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The United States assessed the latest Russian missile strike on the city of Dnipro as a medium-range ballistic missile launch and noted that the United States had helped Ukraine, its allies and partners prepare. This statement was made on Thursday in Washington by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “So, obviously, we are aware of Russia's launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile against Ukraine,” Jean-Pierre said. She stressed that Ukrainians have withstood ‘countless’ missile attacks from Russia over the past two years. “We briefed Ukraine and our close allies, partners in recent days to help…

President Volodymyr Zelensky has reacted to Vladimir Putin's latest statement. The head of the Ukrainian state noted that by admitting the use of a new ballistic missile on the city of Dnipro, Putin has expanded the scale of the war for the second time this year and violated the UN Charter. Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a statement published on his social media accounts, Ukrinform reports. “Today, Putin admitted to taking a second step this year toward escalating and expanding this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This…

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were injured in Dnipro and 31 more in Kryvyi Rih as a result of Russian strikes on Thursday. Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, wrote this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “Three people were injured in Dnipro and 31 in Kryvyi Rih. According to the updated data, damage was caused to nine apartment buildings, three administrative buildings, a post office, a shop, and a power line,” he wrote. Lysak added that the cities continue to recover from the morning terror. The relevant services are working all day to…

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Russian army had fired a new medium-range ballistic missile, codenamed Oreshnik, at the city of Dnipro, allegedly in response to the use of U.S. and British long-range missiles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by Current Time with reference to a video address by the Russian leader, according to Ukrinform. Putin claimed that on November 19 and 21, ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles were used to strike targets in Russia’s Kursk and Bryansk regions. “In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 this…

The Russian military dropped two guided aerial bombs on Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, injuring at least six people, according to preliminary information. Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “Six people were wounded as a result of strikes on Kostyantynivka. This evening the Russians dropped two guided aerial bombs on the town. Six people aged 60 to 85 sustained injuries of varying severity,” Filashkin wrote. All the wounded are receiving the necessary medical care, one person is in serious condition. The explosions damaged 11 multi-story buildings, an…

During a meeting in Copenhagen, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov of Ukraine and his Finnish counterpart Antti Häkkänen discussed the possibilities of strengthening Ukrainian defense capabilities with Finnish defense products. Umerov reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform saw. "Finland is one of our most important partners, and I sincerely appreciate the active development of cooperation between our countries in recent years," Umerov said. According to him, during the meeting, "we discussed opportunities to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities on the battlefield with Finnish defense products”. The minister informed that they "agreed on further development of bilateral cooperation in military tech, particularly in the…

The Dzhmil (Bumblebee) 78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces and the Raid 413th Battalion of Unmanned Systems hit the command post of Russian troops near Maryino, Kursk region. The Unmanned Systems Forces reported this via Telegram, uploading the relevant video. "The task was executed by the forces of the Harpoon crew from the Raid 413th Battalion of Unmanned Systems in cooperation with the integrated detachment of unmanned systems from the Dzhmil 78th Separate Airborne Assault Regiment," the statement reads. Read also: Ukrainian paratroopers capture 26 Russian soldiers in Kursk region As the military noted, the operation…

During the 1,000 days of the war, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have gone through an enormous path of building and evolvement. How the Ground Forces have changed in terms of quantity and quality, how many new weapons and equipment products the Ukrainian defenders have learned, how the Russians changed their tactics to push out Ukrainian forces from the border region of Kursk – Ukrinform discussed these and more questions with Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, the AFU Ground Forces Commander. - How the Ground Force has changed quantitatively and qualitatively through the time of the full-scale war? Have new fighting and training…

Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK, former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhnyi believes that after Russia directly involved Russia's autocratic allies in the war against Ukraine, it can be considered that World War 3 has already begun in 2024. He expressed the opinion during his speech at the UP-100 award ceremony, reports Ukrinform. "I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that World War 3 has begun. Because in 2024, Ukraine is no longer facing Russia. Soldiers from North Korea are standing in front of Ukraine. Let's be honest. In Ukraine, Iranian Shaheds already kill civilians…

Since the beginning of the day, November 21, as many as 114 combat encounters have occurred on the frontlines, with fighting still ongoing in eight sectors of the front. The Russian forces are most actively attacking in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. The General Staff emphasized that the Ukrainian defenders are holding off the advance and taking necessary measures to prevent the Russian forces from advancing deeper into Ukraine’s territory. In the Kharkiv sector, the Russian forces stormed the Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk six…