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    Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,311
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    Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,311

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    Here are the key events on day 1,311 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

    A view of the destruction after Russian combined attack on Kherson in the Kherson region of Ukraine on September 26, 2025. About a dozen and a half guided bombs were dropped on Kherson and its suburbs followed by artillery shelling. 74-year-old local resident was killed, and six more people were injured in the attack. Several apartment buildings and more than 70 private houses, an administrative building, civilian vehicles, and public transport were damaged due to the shelling, and fires also broke out. Photojournalist:Kherson Regional Military Adm

    Russian forces bombed a vehicle and dozens of houses in the Kherson region of Ukraine on Friday, killing at least one person [Handout: Kherson Regional Military Administration via Anadolu]

    Published On 27 Sep 2025

    Here is how things stand on Saturday, September 27:

    Fighting

    • A Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kherson region killed a 74-year-old woman and injured two other people, Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote in a post on Telegram. About 70 homes and an administration building were damaged in the attack, Prokudin said.
    • Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery. “Confirmed collision and fire,” the General Staff said in a post on Facebook, adding that the degree of damage was being investigated.
    • Russian forces have occupied the Ukrainian village of Yunakivka in the Sumy region, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.

    Politics and diplomacy

    • Russia on Friday accused Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of making “irresponsible” threats after he said Moscow’s top officials should check for bomb shelters near the Kremlin if the country does not stop its offensive on Ukraine.
    • In an interview with United States media outlet Axios, published on Thursday, President Zelenskyy said Russian officials “have to know where their bomb shelters are”, adding: “If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case.”
    • US President Donald Trump told Zelenskyy he was open to lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russia, but did not commit to doing so in their meeting on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed officials.
    • Axios also reported on Friday that Zelenskyy asked Trump for Tomahawk missiles, citing unnamed sources.

    Regional security

    • Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s military had recently “recorded violations of our airspace by reconnaissance drones, which are likely Hungarian”, along the country’s border with its neighbour. Speaking later in his nightly video address, Zelenskyy referred to “very strange incidents” and called for “thorough checks”.
    • Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto replied in a post on X, saying: “President Zelenskyy is losing his mind to his anti-Hungarian obsession. He’s now starting to see things that are

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