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[Korrespondent] 22.33 Since the beginning of the day, 177 combat clashes between Ukrainian defenders and Russian occupiers have taken place on the front in 13 directions. This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff.
On July 22, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with drones in the evening. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"According to preliminary information, an "arrival" of an enemy UAV was recorded in the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv. The information is being clarified. Enemy UAVs are still being recorded over the city. Stay in safe places," Sinegubov noted.
In turn, the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov, confirmed the massive attack on Kharkiv. According to him, there is also information about a private house being hit, and there are casualties.
"According to preliminary information, which requires confirmation, there is a person who died in the Shevchenkivskyi district as a result of an enemy suicide bomber hitting a private house. There are also victims from this shelling of Kharkiv," he added.
20:57 In the Dnipro district of Kherson, Russian troops attacked a 54-year-old man with a drone. This was reported by the Kherson OVA.
"A 54-year-old man from Kherson was hit by enemy fire. He suffered an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to his legs," the report says.
The victim was taken to the hospital in moderate condition.
19.44 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that after negotiations with the Ukrainian side, Washington will make changes to the peace plan . This is reported by Sky News .
According to him, today's meetings were "the most productive and meaningful" in the entire peace process for him personally.
Rubio noted that the American team is already working on adjustments based on Ukrainian proposals.
18.31 As of November 23, Russian troops have advanced in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region and in the area of the village of Dachenske in the Pokrovska urban community. This was reported by DeepState analysts on Sunday.
"The enemy has advanced in Pokrovsk and near Dachenske," the report said.
17.21 A civilian was injured in a Russian attack on the Khotyn community in Sumy region, the Sumy OVA reported.
"A 57-year-old man was taken to the hospital, his condition is not serious, doctors are providing the necessary assistance," the report said.
A residential building was also destroyed as a result of the impact. As noted by the OVA, two more people may be trapped under the rubble, so the information is currently being clarified.
17.17 The current version of the peace plan reflects most of Ukraine's key priorities. This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov.
He stated that Kyiv is satisfied with the negotiations in Geneva.
"The current version of the document, although it is in the final stage of coordination, already reflects most of the key Ukrainian priorities," Umerov wrote.
16.08 The United States may take into account a number of elements that are based on the Ukrainian vision and are critically important for Ukraine's national interests. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the interim results of the negotiations.
15.00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump will finalize the "peace plan" during a personal meeting, Reuters reports.
The White House hopes to agree on the final details of the document to prepare a deal that will be beneficial for Ukraine, American officials say.
14.31 The Ukrainian delegation began work in Geneva, Switzerland, to agree on a "peace plan." This was announced by the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, on Telegram.
In turn, Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes that "the conversation can be constructive . "
13.49 The number of people killed in the Russian missile strike on Ternopil on November 19 has increased to 34 people . At the same time, the bodies of 33 of the dead have been identified, said Taras Pastukh, deputy head of the Ternopil OVA.
Six people are still missing. It is possible that they will never be found, the OVA noted.
12.55 Ukrainian military personnel are maintaining their positions in the center of Pokrovsk and are preventing the Russians from gaining a foothold there. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The other day, the assault troops cleared the areas of the railway station, the pedagogical college, and the Sobornyi square of the enemy.
12.27 Russia continues to maintain its own military contingent in Latin America and is expanding cooperation with the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. This was reported by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, in a comment to The War Zone.
According to him, the Russians are led by Colonel General Oleg Makarievich , commander of the so-called Equator operational group. It is he who is in charge of training Venezuelan security forces.
11.46 Ukraine is working to strengthen its air defense in parallel with the work of the Ukrainian delegation in Switzerland. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
According to him, in seven days, the Russians launched over 1,050 strike drones, almost 1,000 guided aerial bombs (GABs), and more than 60 missiles of various types into Ukraine.
11.23 US Special Representative Keith Kellogg positively assesses the so-called "peace plan" to end Russia's war against Ukraine, but it needs some changes . He said this the day before on Fox News. Washington does not want "history to repeat itself" or "the Budapest Memorandum to return," Kellogg assured.
10.52 On Sunday night, buildings were damaged and a fire broke out in Chernihiv region as a result of attacks by Russian "shaheeds". This was reported by the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus. Two "arrivals" in the city of Koryukivka fell on the building of the Center for Children and Youth Creativity .
10.31 A sabotage attack was carried out on the railway in Rostov-on-Don, Russia , disrupting the movement schedules of trains carrying ammunition, equipment, and reserves of the occupation army. The partisan movement ATESH reported this.
10.05 The so-called "peace plan" of President Donald Trump is based on proposals from Russia and Ukraine and is considered a basis for negotiations. This was reported by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the social network X. The peace proposal was developed by the American side, he assured.
