Russia-Ukraine War: List of key events, day 1,048 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key events on the 1,048th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Here is the situation on Tuesday, January 7:

Fighting

• Russia's Defense Ministry says it has captured the village of Dachenske, south of Pokrovsk, another major city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, which its troops targeted.
• Ukrainian police said a Russian airstrike targeted a bus in the Kherson region on Monday, killing one person and injuring eight others.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had suffered heavy losses during a five-month offensive by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, with nearly 15,000 dead. Russia's occupation of the southern region has allowed Kyiv's military to establish a safe haven, forcing Moscow to withdraw troops from front-line positions in eastern Ukraine, he added.
• A number of Ukrainian soldiers were abandoned during training in France, a French military official told AFP news agency. The military is now under a disciplinary regime “imposed by the command of Ukraine”.

Politics and diplomacy

• French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Ukraine to have “realistic” expectations about the region as its war against Russian aggression enters its fourth year, saying he sees no “quick and easy solution” to the conflict.
• Moldovan authorities have summoned the Russian ambassador over concerns that the situation in Transnistria is worsening. The fractured region is at risk of a complete blackout after Russia cut off gas supplies.
• US President-elect Donald Trump's ambassador to Ukraine, retired Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, has postponed a fact-finding trip to Kyiv and other European capitals until after Trump's inauguration on January 20, according to sources.
• The bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said the West despises Russia and its “unique path of civilized development”.