Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 946

As the war enters its 946th day, these are the main developments.

Here is the situation on Saturday, September 28, 2024.

At least six people have been killed following two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, according to, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. The first attack killed one person and damaged parts of the facility. As people were evacuated, the Russians struck again, killing five more, he said.

Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 69 of 73 drones during an overnight Russian attack that included two ballistic and two cruise missiles. About 15 of the attack drones were destroyed on the outskirts and in the capital Kyiv, the military said.

At least three people have been killed and six others injured, after a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih struck a five-storey building housing the regional police department, the regional governor Serhiy Lysak said.

Russia claims it has captured the village of Marynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where its forces have been pushing towards the important logistics hub of Pokrovsk.