[Korrespondent] 22.29 Since the beginning of the day, 234 combat clashes have occurred, most of which took place in four directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in its evening summary.
20.44 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has expressed his readiness to work with the US "peace plan" for Ukraine. According to him, Russia is supposedly ready to "show flexibility" regarding a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, but they are also satisfied with "the dynamics in the North-Eastern Front (this is what Russia calls a full-scale war against Ukraine - ed.).
"But we are also ready for peaceful negotiations, for resolving problems peacefully, but this requires, of course, a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan. We are ready for this," the Kremlin leader said.
20.43 The Kremlin is trying to convince the West of the "successes" of the Russian army on the battlefield in Ukraine, while at the same time declaring its desire for a peace agreement. According to the press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, regular attacks on Ukrainian cities and the "advancement" of Russian troops on the front are "effective work of the armed forces", which should convince Kyiv to sign a peace treaty on the Kremlin's terms. This is reported by Russian media.
20.20 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Ukrainian leader spoke about the American side's proposals to end the war and contacts with partners in Europe and the United States.
Many meetings and phone calls are planned in the coming days. Teams from Ukraine, the United States, and Europe will work together, the president assured.
20.01 On the night of November 19, a 7-year-old Polish citizen, Amelia, was killed in a Russian strike on Ternopil. This was reported by Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Maciej Wewier.
The spokesman recalled that Russian troops attacked civilians in Ternopil, and "among the victims of this atrocity is a 7-year-old Polish citizen."
"She died at night with her mother. Our institution is in constant contact with the authorities of the Ternopil region," Veveyor noted.
19:40 Russians attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region during the day. Two men, aged 66 and 64, were killed, and five more people were injured, two of whom were hospitalized in moderate condition.
19.29 Russian troops are moving to the central part of Pokrovsk, where they are setting up positions, entrenching themselves and moving into the stage of a full-fledged battle for the settlement. This was reported by DeepState analysts.
19.10 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US Vice President J.D. Vance and US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll. The key topic was a new "peace plan", the head of state reported on Telegram.
18.57 A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied information about the recruitment of Koreans in Seoul for service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18.51 Ukraine has until next Thursday, November 27, to agree to the "peace plan" proposed by the American side. US President Donald Trump said this in a podcast with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade. At the same time, he dismissed Ukraine's concerns about the need to cede territories to Russia, because "they are already losing land."
18.27 The draft of the US peace plan for Ukraine, consisting of 28 points, was probably first drawn up in Russian. The English version of the text contains "clumsy" constructions typical of a translation from Russian, explains The Guardian journalist Luke Harding.
In particular, the third paragraph says: "It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries, and NATO will not expand further." The combination "It is expected" in English is considered grammatically awkward; the Russian version "ожидается" looks more logical. Other Russianisms that probably penetrated the text are "неоднозначности" (ambiguities) and "закрепить" (to enshrine).
17.39 Since the beginning of the current day, 130 combat clashes have taken place on the front, most of which are concentrated in five directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary . The most active fighting continues in the Pokrovsk region, where the Russians are storming in the areas of 14 settlements.
17.04 Ukraine is currently under great pressure and may face a very difficult choice: either loss of dignity or risk losing a key partner. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an address to the Ukrainian people.
16.39 The Ukrainian side has intensified work on the points of the new peace plan. Calls and meetings with partners are held constantly, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Telegram. According to him, work is underway with partners at all levels to take into account Ukrainian national interests.
16.26 The Command of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine stated that information about the alleged encirclement of Ukrainian units or the presence of blocking detachments in the Hulyaipil direction is not true, despite the difficult situation.
"The situation in the Hulyaipil direction is quite tense. The enemy does not reduce the fire impact on our positions, in particular, over the past day there have been 10 combat clashes near the settlements of Yablukove and Rivnopillya," the report noted.
At the same time, the command emphasized that at this time information is being spread on social networks that certain units are "surrounded by the enemy." As well as about the alleged "presence of barricading units that block our units and prevent them from retreating."
"This information is untrue and is openly aimed at discrediting the military command," the statement added.
16.17 In Ternopil, the bodies of a mother, her 1.5-year-old son, and 6-year-old daughter were found under the rubble of a house destroyed by a Russian missile. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this.
"Another family whose lives were taken by Russia... A man waited for three days near the ruins of a house in Ternopil, hoping that rescuers would find his wife and two children. Unfortunately, a miracle did not happen: the woman, her one-and-a-half-year-old son, and her 6-year-old daughter died. They were killed by a Russian missile," the report says.
16.04 An explosion occurred in the premises of the RTCC and SP in Odessa . The regional department of the National Police reported this. One person died and another was injured. Emergency services are working at the scene.
15.35 Russian pro-government military bloggers (so-called Z-bloggers) actually accused the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, of lying when the day before he assured Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk had been "captured" by Russian invaders.
15.20 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with European leaders the US "peace plan" to end the war in Ukraine. He reported this on Telegram. It was decided that the front line "is a starting point for understanding", and the Armed Forces of Ukraine must remain capable of effectively defending Ukraine's sovereignty.
14.50 Ukrainian military hit a number of expensive Russian targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the GUR. Among the hit targets was the 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar station , the cost of which could reach about 100 million dollars.
14.29 The Russian prisoner, who was extradited by Ukraine to Lithuania in late October on suspicion of involvement in the torture of a Lithuanian volunteer, is named Margen Gadzhimagomedov. The SBU reported this on November 21. It is noted that he was an inspector of the military police of the 177th separate marine regiment of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Federation, and, according to the investigation, participated in the brutal torture of prisoners in a prison set up by Russian forces on the territory of the occupied airfield in Melitopol, Zaporizhia. Among those affected by his actions was a volunteer from Lithuania, who had been assisting the Ukrainian Defense Forces since the first days of the full-scale war.