09.46 Russian invaders once again shelled the Odessa region. Both individual areas of the region and the regional center were affected, the State Emergency Service reported . Fires broke out at energy infrastructure facilities and in a former industrial building, which firefighters quickly extinguished.
09.22 Over the past 24 hours , four residents of the Donetsk region were killed as a result of Russian shelling - three in Kramatorsk and one in Lyman. In addition, four more people were injured - two each in Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka.
09.04 On Sunday night, Russian aggressors launched 98 drones of various types over Ukraine. Most of the enemy targets were shot down/suppressed by air defense and electronic warfare units, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. However, the air attack is still ongoing.
08.39 Over the past 24 hours, 162 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and Russian invaders took place on the front in 13 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update . Traditionally, the most fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction, where 40 assaults by the Russians were stopped.
08.00 Russian invaders attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region at night with strike drones and FPV drones. 14 civilians were injured in Dnipro , and 19 were injured in the region in total. There is destruction.
07.45 Over the past 24 hours, the aggressor country Russia has lost 920 soldiers killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational briefing on Sunday morning. The Ukrainian military destroyed 619 units of Russian equipment, including two MLRS and 26 artillery systems.
07.29 On Sunday night, drones attacked a thermal power plant (DRES - state district power plant) in the city of Shatura, Moscow Region, Russia. This was reported by Telegram channels. Eyewitnesses recorded on video several drones hitting the energy infrastructure. A column of flame and smoke was visible above the area.
02.27 Secretary of State Marco Rubio told US senators that the 28-point plan, which is already being called the "Trump peace plan", was originally only a Russian proposal. However, it was leaked to the media and began to be discussed as an American plan. The US did not make this proposal public, but only, as a mediator, was supposed to pass it on to the Ukrainian side so that Kyiv could give its response. PBS News correspondent Nick Shifrin wrote about this on the social network X.
01.32 Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with Shahedam. In Dnipro, the attack caused a fire in a multi-storey building, as well as in a private estate. There are victims. In addition, a private house caught fire in the Vasylkivska community.
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[NewsFront] 22:34 Operators of attack UAVs of the Eastern Forces Group burned enemy vehicles and prevented an attempt to rotate Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone crews from the "North" force group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Khar'kov region, disrupting the rotation of enemy personnel.
Servicemen from the unmanned systems unit of the Aley Guards Motorized Rifle Unit of the Center Forces Group, supporting the actions of attack aircraft, destroyed an enemy tank, militants, and a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Specialists from the Rubicon Center struck the shelters and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy direction.
21:43 Rifleman of the assault group of the 68th Guards Tank Regiment of the 150th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces with the call sign "Instant"tooktactically important position and held it for a month and a half.
20:43 From 13:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty interceptedand 40 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:
26 – over the Black Sea,
Eight – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Six – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
20:05 On frames: Anti-drone work by fighters of the "West" group of the Russian Armed Forces.
19:09 Footage: Counterbattery fire from Northern fighters. Reconnaissance identifies Ukrainian Armed Forces firing positions, and UAV crews deliver fire.
19:02 Calculations of the "East" force group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control centers and operator crews in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Artillerymen from the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 44th Army Corps of the North group of forces overtook camouflaged positions, military equipment, and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Sumy region.
18:48 Kramatorsk direction
Units of the South Group of Forces south of Seversk advanced from Fedorovka in the direction of Nikiforovka and drove the enemy out of Petrovskoye (Pazeno).
The enemy has been driven out of the eastern part of Vasyukovka, which has come under our control. Fighting is ongoing in the village center.
18:41 Zaporizhzhia direction (Right flank)
Units of the East Group of Forces continue to advance in the southern part of Dnipropetrovsk and in the eastern part of Zaporizhzhia regions in the area of Hulyaipole.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, full control has been established over the settlements of Otradnoe and Tikhoe.
The enemy has been driven out of a number of strongholds of the 3rd line of defense between Otradnoye and Danilovka, while fighting is underway for others in the direction of Ostapovsky and Andreyevka (at the crossroads).
Fighting for a farm near the village of Kolomiytsy southwest of Tikhyi
. 17:20 Assault units of Russian paratroopers pass training to capture and clear enemy strongholds in urban areas at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region.
14:25 Assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the East Group of Forces committed to a decisive push to the north and west and drove the enemy out of the settlements of Tikhoye and Otradnoye.
13:47 From 9:00 to 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on dutydestroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three over the Belgorod region,
Three over the Moscow region, including
Two flying to Moscow,
Two over the Arkhangelsk region, and
Two over the Kaluga region.
