[Korrespondent] 19:38 Due to a missile attack on Vyshgorod, Kiev region, four people were killed, another 27 were injured , said the head of the regional police Andrey Nebytov. Another six power engineers were injured due to a hit on critical infrastructure.
19:36 Ukraine has resumed pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline, Transneft reported.
19:33 An urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine will be held at 23:00 Kyiv time, Russian media report, citing the permanent mission of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Zelensky said that he had instructed the Permanent Representative to the UN to request an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council because of the missile strikes on Ukraine.
19:22 Zaluzhny specified that during today's attack, the enemy launched 67 air-launched (X-101/X-555) and sea-launched (Caliber) cruise missiles. Ukrainian forces destroyed 51 cruise missiles, as well as five Lancet-type kamikaze drones. According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 30 missiles were fired at Kyiv, 20 were destroyed.
19:17 In Kiev, power supply will be resumed after the stabilization of the system, water and heat in the houses should appear by the morning of November 24, the KGVA reported. During the air raid, 31 rockets were recorded in the sky over the capital, of which the Kyiv Defense Forces shot down 22. A residential sector fell under enemy fire - three people were killed, 11 were injured. Some elements of critical infrastructure were damaged.
19:02 The Pentagon announced that it will be included in a new $400 million aid package from the United States:
- ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS;
- 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imaging sights to combat unmanned aerial systems (UAS);
- 200 high-precision artillery shells of 155 mm caliber;
- 10,000 120mm mortar rounds;
- high-velocity anti-radiation missiles (HARM);
- 150 HMMWV vehicles;
- over 100 light tactical vehicles;
- over 200 generators;
- spare parts for 105-mm howitzers and other equipment.
18:52 Russian Transneft announced that the section of the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline from Brod to the Carpathians was stopped in Ukraine, the timing of the resumption of pumping by the Ukrainian operator - Ukrtransnafta - is unknown.
18:47 The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Moldovan Foreign Ministry due to a blackout in the country of the world.
18:45 Macron said that he plans direct contacts with Putin in the coming days, he wants to discuss the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with him, writes AFP.
18:23 Today, 36 Ukrainians were injured by Russian missile strikes, six were killed, said the head of the National Police Igor Klimenko.
18:09 All that is known at the moment about Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine on November 23 is in the article Russian strike: most regions were left without electricity .
17:56 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide Ukrenergo with 372 million euros to repair power facilities damaged by Russian missiles.
17:41 Biden instructed to allocate another $400 million for military assistance to Ukraine. The package will include weapons, ammunition and air defense systems from US stocks. The White House promises to clarify other details later.
17:32 The air force on Wednesday, November 23, shot down 51 of 70 enemy Kh-101 / Kh-555, Caliber cruise missiles and five Lancet-type kamikaze drones. According to the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia today launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure from strategic aircraft and ships of the Black Sea Fleet. In particular, launches were made from ten Tu-95ms missile-carrying aircraft from the Volgodonsk regions of the Rostov region and the Caspian Sea, as well as from two small missile boats from the Black Sea.
17:09 In Kiev, as a result of today's rocket attacks, three people were killed, 11 were injured , Klitschko said. Among the dead is a 17-year-old girl.
17:01 In Kiev, trams have temporarily suspended their work, they will resume work with an increased interval of movement, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Metro trains will run at intervals of about 10 minutes due to damage to the country's power grid. The work of the metropolitan funicular is temporarily suspended. Such a schedule for the movement of electric transport will be applied until the situation in the country's energy system stabilizes.
16:48 Danilov said that Russian shelling can in no way bring negotiations with the Russian Federation closer: "We dictate in warehouses. Not your missiles. Not your martyrs. Neither your shelling of maternity hospitals will bring your desire for negotiations a single millimeter or step closer. Only the only desire is to destroy the racist monster. Negotiations with a terrorist country only through the sight of the Ukrainian Defense Forces."
