Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19.41 Russia will continue testing the Oreshnik non-nuclear ballistic missile. This was announced by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry and representatives of the military-industrial complex.
18.40 The Ukrainian side is working with the United States to obtain systems capable of shooting down Russian intercontinental missiles. This is reported by sources in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18.27 Russian war criminals shot five captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers near Ugledar. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office.
18.18 Since the beginning of the current day, Russian aggressors have been attacking Ukraine with Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of an unspecified type. Most of the targets have been destroyed, but combat operations continue, the Ukrainian Air Force reported .
17:35 More than half of Russians for the first time since the war began have come out in favor of immediate negotiations with Ukraine. This is evidenced by a Russia Field poll for November.
17.05 Since the beginning of the day, 118 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Russian aggressors are conducting active actions in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhovsky and Vremevsky directions, as well as in the Kursk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16.00.
16.10 Ukrainian authorities initiated the Ukraine-NATO Council due to the Russian strike on the Dnieper with the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga.
15.51 China, in response to Russia's strike on the Dnieper with the Oreshnik ballistic missile and Vladimir Putin's threats to Western countries, called on "all parties" to remain calm and restrained. This was stated by the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Lin Jian, at a briefing.
15:21 Russia may have up to 10 units of the new Oreshnik ballistic missile , which attacked the city of Dnepr on November 21. At present, the discussion is about the research and combat use of the new missile system in combat conditions, the GUR believes .
14.25 The aggressor country Russia has deployed almost 580 thousand servicemen in the war against Ukraine. Such data was announced by Ukrainian intelligence.
13.41 It would seem that the "reckless actions" of Western countries supplying missiles to Ukraine will not go unanswered by Russia, and this is the main thing in Vladimir Putin's statement yesterday about the use of the Oreshnik missile. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this at a briefing.
13.15 The aggressor country Russia attacked the city of Dnepr on November 21, using a ballistic missile presumably from the Kedr missile system . This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
12:46 The President's Office and the Cabinet of Ministers are working as usual with standard safety rules. Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada cancelled a scheduled meeting due to a possible Russian strike on the government quarter in Kiev.
12:20 Footage of an intercontinental ballistic missile in flight has allegedly appeared on the Internet. They are being published by Russian propagandists. This was reported by Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko. The video shows a missile in flight, leaving a bright flash in the sky.
11:57 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stripped 34 traitors of Ukraine of their state awards. Among them are Viktor Medvedchuk, Nikolay Azarov, Taisiya Povaliy. The list also includes Oleksandr Yefremov, Renat Kuzmin, Dmytro Tabachnyk, Viktor Pshonka, Andriy Derkach, Ani Lorak and others.
11:52 Ukrainian and NATO officials will hold an emergency meeting on Russia's use of a new ballistic missile, diplomatic sources say .
11:29 The Verkhovna Rada session on Friday was cancelled due to a potential threat of shelling of the government quarter in Kiev. This was stated by MPs from various factions.
9.54 Explosions have thundered in Cherkasy Oblast. The region has been declared on alert due to the threat of drones. This was reported by the head of Cherkasy OVA Igor Taburets. According to him, there is an increased danger for Cherkasy and Zolotonosha districts due to the threat of enemy drones.
8.50 There have been 190 combat clashes on the front over the past 24 hours. The enemy put the most pressure on the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that the missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck an important enemy target.
7.55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,050 Russian occupiers in one day.
7.45 Russia has increased the number of missile carriers in the Black Sea. As of the morning of November 28, Russia has concentrated 28 ships there. Six of them are carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Kalibr type with a total salvo of up to 23 missiles. The day before, five Russian missile carriers were recorded in this water area.
7.23 Russians attacked a residential area of Sumy with "shahedeen" tonight. Two people were killed, 12 people were injured. Emergency services are working at the sites of enemy attacks.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The enemy has organized the largest number of attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. Five combat clashes are currently ongoing there.
Since the beginning of the day, 118 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Russian aggressors are conducting active actions in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhovsky and Vremevsky directions, as well as in the Kursk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16:00 on Friday, November 22.
Thus, in the Kursk region, the Russians carried out 19 attacks. They also carried out four airstrikes on their own territory, dropping four UABs.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Volchansk area.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians are trying to advance in the area of Zelenaya Roshcha. There is one combat clash there.
In the Liman direction, the aggressor advanced 12 times near Grekovka, Novoegorovka, Makeyevka, Torskoye and Terny. One combat clash continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders are repelling an attack in the Stupochki area.