12:33 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of November 23, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of a mechanized, airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Varachino, Malaya Rybitsa in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya, Izbitskoye and Vilcha in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 140 military personnel, 10 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, as well as the National Guard brigade, near the villages of Kucherovka, Petrovka, Nechvolodovka, Blagodatovka, and Kurilovka in the Khar'ko region.
The enemy lost up to 220 troops, a tank, three armored combat vehicles (including two US-made HMMWVs and a Canadian-made Senator), 17 vehicles, and 11 electronic warfare stations. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Formations of three mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Platonovka, Kramatorsk, Vasyukovka, Stepanovka and Seversk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 225 troops, a tank, a US-made MaxxPro armored fighting vehicle, 19 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 aerial reconnaissance radar, four electronic warfare stations, four ammunition depots, and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile, airborne assault, and Jaeger brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a special forces brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Artemivka, Toretskoye, Belitskoye, Novyi Donbas, Kucherov Yar, and Rodinske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka and Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Tsentralny and Gornyak microdistricts and in the western industrial zone. A clearing operation is underway in the village of Rivne, Donetsk People's Republic.
Seven attacks by the 425th Assault Regiment, the 32nd Mechanized and the 95th Airborne Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled with the aim of unblocking the encircled group of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, and two Cossack armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 51st Army continue to drive the enemy out of the Eastern, Western and southern districts of the city.
Over the course of a day, up to 210 servicemen, three armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, a field artillery gun, and four vehicles were destroyed in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to more than 435 servicemen, four armored personnel carriers, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers and a Swedish-made Viking armored personnel carrier, 10 armored combat vehicles, 12 cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the "East" military group, as a result of active offensive operations, liberated the settlements of Tikhoe and Otradnoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Formations of two assault brigades and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Varvarovka, Zatishye, Dobropillya in the Zaporizhzhia region and Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 225 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Yurkivka, Grigorovka, Novodanilovka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region and Tyaginka in the Kherson region.
Up to 75 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 16 vehicles, two field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, a fuel depot, and two supply depots were destroyed.
11:32 The Vostok Group of Forces liberated Otradnoye, MAP.
11:16 A crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun from the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center Group of Forces destroyeda strong point and mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
11:07 Russian assault groups are advancing in the southern part of Dimitrov (Mirnograd) and the Zapadny microdistrict, –MAP.
11:01 Destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launcher by a LMUR in the area of Kherson, –video.
07:48 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
36 UAVs over the Black Sea,
10 UAVs over the Republic of Crimea,
Nine UAVs over the Bryansk region,
Seven UAVs over the Voronezh region,
Four UAVs over the Krasnodar region,
Three UAVs over the Smolensk region,
Two UAVs over the Moscow region,
Two UAVs over the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the Kaluga region,
One UAV over the Ryazan region.
07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
New Zaporizhzhia was liberated
Zvanovka was liberated
Radostnoye was liberated
Advance in the area of Zelenyi Gai and Chervony
Expansion of the control zone south of Yampol
Advance in the Boguslavka area
Enemy controls positions in the area of the settlements Zolotoy Kolodez and Kucherov Yar
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[REGNUM] On November 21, President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Security Council. At the very beginning, at the request of Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, he outlined Russia's vision of the so-called "peace plan for Ukraine."
Specifically, he said the peace plan is not an approved document, but rather a draft. That is, a framework document that generally reflects Moscow and Washington's approaches to resolving the crisis, but requires further clarification.
"We have this text; we received it through existing channels of communication with the American administration. I believe it could also form the basis of a final peace settlement, but we are not discussing it substantively," Vladimir Putin stated.
Indeed, there are numerous general details that should be laid out as clearly as possible to avoid any misinterpretations. For example, there's a clause banning Nazism in Ukraine, but there's no ban on Banderaism as such (which Kyiv doesn't consider Nazism).
There is a clause on "respect for European norms in matters of religion and minority rights"—but there is no clearly stated clause on the state status of the Russian language or the restoration of the rights of the UOC.
There is a clause on amnesty for war participants, but there is no clause on the release of political prisoners in Ukraine.
And, according to Putin, Russia is ready to discuss all of this in detail based on its national interests.
Meanwhile, there is another reason for Moscow’s distancing itself from the document – a psychological one.
"If this plan is presented as Trump's plan, it will be easier for Zelensky and Europe to agree to it than if it is presented as a Russian-American plan, " Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, explained to Regnum news agency .
And this is indeed a problem, because, according to Vladimir Putin, "the US administration has so far failed to secure the Ukrainian side's consent; Ukraine is against it . " "Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under the illusion of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield," the Russian president concluded.
In doing so, he clearly demonstrates that Kyiv and its European sponsors are the main instigators of the war. He also makes it clear that everyone understands and acknowledges this.