13.45 Russian troops have pulled up operational reserves to replenish personnel losses in Pokrovsk . This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russian command has already activated the operational reserve - units of the 76th Airborne Assault Division.
13.18 Russian troops massively attack Odessa and the region with strike drones.
"Several more cases of falling debris and hits without detonation were recorded. At least one person was injured. Data on the injured is being clarified," said the head of the OVA, Oleg Kiper.
According to him, residential and non-residential buildings and garages were damaged in Odessa. Falling debris was also recorded in open areas in rural areas.
13.02 Four Russian invaders were eliminated by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the resistance movement in the settlement of Kalynove in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. Also during this operation, enemy UAZs and buggies were destroyed. This is stated in a message on the GUR website.
In addition, the 8th Special Forces Regiment of the Prince Izyaslav Mstislavich Special Forces discovered and destroyed a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Donetsk direction. The regiment reported this on Facebook and published a video of the combat operation.
12.53 In Ternopil, the death toll from Russian shelling has risen to 31. Rescuers have recovered three more bodies from the rubble , the National Police reported. The identification of the dead and the search for 13 more people who still remain missing are ongoing.
12.35 European leaders are allegedly working on their own version of a plan to end the war in Ukraine, rather than the "peace plan" prepared by the US administration. The Wall Street Journal reported this the day before .
The Europeans hope to convince Ukraine to support their plan because it will contain fairer terms for Kyiv.
11.14 On Friday night, the Russian army launched new attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine. There are also outages due to bad weather. The Ministry of Energy reported this.
In the morning, electricity consumption increased by 2.1%, so the need for economical electricity consumption remains.
10:45 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Rustem Umerov denied media reports that he "agreed" to most of the points of the peace agreement with Russia proposed by the United States. He reported this on Telegram.
10.29 Counterintelligence officers detained an agent of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU) in the Kharkiv region. He was passing on coordinates for attacks in the Kupyansk direction to the enemy, the SBU reported. The person in question is an IT specialist from Kharkiv who already has a criminal record for collaborating with racists at the beginning of the full-scale war.
9.59 Russia attacked Ukraine, using 115 strike drones. About 70 of them are "shaheeds". The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
9.49 The Kremlin "has not heard of Ukraine's consent" to discuss the terms of the "peace plan" of the US President Donald Trump administration to end the war. This was reported by the Russian propaganda news agency TASS, citing the words of the Russian dictator's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
9.42 Russian troops attacked the Sinelnyky and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, one person was killed and two were injured. This was reported by the acting head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Vladislav Gaivanenko, on November 21. According to him, a 54-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman were hospitalized in moderate condition.
9.26 Search and rescue operations after the Russian strike on November 19 in Ternopil have been ongoing for the third day. Contact with 16 people has still not been established. The State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram.
9.24 Russian troops attacked Chernihiv region with drones, one person died. This was reported by the State Emergency Service. It is noted that a grocery store caught fire in the Novgorod-Siverskyi district. Firefighters from the local fire brigade freed a store employee from the rubble, but, unfortunately, she could not be saved, the woman died.
8.59 The largest number of combat clashes occurred in the Pokrovsky direction - 59. In total, 173 such combat clashes took place on the front over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.34 The Donald Trump administration's "peace plan" to end the war in Ukraine includes security guarantees similar to NATO's Article 5, which obligates the US and European allies to consider an attack on Ukraine as an attack on the entire transatlantic community, Axios reports, citing a draft of the agreement.
7.59 Five people, including a child, were injured as a result of Russian drone strikes on the city of Odessa on the night of November 21. This was reported by the head of the Odessa Oblast Autonomous Administration, Oleg Kiper, on Telegram.
7.52 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed another 1,050 invaders over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook.
7.36 The media learned the details of the 28-point peace plan of the administration of President Donald Trump. The document includes such proposals for Ukraine as giving up part of its territories, limiting the size of the army and enshrining in the Constitution the refusal to join the North Atlantic Alliance. This is reported by Axios, referring to the received draft document and confirmation from Ukrainian and American government officials.
05.31 France called on all member states of the UN Security Council to support the initiative for a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of France to the UN, Jerome Bonnafont, during a meeting of the Security Council.
05.00 At nightfall on November 21, explosions were heard in the northern part of Odessa. The head of the city's military administration reported that a residential building and an enterprise in one of the city's districts were damaged as a result of the enemy attack. Four people were injured.
04.30 On the night of Thursday, November 20, an enemy drone struck the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv with a Gerber drone. According to Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov, there were no casualties or damage.
03.05 Explosions are heard and flashes are visible in Crimea, as reported massively by local media. The incidents were recorded on the night of Friday, November 21. According to eyewitnesses, in the area of the Saki military airfield "it was very bright", after which explosions thundered.
01.03 On November 20, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov stated in a report to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin that he allegedly had full control over Kupyansk and Yampol in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. In response, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denied the Russian leadership's statements about the alleged capture of these settlements.
00.29 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address outlined the conditions that Ukraine is ready to put forward in the context of discussing the peace proposals proposed by the United States of America. The President emphasized that Ukraine's position has remained unchanged since the very beginning of the war: the country needs a real peace, resistant to a possible new invasion. He emphasized that this peace must be dignified and based on respect for the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine, as well as the dignity of the Ukrainian people.
00.04 In Ternopil, the number of victims of the Russian missile strike on November 19 has increased to 28 people. The rescue service reported that another body of a deceased person was found under the rubble of a multi-story building.