War

Yesterday, November 23, the Russian army killed two residents of Donetsk region and injured three more. "On November 23, the Russians killed two civilians in Bakhmut, Donetsk region. Three more people were injured in the region," Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. It is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha, he noted. As reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks near eight settlements in Donetsk region over the past day. ol

The Russian army has already killed 438 children and injured 841 more in Ukraine. "As of the morning of November 23, 2022, more than 1,279 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information of the juvenile prosecutors, 438 children were killed and more than 841 were injured," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. It is noted that these numbers are not final as efforts are ongoing to establish casualties in the areas of active hostilities, in temporarily captured and liberated territories. As noted, most children…

At night, Russian troops struck two communities in Dnipropetrovsk region with MLRS and heavy artillery. "At night, they [Russians] again opened fire from Grad MLRS and heavy artillery. They targeted two communities – Pokrovske and Marhanets. People were not injured," Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. The invaders fired more than 30 shells. According to preliminary data, they hit open areas of populated settlements. The details of the shelling are being clarified. ol

Two people were killed in a Russian strike on Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. "The occupiers shelled the town. An apartment building and a polyclinic were struck. Two passers-by were killed," Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko posted on Telegram. As Oleg Synegubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram, "Kupyansk was struck around 07:40. A 9-story residential building and a polyclinic were damaged. Unfortunately, two people – a 55-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man – were killed, one man was hospitalized, another one received medical help at the site." Over the past day, the Russians kept…

Vadym Khlupianets, 26, a ballet dancer with the Kyiv Operetta Theater, who joined Ukraine’s Armed Forces, was killed in a battle with Russian invaders near Bakhmut. This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to the National Operetta press service. "Terrible news has shaken the crew of the National Operetta of Ukraine. Our 26-year-old ballet dancer Vadym Khlupianets died fighting for Ukraine. The crew of our theater expresses its sincere condolences to the family of the Defender. Eternal glory and memory to our Hero," the statement says. Read also: Ukrainian people have united to defend freedom, no one able to take…

Intelligence collected from downed Iranian drones in Ukraine indicates that most parts of the UAVs are produced by companies in the United States, Europe and other allied nations. That's according to The Wall Street Journal, Ukrinform reports, referring to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. "New intelligence collected from downed Iranian drones in Ukraine shows that a majority of the aircrafts' parts are manufactured by companies in the U.S., Europe and other allied nations, stoking concern among Western officials and analysts and prompting a U.S. government investigation," the report said. It added that Ukrainian intelligence…

On Tuesday, November 22, Ukraine got the bodies of 33 fallen service members back. As the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine posted on Telegram, the operation was carried out with the cooperation of the Commissioner for Missing Persons Oleh Kotenko and a number of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine. "The process of negotiations on the transfer of bodies is ongoing. With joint efforts, we strive to return the bodies of the defenders to the families as soon as possible so that they can properly honor their memory," Kotenko said. In total, 696 bodies have been…

The enemy continues to shell civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia region, destroying the apartments and houses of civilians. Over the past day, the occupiers destroyed 58 apartments and houses. "According to the report of the Zaporizhzhia Region Department of the National Police, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of Dorozhnianka, Chervone, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Kamyanske, Prymorske, Stepnohirsk, Novotroitske, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Poltavka, Novoandriivka, Preobrazhenka, Olhivske, Komyshuvakha, Huliaypole settlements," the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram. It is noted that the police received 58 reports on the destruction of houses and apartments of citizens and infrastructure objects as…

On Monday, November 21, Russian forces shelled the Hlukhiv, Seredyno-Buda, Khotin and Znob-Novhorodske communities of Sumy region with artillery, Grad MLRS, small arms, and 30 mortars. This was reported by Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, according to Ukrinform.   In particular, at around 11:30, the Russian military fired 10 mortars at a border village of the Seredyno-Buda community. The House of Culture and a private house of local residents were damaged. Moreover, after 13:00 there was another mortar attack at another village. In both cases, people were not injured. "The Russians used artillery to fire at…

The U.S. Army is accelerating its weapons acquisition process to speed through a backlog of contracts needed to replenish U.S. stocks of weapons depleted by arms shipments to Ukraine. A U.S. official said this on Monday, Ukrinform reports with reference Reuters. “The accelerated contracting effort hinges on running processes simultaneously that used to be run in succession and is based on lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic,” the agency cited Doug Bush, the chief weapons buyer for the Army, as saying. According to Pentagon contracting data, $2.6 billion worth of contracts have been concluded to replace weapons sent to Ukraine.…