16:37 Yermak announced another exchange of prisoners: 36 Ukrainians were returned home - one civilian and 35 military. Among the released are defenders from Azovstal, as well as National Guardsmen taken prisoner at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the first days of the invasion. In total, 22 National Guardsmen, eight border guards, four Navy fighters, and one Armed Forces soldier were released. The freed civilian's leg was amputated. Yermak added that they manage to return home those who spent eight months of the war in captivity.
16:23 Due to a decrease in the frequency in the power system of Ukraine , emergency protection worked at the Rivne, South Ukrainian and Khmelnitsky nuclear power plants, as a result of which all power units were automatically turned off. So far, they are working in the design mode, without generation into the power system, Energoatom said. The radiation background at the NPP sites and nearby areas has not changed, all indicators are normal. As soon as the operation of the power system returns to normal, the supply of electricity from the nuclear power plant will be resumed.
Also, due to the reduction in frequency, the power supply to the Zaporizhzhya NPP's own needs from the power system was stopped. The station went into full blackout mode. All diesel generators are in operation. The radiation background at the ZNPP site remains normal.
16:12 In the Kiev region, more than 20 people were injured as a result of enemy shelling, one person died , said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba. According to him, there were several missile attacks on critical infrastructure, there were also hits on high-rise buildings in Vyshgorod and the private sector in Chabany. The area is completely de-energized, partially there is no heating and water supply.
16:01 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Russia has left her country in the abyss: "We cannot trust a regime that leaves us in darkness and cold, that deliberately kills people out of a simple desire to leave other peoples in poverty and humiliation."
15:43 As a result of explosions in Kiev, nine people were injured , Klitschko said.
15:38 Without power, many cities and regions of Ukraine - Kiev, Zaporozhye, Lviv, Kharkiv, Krivoy Rog, Odessa, Sumy, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnitsky.
15:09 Due to shelling, water supply has been suspended throughout Kiev, residents are asked to stock up on water, Klitschko said.
15:06 In all regions of Ukraine, emergency shutdowns occur after regular missile strikes on energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrenergo reported. Emergency shutdowns across the country will last at least a day.
14:55 Chisinau and a number of regions of Moldova were left without electricity, the country's government reported.
14:49 In the Kiev region, there are hits on the residential sector and critical infrastructure facilities, said OVA head Oleksiy Kuleba. The Office of the President clarified that in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, there was a hit in a residential building.
14:28 Klitschko announced several more explosions in different parts of the capital, rescue services and doctors are on the way.
14:27 In Kiev, emergency power outages are applied, stabilization shutdown schedules do not work, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
14:26 In the Vinnitsa region, critical infrastructure facilities are under fire from the enemy, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Borzov, said.
14:17 Russia has significantly depleted its stocks of missiles, but continues to produce them, said Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He clarified that they do not produce the older generation of missiles - such as the Kh-555, but they can produce the Kh-101, like Caliber. "This production is not so fast, but it continues. We see that the missiles are still significantly reduced," Ignat noted and added that the Russian Federation still has a large number of S-300 missiles, which it uses to terrorize Ukrainian cities near the front.
14:15 Klitschko announced that a rocket had hit one of the capital's infrastructure facilities.
14:06 Nova Poshta stated that it does not plan to stop working in Kherson, but delivery delays are possible. Also, during the shelling, the compartments can be closed.
14:04 Podolyak said that the Russians are planning terrorist attacks on their territory and in Belarus: "The tactics of the Russian Federation at this stage: 1. Terrorist attacks in Belarus to draw it into a land war. 2. Terrorist attacks in Belgorod to increase the Russians' loyalty to the war. 3. Information campaign about prisoners to discredit Ukraine. Remember that it was the Russian Federation that started the war, destroying cities and killing people."
13:59 The main plan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions now is to exhaust the enemy as much as possible, inflict irreparable losses on him, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces, Sergei Cherevaty. According to him, the Ukrainian forces are doing it successfully and every day. "A significant backbone of the professional armed forces of Russia, one might say, has already been exterminated," Cherevaty said.
He also assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to retreat in this direction, since retreat is a last resort, which is used solely to avoid heavy losses, as was the case, for example, near Severodonetsk or Lisichansk.
