Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,288

"Russian forces launched 408 attacks on Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, killing a 62-year-old man in the Polohy district, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said. A man was killed in a Russian attack on the Khmelnytskyi region in western Ukraine, the region's governor, Serhii Tiurin, said. Russian attacks injured at least 35 people across Ukraine on Wednesday, including 14 people in the Donetsk area and 14 people in the Kherson region, local officials said, according to the Kyiv Independent news outlet."

"Ukraine's air force said it shot down 430 Russian drones and 21 missiles, the Kyiv Independent reported. A Ukrainian drone attack killed a 52-year-old man in the village of Belitsa, in Russia's Kursk region, the region's governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said. A Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Chernihiv region left nearly 30,000 homes without power, Governor Viacheslav Chaus said. Russia's Defence Ministry claimed its troops have captured about half of the city of Kupiansk in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region."

"France's President Emmanuel Macron, centre, attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not pictured, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, on Wednesday [Teresa Suarez/Pool via AP Photo] Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Russian soil: Donald [Trump] asked me for such a meeting, I said: Yes, it's possible, let Zelenskyy come to Moscow', Putin said in Beijing on Wednesday."

Russian forces launched hundreds of attacks, including 408 strikes in Zaporizhia, killing civilians and injuring dozens across multiple regions. Separate Russian strikes killed people in Khmelnytskyi and elsewhere while Ukrainian strikes hit targets inside Russia, causing at least one death. Both sides reported large numbers of drones and missiles shot down, with Russia claiming dozens of Ukrainian drones downed and Ukraine reporting hundreds of Russian drones and missiles intercepted. A Russian drone attack left nearly 30,000 homes in Chernihiv without power. Russia claimed control of roughly half of Kupiansk, a claim Ukraine rejected. Putin said he was open to meeting Zelenskyy in Moscow.

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