed a 42-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, and wounded not less than 5 folks.
- A Russian shelling assault killed a 40-year-old man working in a area in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia area, the State Emergency Service wrote in a put up on Telegram.
- The governor of Russia’s Moscow area, Andrei Vorobyov, stated {that a} Ukrainian drone assault on the Shatura Energy Station, a warmth and energy station 120km (75 miles) east of the Kremlin, ignited a hearth. The assault lower off heating to 1000’s of individuals, earlier than it was later restored, Vorobyov stated.
- Russia’s Federal Air Navigation Service additionally stated momentary restrictions have been in place at Moscow’s Vnukovo worldwide airport after three Ukrainian drones headed for the capital have been shot down.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says an explosion on a Polish railway line that may be a key route for support deliveries to Ukraine, together with weapons transfers, was an “unprecedented act of sabotage”, pledging to seek out these accountable.
- Oil costs fell as loading resumed on the key Russian export hub of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea after being suspended for 2 days following a Ukrainian assault.
Weapons
- Ukraine and France signed an settlement for Kyiv to purchase as much as 100 Rafale fighter jets over the subsequent 10 years throughout a gathering between Zelenskyy and Macron in Paris.