13:48 The Russians fired dozens of rockets towards Ukraine, an air raid was announced throughout the country. In some areas, there are already reports of air defense work.
13:31 The European Parliament has recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. 494 deputies were in favor of the document, 58 - against, 44 more abstained, Ukrinform reported.
13:29 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation denied reports from Western publications about a recent conversation between Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Bauer on the safety of ships in the Black Sea.
13:24 Mobilized Russians replenish the occupation units on the territory of Ukraine, said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky. According to him, one of the main goals of the mobilization is to replenish the units and tactical groups participating today in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Next is the creation of reserve units in all military districts of the Russian Federation. Such units, for example, are being created even in the Northern Fleet.
"And, of course, I would say about the establishment of a new regime for the division of the regional troops. Because this is one of Russia's approaches to increase the number of troops near our border. Of course, the possible involvement of these troops on the territory of Ukraine. For example, in the Kherson region. We know on the plan to transfer these troops under the responsibility of the Southern Military District," Skibitsky added.
12:47 Ukraine has a chance to get tanks from partner countries, Yegor Chernev, head of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, said: "Ukraine has a chance to finally get Western tanks. During numerous meetings with delegations of NATO countries at the Parliamentary Assembly one of our tasks was to remove the obstacles that have so far blocked the allocation of heavy armored vehicles to us by delegations of our key tank suppliers - Germany, Spain and, most importantly, the United States."
12:11 NATO countries will discuss next steps to support Ukraine, Blinken said: "I had a good phone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers, where we will discuss common priorities such as support for Ukraine, deterrence and defense , sustainability, and the entry of Finland and Sweden".
The meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of foreign ministers will take place in Bucharest on November 29-30.
12:08 Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer agreed with the head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov to observe caution in the Black Sea "in order to avoid incidents", writes Euroaktiv. According to a NATO source, part of the agreement concerns the distance between the ships: they do not sail in close proximity to each other in the Black Sea to avoid "accidents." The source also said that Russia has been "extremely careful" lately, especially in the Black Sea, to avoid accidents.
12:03 Russia is actively preparing for the defense of Crimea, in particular, it is creating position areas in the north of the Dzhankoy region, Andrei Chernyak, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told Ukrinform: "We see that they are actively preparing for defense. They are creating a defensive zone like on the left bank of the Dnieper in "Kherson region, and on the administrative border with Crimea, in the north of the peninsula. In particular, they are building two positional areas in the northern part of the Dzhankoy district. This is very important for them, because as a result of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian forces, the north of Crimea will be the zone of destruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
However, the military intelligence of Ukraine has not yet recorded the evacuation from the north of the Crimean peninsula, Chernyak noted. Commenting on the evacuation of Russians and collaborators from the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, a representative of military intelligence noted that most of them are trying to get not to Crimea, but to the territory of the Russian Federation.
11:21 Residents of Kiev should prepare for the "worst-case scenario" of a widespread blackout at low temperatures, Klitschko said in an interview with Bild. According to him, the capital can expect "the worst winter since the Second World War." If things go according to the worst scenario, part of the city may have to be evacuated, although the authorities do not want it to come to that, Klitschko stressed.
The mayor of Kyiv called on Germany to urgently send humanitarian aid - generators, warm clothes and other necessary things in addition to weapons for the defense of Ukraine.
10:44 British intelligence believes that Russia has used up almost all Iranian drones. Analysts say the Russian Federation is pursuing a UAV campaign to make up for a severe shortage of cruise missiles. But this approach had limited success - most of the launched UAVs were neutralized.
In particular, Iranian kamikaze drone strikes have not been publicly reported since about November 17, 2022, intelligence recalls. Russia will probably try to replenish the stock of drones, since it is faster to buy drones from abroad than to produce new cruise missiles on its own.
