Russia-Ukraine War at a Glance: What We Know on Day 327 of the Invasion

  • The death toll in a Russian rocket attack on an apartment block in Dnipro has risen to 30, according to Ukrainian officials. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his last address that “the list of dead includes 30 people, including a child – a girl, she was 15 years old.” At least 73 people were injured and 39 people rescued as of Sunday afternoon. City officials in Dnipro said 43 people were still missing. “The chances of saving people are now minimal,” Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov told Portal. I think the death toll will be in the dozens.”

  • Acknowledges responsibility for rocket attacks across Ukraine Russia’s defense ministry said Sunday it had achieved its goal. A ministry statement released on Telegram said: “All designated targets have been hit. The aim of the attack has been achieved.” However, the attack on the Dnipro apartment building was not mentioned.

  • President Vladimir Putin has told Russian state television that what he calls the “military special operation” in Ukraine has gained positive momentum. “The dynamics are positive,” he told state TV Rossiya 1. “Everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff.” Putin said he hoped soldiers would score more victories after Russia took control of the eastern Ukrainian salt-mining town Soledar claimed – a claim denied by Kyiv.

  • Main battle tanks from German industrial reserves wanted by Ukraine will not be ready for delivery until 2024. Defense manufacturer Rheinmetall’s warning will dampen Kiev’s hopes that Britain’s promise to supply Challenger 2 tanks would encourage other European nations to quickly follow suit. “Even if the decision to send our Leopard tanks to Kyiv came tomorrow, delivery would take until the beginning of next year,” said Rheinmetall boss Armin Papperger of “Bild am Sonntag”.

  • The British Prime Minister has confirmed that the country will provide Ukraine with 14 of its Challenger 2 main battle tanks and other advanced artillery support in the coming weeks. Downing Street said Rishi Sunak made the pledge during a call Saturday morning with Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a sign of “Britain’s desire to step up our support for Ukraine”. The Russian embassy in the UK said the move would only “exacerbate” the conflict.

  • Britain’s Foreign Secretary said “now is the time to accelerate and go further and faster” to give Ukraine the support it needs. In a column for the British tabloid The Sun on Sunday, James Cleverly writes that the Russian army is on the defensive and morale among its troops is deplorable, blaming the “disorganized state of Russian military logistics”.

  • NATO Secretary General said Ukraine could soon expect further deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries. “The recent commitments for heavy war equipment are important – and I expect more in the near future,” Jens Stoltenberg told the German Handelsblatt on Sunday. Western allies will consider sending main battle tanks to Kyiv ahead of a meeting in Ramstein, Germany next Friday, where governments are expected to announce their latest pledges of military support.

  • The Belarusian Security Council said on Sunday that the joint air force exercises with Russia, which are due to start on Monday, are purely defensive in nature and would focus on reconnaissance missions and how to thwart a possible attack. “The exercise is purely defensive in nature,” said Pavel Muraveyko, first deputy state secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, according to a post in the Belarusian Defense Ministry’s Telegram app on Sunday. “It will be a set of measures to prepare our and Russian aviation for conducting the relevant combat missions.”