In the Toretsk direction, the invaders attacked three times in the Toretsk region. Two attacks were repelled, and one battle is still ongoing.
The Pokrovsky direction has the largest number of battles - 29. The Russians tried to advance at Mirolyubovka, Promenya, Lisovka, Sukhoi Yar, Pustynka, Grigoryevka, Dachenskoye, Petrovka and Pushkin. Five battles are currently ongoing.
The situation in the Kurakhovsky direction remains tense. Near Berestki, Solntsovka, Novodmitrovka, Kurakhovoye, Yekaterinovka, Romanovka and Antonovka, 11 assaults have been repelled, and 10 more battles are currently ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the aggressor is trying to advance near Trudovoye, Konstantinopolskoye, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Sukhi Yal and Novodarovka. 14 attacks have already been repelled, nine are still ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, our defenders repelled three enemy attacks.
Let us recall that Russia's losses since the beginning of the war are approaching 730 thousand killed and wounded . In just one day on November 21, more than 1,000 occupiers were "minus"
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[EngMilRu] From 16 to 22 November 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massed and 30 group strikes with high-precision weapons, including the strike by the Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile as well as with strike drones.
As a result, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit important facilities of the Ukrainian defence industry, energy facilities used to support the AFU, infrastructure of military airfields, places where strike drones were assembled and stored as well as stockpiles, ammunition and fuel depots.
On 21 November 2024, in response to the use of U.S. and British long-range weapons against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a Ukrainian defence industry facility in Dnepropetrovsk. For the first time, the Russian Armed Forces employed an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile equipped with supersonic non-nuclear charge. The purpose of the launch was achieved. All warheads reached the designated targets.
Moreover, Russian units hit temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed, nationalist, and foreign mercenaries formations.
Over the past week, the Sever Group of Forces continued to defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk region.
Aviation, drones, and artillery hit manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, five territorial defence brigades, and two National Guard brigades.
In Kharkov direction, Russian units hit formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, an air assault brigade, four territorial defence brigades, a National Guard brigade, and a Ukrainian border guard detachment.
During the week, in the Sever Group of Forces area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to up to 2,620 troops, seven tanks, including a German-made Leopard tank, 73 infantry fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley and three German Marder armoured vehicles, a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, 47 motor vehicles, and 24 field artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces seized more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airborne brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and a National Guard brigade. In addition, 27 counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,210 troops, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 36 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns, including ten 155-mm self-propelled artillery systems and howitzers produced by NATO states.
Six electronic warfare stations and 17 field ammunition depots were obliterated.
The Yug Group of Forces liberated Dalneye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian troops hit four mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades, and an air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops repelled 13 counter-attacks of AFU units.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,845 troops, four tanks, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including five U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 51 motor vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, and 16 Western-made artillery guns. In addition, ten electronic warfare and counter-battery stations as well as 16 field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of the enemy's defence and liberated Leninskoye, Novoalekseyevka, Novoselidovka, Ilinka, and Novodmitrovka of Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, three jaeger brigades of the AFU, two marine brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and two National Guard brigades. In addition, 68 enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Over the past week, the losses of Ukrainian armed formations in this area amounted to over 2,680 troops, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 17 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, six Kazak,U.S.-made MaxxPro, and Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and 36 field artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces liberated Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops damaged formations of a mechanised brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, an infantry brigade, a naval infantry brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and a National Guard brigade. Nine counter-attacks of AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 975 troops, seven tanks including a German-made Leopard tank, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 36 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, and manufactured in the United States: two M113 armoured personnel carriers, a HMMWV armoured vehicle, and a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, an infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 530 troops, 37 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, 11 electronic and counterbattery warfare stations, and four field ammunition depots.
Russian air defence shot down a Neptune long-range missile, five U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 16 French-made Hammer aerial bombs, 18 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 642 U.S.-made fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
During the week, 82 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, including 52 servicemen in Kursk region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,500 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,481 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,490 MLRS launchers, 18,388 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,637 units of support military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 5th, 17th Tank brigades, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th, 117th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Aleksandria, Viktorovka, Daryino, Lebedevka, Leonidovka, Malaya Loknya, Nikolskiy, Novoivanovka, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware near Aleksandria, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovy, Nizhniy Klin, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhurovka, Obody and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have sustained losses of 150 troops, four motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and two mortars.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to more than 34,690 troops, 215 tanks, 147 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 armoured personnel carriers, 1,190 armoured fighting vehicles, 992 motor vehicles, 297 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 68 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/22/2024 to 00:00 11/23/2024.