10:41 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that he had held talks with the head of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev in Istanbul on the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
10:38 The war between Russia and Ukraine is not only on the battlefield. The battle is also between the two economies, and the stronger the Ukrainian one, the faster the victory. Advisor to the President of Ukraine Oleg Ustenko in an interview with the Correspondent spoke about the difficult months of the war for the Ukrainian economy. He is confident that after the victory, Ukraine will rebuild, and the economy will grow at an unprecedented pace.
10:26 Turkey handed over to Ukraine a 230-mm MLRG-230 MLRG-230 along with guided munitions for them, the Oryx project reported. This is the latest development of the Turkish military-industrial complex, which has not yet been in combat. It works in tandem with the Bayraktar TB2, which illuminates the target with a laser, the range is 70 km.
09:51 SBU during counterintelligence activities in the territories of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the Koretsky Holy Trinity Monastery and in the premises of the Sarnensko-Polesye diocese of the UOC in the Rivne region found pro-Russian literature, millions of hryvnias in cash and "dubious" citizens of the Russian Federation.
More than 50 people underwent in-depth counterintelligence interviews, including with the use of a polygraph. Among them were not only citizens of Ukraine, but also foreigners, including citizens of the Russian Federation, who were on the territory of the facilities. Some of them, when checking documents, provided passports and military cards of the USSR, did not have original documents at all, but only their copies, or had passports of citizens of Ukraine with signs of forgery or damage. Also on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was a 32-year-old citizen of Ukraine, who may be related to the pro-Russian news agency Antvan.
During the events, pro-Russian literature was revealed, which is used in teaching at the seminary and parochial schools, including for propaganda of the "Russian world", as well as cash for a total amount of more than 2 million hryvnias, more than 100 thousand dollars and several thousand Russian rubles .
09:43 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 23. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Avdeevsky, Bakhmut and Liman directions.
- personnel - about 85,410 (+410) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2897 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 5832 (+5),
- artillery systems - 1887 (+5),
- MLRS - 395 (+0),
- air defense systems - 209 (+0),
- aircraft - 278 (+0),
- helicopters - 261 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1537 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 480 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0) units,
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4396 (+3),
- special equipment - 161 (+0).
09:38 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. Eight more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:15 Great Britain will send helicopters to Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of the war, Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. In particular, three Sea King helicopters will be provided, and the first has already arrived, according to the BBC. Over the past six weeks, Ukrainian crews have been trained in the UK in helicopter flight and maintenance to provide search and rescue capabilities. Wallace also said that Britain would send an additional 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.
08:57 Chisinau said that those volumes of gas that Gazprom called "settled" in Ukraine are in fact the savings and reserves of Moldova and will be fully paid.
08:51 In Volnyansk, Zaporozhye region, Russians fired S-300 missiles at the maternity ward of a local hospital at night. One baby was killed, two doctors were injured, one of them is in serious condition, the President's Office reported.
Also in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, the invaders fired at a residential building, a clinic and a school, killing two passers-by.
08:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Russia may attack the Belgorod region under a false flag. Thus, Kremlin propagandists have begun to promote the hypothesis that Ukrainian troops intend to invade the Belgorod region, while other propagandists point out that Russian forces need to regain control over Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region in order to minimize the threat of a Ukrainian attack.
According to ISW experts, these "ridiculous speculations about a fantastic Ukrainian invasion of Russia" may be part of the Kremlin's plan to blame Ukraine and thereby restore public support for the war.
08:24 On Wednesday, November 23, from 00:00 to 24:00, planned power outages are applied in all regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported.
07:59 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Luhansk region and Disputed, Berestovo, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Severnoye, Novobakhmutovka, Krasnogorovka, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Marinka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
The Russians are equipping defensive lines along the section of the Kakhovka-Melitopol highway, in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. And in Sevastopol, on the basis of one of the educational institutions, UAV operators of both Russian and Iranian production are being trained. The training period is up to three weeks, about 30 servicemen are now being trained.
00:03 The Minister of Education of the times of Yanukovych, Dmitry Tabachnik, was informed of a suspicion of treason due to assistance to the Gauleiters of the occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Volodymyr Saldo and Yevgeny Balitsky, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.