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[Korrespondent] 22:18 The SBU attacks on the Crimean Bridge cut off this logistics artery of the Russians, so now they are forced to deliver weapons for their troops by ferry, head of the Security Service Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with 1+1. “We have actually turned the philosophy of naval operations upside down,” he emphasized. Malyuk also announced “many surprises, and not only in relation to the Crimean Bridge.”
22:09 Russia wants, with the help of China, to build a tunnel under the Kerch Strait in occupied Crimea, which would be protected from Ukrainian attacks. Read more in the article What are they planning in the Russian Federation .
21:43 Military departments will be introduced in all Ukrainian universities, said Deputy Minister of Education and Science Mikhail Vinnitsky. According to him, pilot military departments will appear in the next academic year. They will be responsible for basic military training for all boys and willing girls. In particular, students of military departments will receive the military specialty "shooter". The specialty can also be obtained by taking a course in tactical medicine, basic shooting, and others.
21:38 In 2024, the capabilities of the domestic defense industry will increase six times compared to the current year, but this is still not enough to meet the needs of the Defense Forces, said Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin.
20:21 The elections in the Netherlands were won by the far right with stunning results. The anti-European far-right Freedom Party is led by Geert Wilders, who does not support the further transfer of weapons to Kyiv. More details in the material Winner - against Ukraine .
19:37 Yesterday’s shelling of Chernobaevka could very likely have been provoked by the announcement of the funeral of the deceased defender, the Southern Defense Forces report. Village council officials distributed information about the planned event through social networks, indicating the time and place.
“In a front-line village, which is located in the zone of reach of enemy weapons, representatives of local authorities showed extreme irresponsibility, actually targeting enemy artillery at a place where people were likely to gather. Timely detection of the announcement and taking appropriate measures made it possible to avoid a large scale tragedy. But the fact of enemy shelling is eloquent: there is killed and wounded, several dozen houses destroyed and damaged,” the statement said.
19:05 In Ukraine, conscripts whose service life has expired are being demobilized, said NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov: “As for the mobilization of people who served in military service, the president asked, and the military agreed, that these people will be demobilized in the near future. This process will happen , and we understand how many there are."
18:39 Zelensky announced a new comprehensive mobilization plan, which will be presented next week. He said people need to understand the full roadmap "of where they'll end up: from point A to point B, not just point A."
18:34 President of Latvia Edgars Rinkevichs visited Ukraine , Zelensky said following the meeting with him. “We discussed our relations in detail at the level of the institutions of the European Union. Latvia fundamentally supports Ukraine’s full accession to the EU,” the Ukrainian president noted.
18:30 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called the war in Ukraine a “frozen conflict” that cannot be resolved through arms supplies. He stated this after a meeting with his Czech colleague Petr Fiala in Prague. Fico also said that he would prefer to bring Kyiv and Moscow to the negotiating table.
In turn, Fiala said that the Czech Republic is an unwavering supporter of Ukraine and supplies it with heavy and other weapons. “There is no doubt that we have different views on some issues,” Fiala emphasized, commenting on the meeting with Fico.
18:27 Denmark has agreed on additional funding for the fund from which support for Ukraine is financed for 308 million euros in 2023 and 3.15 billion euros for 2025-2027.
18:24 The Canadian government announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will include, in particular, 11 thousand assault rifles and more than 9 million rounds of ammunition.
18:02 The Russians shelled the village of Dneprovskoye, Kherson region, with artillery - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
17:45 Finland will provide 3 million euros of assistance to strengthen food security measures in Ukraine, the country's government reported. Part of the funds will be used to support the transportation of grain from Ukraine, the rest will be used to clear mines in rural areas so that agricultural production can be resumed.
16:21 The damage per pure day of alarm in Ukraine is about 9 billion hryvnia this year compared to 7 billion hryvnia last year, said Daniil Getmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy. He clarified that the calculations are tied to the size of GDP. At the same time, Getmantsev added that this approach to calculations is approximate and may vary by region, moreover, a significant part of the alarms occur at night. However, it is still possible to estimate the approximate scale of losses in gross value added, he noted.
15:50 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte: “We discussed efforts to maintain unity in Europe. We also discussed the importance of ensuring continued military and financial support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression. In this context, the recent decision of the Netherlands to provide Ukraine with additional 2 billion euros in 2024 are the best signal for other partners."
15:34 At today’s meeting of the Supreme Commander’s Headquarters, the issues of mobilization, demobilization, TCC, VLK, rotation and conscripts were discussed, Zelensky said: “Reports by Minister of Defense Umerov, Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny, Chief of the General Staff Shaptala, Minister of Health Lyashko, Minister of Internal Affairs Klimenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kuleba, Director of the State Intelligence Bureau Sukhachev and First Deputy Minister of Defense Pavlyuk. I instructed their departments to prepare comprehensive solutions."
15:18 Bild writes, citing sources in government circles, that the United States and Germany intend to force Ukraine to begin negotiations with Russia. Moreover, they plan to do this not through direct persuasion, but by reducing supplies to such volumes with which the Ukrainian Armed Forces can only defend themselves, but not attack.
“Zelensky must himself come to the understanding that this cannot continue like this. Without any prompting from the outside. He must of his own free will turn to his people and explain that negotiations are necessary,” says the newspaper’s source in the German government. At the same time, they want to put Ukraine in a “strategically advantageous negotiating position.” According to sources, "the White House and the office are coordinating this issue."