Nine cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian injuries.
DAMAGED:
One residential building,
One car.
Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 25 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:40 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Southern Group of Forces amazed Ukrainian stronghold in the Kurakhovsky direction.
Having marched to the starting positions from the combat duty area, the artillerymen deployed the Grad MLRS and fired a salvo, which hit the enemy’s fortifications, manpower and equipment.
20:27 Artillerymen of the "West" group of forces destroyed an M-198 howitzer and field ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, –video.
19:45 We are delivering powerful strikes. Su-34 crews are delivering strikes on concentrations of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region, –video.
18:54 Right on target: FPV drone crew of the Sever group of forces destroyed the Marder infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area, –video.
17:41 South Donetsk direction. The calculation of unmanned aerial vehicles of the reconnaissance unit of the group in the nearby forest plantations discovered fortified strongholds of Ukrainian nationalists. The coordinates of the positions were promptly transmitted to the artillerymen.
Using precise fire from high-explosive fragmentation ammunition, the crew of a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzer "Gvozdika" from closed firing positions destroyed a Ukrainian unit in equipped shelters of a strong point, causing significant damage to the enemy.
13:52 Engineers of the "Center" group of troops started demining sections of roads and adjacent territories in recently liberated settlements in the Krasnoarmeysky direction.
Sappers detect and defuse explosive objects, including foreign-made mines.
12:34 Airborne artillerymen destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces support base in Chasovy Yar.
During reconnaissance and search operations in one of the city's districts, paratroopers discovered a platoon stronghold with Ukrainian nationalists holed up in it. The crews of the 120mm 2S9 Nona self-propelled guns marched to firing positions and hit the target.
After the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold, assault units of Kostroma paratroopers entered it and cleared it out.
11:42 Kakhovka direction:
During reconnaissance and search operations, servicemen of the Dnepr military group discovered an enemy mortar crew position, which was deployed in an abandoned house. The coordinates of the position were immediately transmitted to the artillery control point for their destruction. The crews of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled guns marched to the firing positions and hit the target.
10:53 Russian military personnel showed major trophy: a Ukrainian heavy drone "Baba Yaga" shot down in mid-air. Our enemies are trying to terrorize peaceful villages, settlements and towns in the border area of Kursk Oblast with these.
The battalion chief of staff, call sign "Hammer", proudly told us what a big "bird" our guys managed to shoot. Fire!
09:50 Frontline soldier reports:
Expanded control northwest of Selidovo.
09:23 Ka-52M crews struck personnel and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region —video.
08:52 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 22.11.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. The activity of the RF Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky sector continues. No significant changes in the LBS.
- Donetsk Front. Russian troops are putting pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense in the direction of Velyka Novoselivka. The assault on Kurakhovo continues, there are more tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces. Also, Russian troops continue to improve their positions on the northern and southern flanks.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the city limits and on the flanks. Russian troops continue to methodically put pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- Kursk region. No significant changes in the LBS have been recorded here, despite active military operations in several directions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up serious resistance, periodically conducting counterattacks.
08:05 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 21, 2024
– Russian troops have used the Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile (MRBM) for the first time against military facilities on the territory of the so-called Ukraine. The target was the production facilities of the Yuzhmash military plant in Dnepropetrovsk.– In the Vremyevsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the approaches to Razdolnoye and Bolshaya Novosyolka, advancing from the direction of Novodonetske and Yasnaya Polyana.
– In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian troops liberated Dalnee and expanded the zone of control in the fields to the east of the village.
Direct Translayion via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] On November 21, Russia struck the Ukrainian Yuzhmash plant with an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile.
This was a response to the attacks on Russian territory by Western long-range missiles, President Vladimir Putin said. The launch's goal was achieved.
Ukrainian media and Telegram channels, naturally, write that the ground damage to the plant is minimal. But we need to look deeper, and in the literal sense.
"Yuzhmash" is a military enterprise with a powerful underground infrastructure, which was created in Soviet times and which we could not reach with conventional weapons, the head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts Andrei Klintsevich noted in an interview with IA Regnum. There, he continued, warehouses, workshops for the production of drones and equipment are deployed there. And "Oreshnik" reached them - hypersonic blocks that went at insane speeds, broke through the thickness of concrete and destroyed underground communications.
The strike itself, in addition to the obvious military necessity to test the Oreshnik, also had a political component that Western countries should understand. The same ones that recently used (through the hands of Ukrainians, of course) ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles to strike territories that they themselves recognize as Russian.
