[Vesti] November 23 is the 273rd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russian Federation launched 5 missile strikes on the settlements of the Kharkov and Donetsk regions, carried out about 45 attacks from the MLRS on the positions of our troops, cities and villages.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russians in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Luhansk region, and Spirnoe, Berestovo, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Severnoe, Novobakhmutovka, Krasnogorovka, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Marinka, Donetsk region.
Ukrainian aviation inflicted three strikes per day on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, and the soldiers of the missile forces and artillery hit the Russians' command post.
Zaporozhye region. At night, the Russians fired on the maternity ward of the Volnyanskaya hospital. A 2-day-old baby died, and two doctors were also injured.
Dnepropetrovsk region. "Gradov" and heavy artillery shelled the Pokrovskaya and Marganets communities. No casualties.
08:00 . Kharkov region. The Russians shelled Kupyansk . A residential building and a clinic were hit. Two bystanders were killed.
09:20 . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson.
10:30 am . The head of the IAEA met with the director general of Rosatom to discuss the situation with the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. In Istanbul, Rafael Grossi and Alexei Likhachev discussed the creation of a safe zone around the nuclear power plant.
11:00 am . The head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim warned about the potential threat of missile attacks on Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson.
12:00 . Crimea. Training of UAV operators has begun in Sevastopol, the General Staff reported. We are talking about both Russian and Iranian-made drones. Preparation time is up to three weeks.
12:20 pm . Crimea. Explosions in Evpatoria.
Vitaly Kim, the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration, announced 5 missile launches from aircraft from Mariupol.
12:40-13:00 . Explosions in Odessa, Ochakov (Nikolaev region), Zaporozhye, Dnieper, Krivoy Rog, Kherson, Kremenchug (Poltava region).
13:15 . The European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
14:00 . Kyiv region. Air defense works in Kyiv. Power outages are reported on the Left Bank. Hitting one of the infrastructure facilities.
14:15 . Vinnytsia region. Critical infrastructure facilities under fire.
Lviv region. Explosions are heard. The light went out in Lvov.
Kyiv region. In Kiev, hits on the residential sector . There are dead and injured. In Vyshgorod, there is also a hit in a residential building.
14:40 . They report interruptions in electricity, water and mobile communications in Kyiv, Dnipro, Lvov, Odessa, Kharkov.
Kharkov region. Subway and electric transport stopped in Kharkiv, buses are additionally brought to the routes.
Nikolaevkskaya area. An emergency shutdown of all power units at the South Ukrainian NPP is reported . Emergency power outage throughout the area.
15:00. Kyiv region. The death toll as a result of a missile attack on Kiev has increased to 3 people, 6 were injured . The whole city without water.
Lviv region. Two rocket strikes on an electrical substation. Yavorivsky, Lvovsky and Chervonogradsky districts were left without electricity.
Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions are de-energized. Khmelnytsky NPP is disconnected from the power system.
15:30 . Kirovograd region. Hitting an energy object. The whole area without light.
15:50 . Poltava region Air defense forces shot down 8 missiles in the Kremenchug region.
16:00 . A draft law has been submitted to the Parliament proposing to toughen the punishment for publishing information about fire damage to infrastructure facilities and authorities in Ukraine. The authors of the bill are deputies from the Servant of the People party. A fine of 1,000 to 3,000 tax-free minimums, or community service from 200 to 240 hours, or correctional labor for up to 2 years is proposed to punish for the publication of information about the shelling of these objects, if such information was not made public by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the SBU or others authorized government agencies or officials.
Kyiv region. As a result of arrivals at critical infrastructure facilities, hitting high-rise buildings in Vyshgorod and the private sector in Chabany, more than 20 people were injured, 1 died .
16:15 . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson.
16:30 . An exchange of prisoners- Ukraine returned 36 people (one civilian and 35 military). Among the released are the guys who defended Mariupol, who were at Azovstal, as well as the National Guardsmen captured at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the first days of the invasion. In total, 22 National Guardsmen, 8 border guards, 4 Navy soldiers, one soldier from the Armed Forces of Ukraine were released. The freed civilian's leg was amputated.
Kyiv region. 31 missiles flew to Kiev, 21 missiles were shot down .
17:00 . Kyiv. Three people were killed as a result of rocket attacks on the capital. Among the dead is a 17-year-old girl. 11 residents of the capital were injured. 10 of them were hospitalized in medical facilities.
Air Defense Forces shot down 51 of the 70 cruise missiles and five kamikaze drones they fired at Ukraine, the Air Force said. Missiles were fired from the regions of the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, as well as from the waters of the Caspian and Black Seas.
No missile strikes can force Ukraine to sit down at the negotiating table with the Russian Federation on its terms. Alexey Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, wrote about this on Twitter after a massive missile attack.
20:00 . Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced an instruction from the Permanent Representative to the UN to request an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council due to missile attacks on Ukraine on Wednesday.