14:37 Russia could accumulate about 900 missiles for future attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat. He clarified that the data is based on estimates of how many missiles the Russian Federation can produce per month, and how many months it has not actively used them. “The power steering of Russia was announced. They can produce one hundred missiles per month. Therefore, we can make a certain mathematical conclusion that 870 or even 900. This is exactly the number of high-precision long-range missiles, in addition to aircraft missiles (X-59, X-31, X-35), as well as Onyxes, S-300 missiles. We are talking only about long-range missiles," Ignat explained.
14:29 Russian public pages write that Ukraine has tried three times in the last two weeks to attack with drones the largest chemical plant in the Bryansk region, which now produces military products. According to them, all the drones were shot down over the territory of the enterprise; the roof and walls were slightly damaged by debris.
13:32 In Berislav, Kherson region, a local resident was wounded, on whom the Russian army dropped ammunition from a drone, OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours in the region, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed and 11 were injured, including two children.
13:25 The head of the Lithuanian government, Ingrida Simonyte, arrived on a visit to Ukraine. She paid tribute to the memory of Ukrainian defenders who died in the war.
12:49 The Ministry of Digital Development together with the Ministry of Defense created a working group on the construction of fortifications, which will be headed by both ministers - Mikhail Fedorov and Rustem Umerov. The group will work 24/7 as an “operational headquarters” and will coordinate the efforts of all government agencies and the military on the construction of fortifications.
“The plans are to introduce a reform to define areas of responsibility: on the first line of defense, the construction of fortifications is carried out by military units, on the second and third - by the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine through the involvement of private contractors. We have already managed to find funding among Ukrainian businesses for construction of fortifications in the most “hot” areas,” Fedorov said. He emphasized that fortifications will help strengthen the country's defense capability and more effectively counter the enemy.
12:20 During the third wave of the attack on Avdeevka, the Russian Army changed its tactics and no longer attacks in columns, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash: “The first wave, they generally walked as if they were on a parade. The second, the columns were divided and tried to go from at least three directions. "Now they have opened a fourth direction - from the Donetsk side - from Spartak. Plus they have added an industrial area. They are trying to expand more along the front line."
At the same time, he noted that the weather does not allow the Russians to use a lot of equipment, but they still drive through the industrial zone, since there is some asphalt coverage there. According to Barabash, the Russians “are coming from all directions: from the flanks, from the south, from the north.” Aviation is active, delivering dozens of strikes with KABs and cluster bombs.
12:09 Russia and China are secretly discussing plans to build an underwater tunnel under the Kerch Strait, writes The Washington Post. According to the newspaper, the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) is ready to provide construction of railway and road facilities of any complexity in the Crimean region. At the same time, the company will participate in the project only on confidentiality terms and will not be mentioned in the documents due to the risk of sanctions.
A Chinese bank is ready to finance the project. The cost of the tunnel could be $5 billion. In exchange, Beijing may gain the right to charge tolls for travel through the tunnel.
11:33 Telegram channel Crimean Wind reports a drone strike on a military unit in Dzhankoy this night. According to the public information, Russian air defense and radar stations, as well as personnel, were destroyed.
11:10 The Czech initiative Gift for Putin announced a fundraiser for the purchase of a Black Hawk helicopter for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In the first week, Czechs and Slovaks raised more than 400 thousand euros for the helicopter. Its total cost is about 4.3 million euros. According to the organizers, the helicopter has already been inspected by aviation experts from Ukraine - it is in good condition and ready to carry out combat missions.
Earlier, as part of the Gift for Putin initiative, the Czechs had already raised funds for the purchase of 15 Viktor air defense systems, a T-72 tank and RM-70 MLRS for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a total cost of $2.3 million.
11:02 Germany will deploy an additional Patriot system in Ukraine in the winter, said German Ambassador Martin Jaeger.
10:34 “Governor” of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that at night Ukraine launched “one of the largest” attempts to air attack on Crimea and the Azov region during the war. According to him, over the territory of the Kherson region and Northern Crimea, “dozens of drones” were allegedly shot down and intercepted by air defense and electronic warfare systems.
09:11 Russian public pages write that in the Volgograd region, a Ukrainian drone fell on the territory of a military unit. A total of three drones flew towards the unit that night. They were suppressed by electronic warfare, but one of the drones fell on the territory of the unit and exploded.
08:47 In the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, as a result of a UAV strike on the village. In Aleksandrovka, Bogodukhovsky district, an infrastructure facility was damaged, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:30 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 24:
- personnel - about 322,900 (+1100) people,
- tanks - 5496 (+30),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,256 (+32),
- artillery systems - 7833 (+31),
- MLRS - 904 (+2),
- air defense systems - 595 (+4),
- aircraft - 323 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5800 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 1564 (+0),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,230 (+32),
- special equipment - 1108 (+1).
08:14 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with three Shahed-type attack UAVs from the south-eastern direction, all of them were destroyed, the Air Force command reported. The Khmelnitsky OVA reported about the work of air defense - the drones were shot down in the Khmelnitsky region, there were no casualties or destruction. Monitoring publics reported at night that UAVs were trying to attack the airfield in Starokonstantinov. One of the drones was also destroyed in the Nikolaev region, OVA reported.
07:20 Over the past 24 hours, 64 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, 20 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction (east of Novokalinovo, Avdeevka and Pervomaisky, Donetsk region), another 14 - in Maryinsky (in the areas of Marinka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region), 11 attacks - in the Bakhmut direction (near Kleshcheevka and Andreevka Donetsk region).
In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the Sinkovka area, in Shakhtarsky - southwest of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, in Zaporozhye - west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Liman direction.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
06:16 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that tonight air defense systems allegedly destroyed 16 UAVs, of which 13 were over Crimea, three over the Volgograd region.