"By launching long-range missile strikes deep into internationally recognized Russian territory, the West has moved to direct military action. From a proxy war on Ukrainian territory to a direct war against Russia," Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, explains to Regnum.
By striking Yuzhmash, Putin showed that the West had played itself out. And that the rules of the game had changed.
In particular, the president showed determination.
"Putin has demonstrated that Russia has the political will to respond - and to respond in kind. To ensure its security by all means," Dmitry Suslov is confident.
And it is not only about the first combat use of a medium-range ballistic missile in Europe. Moscow has made it clear that it has the right to strike military targets of states that attack our borders with their missiles.
Now suppliers of high-tech weapons to the Kyiv regime must think about it - just like those who, not long ago, were talking in all seriousness about the possibility of sending their military contingents to parts of the new regions of the Russian Federation controlled by the Kyiv regime (counting on the fact that Moscow will not have the political will to respond).
Now Moscow has not only the will, but also the tool for a retaliatory strike. And, what is extremely important, the tool is non-nuclear.
"We sent a signal that we had created a system that was optimal for the current nature of military operations with the West. After all, what did he count on? It won't come to ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles. - Ed.), and we won't be able to reach them with conventional weapons - the same Iskanders, which have a range of 500 km. And they will be able to shell us with impunity through their Ukrainian satellite," says Andrey Klintsevich.
With the strike on Yuzhmash the situation changed. The Oreshnik can reach any point in Europe, and it is impossible to intercept it.
"There are currently no means of counteracting such weapons. The missiles attack targets at a speed of 10 Machs - that is 2.5-3 kilometers per second. The modern air defense systems in the world and the missile defense systems created by the Americans in Europe do not intercept such missiles, this is excluded," Vladimir Putin explained in his address.
This nullifies the entire US strategy of deploying advanced missile defense systems in Europe. In particular, it reduces the role of the AEGIS Ashore complex, recently launched in Poland, which was nominally supposed to intercept such missiles, noted Andrei Klintsevich. The complex will not work, retaliation can come anywhere in the European Union. Moreover, the West will not be able to deliver the same blow - in this case it will receive a nuclear response.
This is directly stated in the new Russian nuclear doctrine.
"Putin said that Russia could launch ballistic missile strikes on NATO countries. Yes, NATO could launch ballistic missile strikes on Russian territory in response, but you need to read point 19 of the nuclear doctrine. It states that the launch of ballistic missiles - and it doesn't matter whether they are nuclear or non-nuclear - is one of the conditions for Russia to use nuclear weapons," Dmitry Suslov said.
In the near future, Oreshnik may be used against Ukrainian targets to support the Russian army during the SVO. At the same time, Moscow, as throughout the special operation, maintains the most humane line possible in combat conditions.
"When selecting, if necessary and as a response, targets for destruction by systems such as Oreshnik on the territory of Ukraine, we will offer in advance to civilians, and also ask citizens of friendly states located there, to leave the dangerous zones. We will do this for humanitarian reasons - openly, publicly," Vladimir Putin said.
The mechanism for such warnings, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, is currently being developed.
At the same time, Russia's humaneness is explained not only by its concern for the citizens of Ukraine, but also by its desire to establish a dialogue with the European population, bypassing the Russophobic elites there. Moscow expects ordinary Europeans (who are now extremely concerned about the hawkish aspirations of their own rulers) to draw the right conclusion about who is the aggressor in this war, and who is defending their own interests. Who is thinking about global crusades, and who is concerned about the population of Europe.
At the same time, Europeans, like Ukrainians, must understand that the key priority of the Russian president remains concern for the Russian population - for its well-being, security and future. And if tough steps need to be taken for the sake of this security, the Russian president will do so.
“The updated version of the principles of state policy in the area of nuclear deterrence significantly lowers the nuclear threshold and expands the number of situations in which Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons,” recalls Dmitry Suslov.
The West just has to understand and accept this. This requires, among other things, a demonstration of the power of Oreshnik - well, or regular demonstrations. After all, not everyone understands it the first time.
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Allegedly 10 more ATACMS fired at the Kursk sector today. And as a sidebar, I don’t believe there has been a replacement for the Russian ambassador to the US since he left on October 10th.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Putin reported at a meeting in the Kremlin that Russia has a stock of missiles for the Oreshnik system. Testing of this system will continue, including in combat conditions. Putin thanked all the creators of the system for the speed and efficiency of development. A transparent hint that the tests of the Oreshnik in Dnepropetrovsk are not the last.