"We have thoroughly briefed all our friends and partners in the Global South, including the People's Republic of China, India, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Africa, Brazil, and many other countries, including the CSTO countries, of course. All of our friends and partners, I want to emphasize, every single one, supported these potential agreements," Vladimir Putin said.
It's clear to everyone that the only obstacle to peace is the Ukrainian leadership and European elites, who will now actively sabotage the peace plan.
"Europe and Ukraine are now trying to convince Trump to amend this plan in such a way as to make it unacceptable to Russia and to once again try to portray Russia as a party refusing a peaceful settlement," says Dmitry Suslov.
Yes, it is risky – you could run into serious sanctions from the US, including a halt to the transfer of intelligence and weapons to Kyiv.
"If the Kyiv regime loses US support, American intelligence, or even arms supplies, the pace of the Russian offensive will accelerate even further. And then the Kyiv regime will simply face the prospect of complete military defeat," says Dmitry Suslov.
However, Kyiv believes that the game is worth the candle.
"For Zelenskyy, signing Trump's peace plan is pure political suicide. He spent six years touting his victories through telethons and propaganda, and now he'll have to sign a humiliating agreement amid a corruption crisis."
"Everyone in Ukraine will decide that Zelenskyy wants to resolve issues surrounding his own and his entourage's corruption cases at the expense of the country's interests," former Verkhovna Rada deputy Spiridon Kilinkarov explained to Regnum news agency .
The problem, however, is that stalling only worsens his situation. "Kiev has no positive alternative. It must either accept a difficult and humiliating agreement now, or an even more difficult and humiliating agreement in the future," says Dmitry Suslov.
Trump is proposing to accept it now. "Many perceive the American president as someone acting in Russia's interests. In reality, he's saving Ukraine. Trump is saying quite openly that if the war isn't stopped now, there will be more lost territory, more soldiers killed—and it will ultimately end in the collapse of Ukrainian statehood," says Spiridon Kilinkarov.
Vladimir Putin spoke about this. "If Kyiv refuses to discuss President Trump's proposals and refuses to do so, then both they and the European warmongers must understand that the events that took place in Kupyansk (the city was liberated in early November – Ed.) will inevitably be repeated in other key areas of the front. Perhaps not as quickly as we would like, but they will inevitably be repeated," the president explained.
Moreover, it appears that "new Kupyansk" is a complex concept. It encompasses not only the liberation of new territories but also colossal losses for Ukrainian troops (under Russian strategy, they are encircled and then crushed—along with the reinforcements sent in by Zelensky, who is unwilling to lose another "fortress").
And, of course, there are the colossal domestic political costs for the Kyiv regime. After all, it's one thing to label a small town as "lost strategic importance and dependent on subsidies," but quite another to label a fairly large city as such.
Finally, there are external costs for Kyiv. "The loss of cities is very painful for the Europeans, who are supposed to finance the war. It's one thing to finance an army capable of holding its ground and grinding down the enemy—and quite another to have it retreat, losing one city after another," says Spiridon Kilinkarov.
And in the long term, the Europeans, on whose support the Ukrainian resistance to Trump is based, may simply fall away.
Vladimir Putin, however, is now proposing not to let that happen. Moscow would be satisfied with the military achievement of the Central Military District's goals, but the Kyiv regime may not survive this achievement. And, as Western media reports indicate, Ukrainian statehood will be destroyed along with it.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin;
[ColonelCassad] The enemy is complaining that Russia is using clever tactics to minimize damage from drone strikes on refineries. Russian refineries have begun actively using so-called "purging" before attacks. If Ukrainian UAVs are detected en route to the refinery, a flare line, or more simply, a flare, is activated. This flare burns gas from the technical racks and installations at the refinery to prevent a large-scale fire and extensive destruction in the event of a drone strike. Of course, this doesn't protect the installations from damage from a strike, but it does minimize it considerably.
Therefore, if you see a photo or video of a fiery glow somewhere, it's not necessarily a drone strike; most likely, the refinery is simply burning gas.
This is a standard option. This is in addition to the work of mobile fire teams, nets, protective structures, and electronic warfare systems. Reducing the effectiveness of enemy attacks is only achieved through comprehensive measures.
P.S. The photo shows a fire at the Syzran refinery after a drone strike this summer.
P.S. 2. As it became known yesterday, someone's idea to fire Flamingo missiles at an oil refinery deep inside Russian territory didn't work out.
Part of the money was effectively stolen: the assembled missiles are easily intercepted by our air defenses, have mediocre performance characteristics, and, as icing on the cake, the Flamingo's main manufacturer turned out to be a Russian citizen.
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