Because the warfare enters its 637th day, these are the principle developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
Preventing
- Ukraine’s army spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun stated Russia had diminished floor assaults and air strikes on the jap city of Avdiivka however had not deserted “their plans to encompass” the city. Ukrainian forces repelled eight assaults on Tuesday, he stated. The army stated there had additionally been a rise in Russian assaults on close by Maryinka. The Russian defence ministry’s newest replace talked about that its troops have been attacking villages south of Avdiivka, however gave few particulars.
- Russia’s defence ministry stated its marines have been “stopping all makes an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hold out amphibious landings on the Dnipro islands and the left [eastern] financial institution of the Dnipro River” within the southern Kherson area. Professional-Russian bloggers stated Russian forces had been harrying Ukrainian forces close to the village of Krynky, on the jap financial institution upriver from town of Kherson. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed Kyiv had suffered “colossal losses”.
- A minimum of two individuals have been killed after Russia fired a brand new barrage of missiles and drones hitting a hospital within the city of Selydove within the jap Donetsk area, and a mine close by. The air power stated it destroyed 9 out of 10 drones and a cruise missile launched by Russia. Moscow additionally focused Ukraine with 4 guided missiles.
- Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov stated no resolution had been made in regards to the jobs of two senior army commanders – Joint Forces Commander Serhiy Nayev and Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, chief of the Tavria army command – after native media reported that they may be sacked. The Tavria command spearheaded Ukraine’s counteroffensive within the southeast, however has did not make a major breakthrough within the face of heavily-defended Russian strains.
- Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper stated Russia focused port infrastructure within the Black Sea metropolis of Odesa however nobody was injured. The southern army command stated Russia used Х-31 missiles and in addition struck the Belhorod-Dniester district within the area, hitting administrative buildings.
- The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine stated greater than 10,000 civilians had been killed since Russia started its full-scale invasion of the nation final 12 months. With corroboration work persevering with, the precise toll was more likely to be “considerably greater”, it added.
Politics and diplomacy
- Ukraine marked the tenth anniversary of the pro-Europe Maidan protests, which finally introduced down the Kremlin-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. In a press release, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the protests marked the “first victory” in Ukraine’s battle in opposition to Russia. It was “a victory in opposition to indifference. A victory of braveness. The victory of the Revolution of Dignity,” he stated.
- European Council President Charles Michel travelled to Kyiv in a gesture of help for Ukraine, which he stated had made “exceptional” progress lately. At a press convention, Zelenskyy stated he hoped the European Union would conform to open formal accession talks at a summit subsequent month. Michel stated the dialogue was more likely to be “tough” however he would “do the whole lot in my energy to persuade my colleagues that we’d like a choice in December”. The choice wants the settlement of all 27 member states.
- Russia’s overseas ministry Ambassador-at-Giant Rodion Miroshnik stated Russia couldn’t co-exist with the current authorities in Kyiv. “The present regime (in Kyiv) is totally poisonous, we don’t see any choices for co-existence with it in the mean time,” Miroshnik instructed reporters in Moscow.
- Ukraine’s defence ministry stated prison proceedings had begun into the misuse of greater than $1m of presidency funds by a army unit within the northern Chernihiv area. The ministry discovered that the price of mills had been inflated and that that they had remained in warehouses as an alternative of being delivered to the place they have been wanted.

- Ukrainian authorities introduced investigations into two lawmakers on suspicion of involvement in makes an attempt to bribe prime reconstruction officers. The Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) stated it had caught one of many lawmakers, a member of parliament’s anti-corruption committee, allegedly providing the nation’s first-ever documented bribe in Bitcoin. The opposite lawmaker is suspected of arranging the handover in a Kyiv grocery store car parking zone of $150,000 in money stuffed inside a Chinese language ornamental field. NABU didn’t identify the officers.
Weapons
- German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius introduced Germany will help Ukraine with new army assist price 1.3 billion euros ($1.42bn) that can embody 4 further IRIS-T air defence models to protect in opposition to Russian missile assaults. The package deal will even embody 155mm artillery shells in addition to anti-tank mines, Pistorius instructed reporters on a visit to Kyiv. Berlin is the second-biggest provider of army help to Kyiv after the USA.