1. The issues of import substitution in production have been resolved.
2. The missile will be accepted into service by the Strategic Missile Forces.
3. A decision has been made to begin serial production.
4. The missile itself is new, not a modification of old systems.
5. A number of other medium- and short-range systems are still under development.
6. "Oreshnik" is a medium-range mobile ground-based complex.
7. Those involved in the creation of "Oreshnik" will receive state awards.
“The Russian defense industry is capable of quickly setting up serial production of the latest hypersonic weapon, the Oreshnik,” he said at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, the military-industrial complex, and missile developers in the Kremlin.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Putin said during the meeting that systems similar to the Oreshnik may appear in other countries, but this will happen later, and it is important that the Russian Federation already has such a system. The head of state also added that the Russian defense industry is working on creating a whole line of medium- and shorter-range missiles.
By striking the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk with the hypersonic missile Oreshnik, Moscow demonstrated that it has missile systems that can be used both in a special military operation and as a response to NATO policy towards the Russian Federation, said military analyst and editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko in an interview with Regnum News Agency. The Oreshnik was used not in a nuclear but in a conventional configuration, but the system also allows for the use of nuclear warheads, the expert added.
Even more from regnum.ru Kyiv to ask US for THAAD system to protect against Oreshnik, media reports
The leaders of the Kiev regime may request the United States to supply the THAAD anti-missile system to repel attacks by the Russian Oreshnik missile, Bloomberg reported on November 22, citing a source in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
We are talking about a ground-based anti-missile system for intercepting medium-range missiles, which was adopted by the US Army in 2008.
“According to a representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, one of the systems that Kiev may request is the THAAD anti-missile system, produced by Lockheed Martin,” the statement said.
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Defense Committee, Roman Kostenko, previously told journalists that Ukraine does not have weapons to repel the attacks of Oreshnik. At the same time, he added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not stop striking at Russian territory.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 21, President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Armed Forces had struck the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk with a ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic configuration. The missile hit one of the largest weapons complexes in Ukraine. There are no means of counteracting the latest Russian missiles, the president emphasized.
The Oreshnik ballistic missile that hit Yuzhmash is hypersonic, it is invulnerable to all existing air defense systems and can be equipped with a nuclear "filling", noted military observer Alexander Butyrin. The development of the Oreshnik was carried out in the strictest secrecy, he added.
During his address, Putin noted that in recent days, long-range weapons of Western countries were used against Russia, and stated that after this, the conflict in Ukraine acquired a global character. Those who doubt that Russia is ready for any development of events doubt in vain, the head of state emphasized.
[WSJ] A senior North Korean general was wounded in a recent Ukrainian strike in Russia’s Kursk region, Western officials said Thursday.
It is the first time Western officials have said that a high-ranking North Korean military officer has become a casualty in the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Also at the link is a video report:
Ukraine, South Korea and the U.S. all confirm that North Korean troops are in Russia, training to possibly fight for Moscow. The Wall Street Journal unpacks the evidence.
Courtesy of 3dc, a whole bunch of tweets about those North Koreans:
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First photo of the commander of the North Korean brigade fighting in Ukraine. His name is Park Yebok Prigo Jin. pic.twitter.com/ONudUBIMLY
North Korea has sent Col. Gen. Kim Yong-bok to lead North Korean troops in Russia, a top North Korean military official who often serves as Kim Jong-un’s lieutenant. Col. Gen. Kim Yong-bok has rarely been seen — or even mentioned — in public. His role leading North Korean 1/9 pic.twitter.com/337kVOB3nC
North Korea has deployed Colonel General Kim Yong Bok, one of their top military leaders and a close confidant of Kim Jong Un, to oversee their troops in Russia.
The mission? To «integrate» with Russian forces, gain combat experience, and return home. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/HQc5UEWNWg
[IsraelTimes] Russia provided economic support and anti-air missiles to North Korea in exchange for troops to support Moscow’s war on Ukraine, Seoul’s top security chief tells a TV news channel.
“It has been identified that equipment and anti-aircraft missiles aimed at reinforcing Pyongyang’s vulnerable air defense system have been delivered to North Korea,” Shin Won-sik, Seoul’s top security advisor, tells TV broadcaster SBS.
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And S Koreans have been intensely studying Uke drones. Reportedly the ships that have been delivering S Korean tanks Poland ordered have been taking on loaded containers to take back. Difficult to fit containers in a Ro-ro, but they're doing it.
Must be something important.
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