Live broadcast text – short and concise about the most important thing in the Russian war in Ukraine on November 23rd. Ukraine heroically defended its land from the invasion of the aggressor for nine months.
21:16. On Wednesday, the Russian court extended by six months the preventive detention of opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who risks up to ten years in prison, because he allowed himself to condemn Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine.
8:22 PM. On Wednesday, the United States announced a new aid package for Ukraine in the amount of $400 million, as part of which generators should also be supplied to Ukraine. More than 200 generators are expected to be sent to Ukraine to relieve pressure on Ukraine’s power grid and support civilian and military needs.
7:49 pm. Ukraine should not have supply problems in winter conditions and Western countries must supply not only weapons, but also other things necessary for the normal functioning of the country, Defense Minister Artis Pabriks (AP) told the LETA agency, who attended the defense meeting Wednesday in Oslo the ministers of the Northern Group.
18:57. Fortunately, the United States has managed to maintain a moderate attitude towards Russia in NATO, despite calls by some member states for more radical action, a NATO source said in a conversation with the EURACTIV media network.
17:57 The Russian ambassador has been summoned to Moldova’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide an explanation regarding the power outage following Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
5.55pm The light went out in Kharkov and electric transport stopped, there are still problems with electricity in several districts of the region.
5:47 pm Emergency protection was activated at the Rivne, South Ukraine and Khmelnytskyi NPPs, all power units were disconnected
5:36 pm At least three people have been killed and six injured in Russian attacks on Kiev, capital officials said.
“As a result of the attack, a two-story residential building was damaged. Three people were killed and six were injured,” the Kiev military administration announced on the Telegram app.
The mayor of Kiev has announced that the water supply has been cut off in the capital.
“Because of the shooting, the water supply in Kyiv was cut off,” Klitschko announced on social media.
Oleksiy Kuleba, head of the Kyiv region’s military administration, said the entire Kyiv region was left without electricity. He also reports that anti-aircraft artillery is operating in the area.
According to Kuleba, the residential sector and critical infrastructure were affected in the Kyiv region.
Explosions are also reported in the Lviv and Vinnytsia regions. The mayor of Lviv has announced that the city has been left without electricity after the Russian strikes.
Ukraine’s state-owned Energoatom reports that all three nuclear power plants still controlled by Ukraine have been disconnected from the power grid.
“Energoatom” reports that the Russian attacks triggered emergency protocols at the Rivne, southern Ukraine and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants, and all reactors were automatically disconnected from the power grid.
Moldova has also reported widespread power outages in the country.
An air alert was declared in all regions of Ukraine on Wednesday and officials said the Russians were firing missiles from the south and east.
4:53pm On November 23, Russian missiles hit the residential sector and infrastructure objects in the Kiev region, at least 20 people were injured and 1 person died.
4:04pm On Tuesday, the Security Service of Ukraine confiscated pro-Russian literature, money and interrogated dozens of people in Kiev’s Pecheri Monastery and other church-related institutions.
2:29 pm The mayor of Kiev, Vitalii Klitschko, announced that one of the capital’s infrastructure structures was damaged. Oleksiy Kuleba, head of the Kiev OVA, confirmed the work of the air defense forces in the Kiev region.
1:54 PM Russia has flown Tu-95 strategic bombers, possible missile strikes. At least 15 Russian missile launches have been recorded as of 13:20.
12.47. The Russian army has turned educational institutions into barracks in the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, reports pravda.com.ua. “Soldiers are housed there, despite the ongoing education process. Enemies usually occupy one of the floors and explain that this is for ‘security reasons’,” reports the National Resistance Center of Ukraine.
12:00 pm. On Wednesday, Moldova rejected allegations by Russia’s state-owned natural gas company “Gazprom” that Ukraine diverts natural gas destined for Moldova. “Gazprom” announced on Tuesday that Ukraine would deny the supply of 52.52 million cubic meters of gas to Moldova and threatened to reduce the volume of supplies.
10.53. Russia appears to have used almost every Iranian drone in its arsenal, according to British military intelligence. Nothing has been publicly reported on Iranian drone strikes since Nov. 17.
10.34. Russian troop losses in Ukraine reached 85,410 soldiers on Wednesday morning, according to the Ukrainian Army General Staff. 410 invaders were destroyed during the day.
Since the beginning of the re-invasion on February 24, the Russians have lost 2,897 tanks, 5,832 armored vehicles, 1,887 guns, 395 multi-charge rocket launchers, 209 anti-aircraft artillery installations, 278 airplanes, 261 helicopters, 1,537 drones, 480 cruise missiles, 4,396 cars and 16 tankers, as well as 161 specialized technical units.
09.51. 16 US senators from the Democratic and Republican parties are asking Defense Minister Lloyd Austin to reconsider the decision not to grant Ukraine MQ-1C Gray Eagle attack drones, reports the Wall Street Journal, referring to the letter from the senators.
“Awarding the MQ-1C Gray Eagle to Ukraine is an important step in the long-term perspective,” the letter states. Its authors are convinced that “Gray Eagle” could be effectively used in Ukraine. It was previously reported that the Pentagon had decided not to send the “Gray Eagle” to Ukraine, fearing that the secret technologies could end up in the hands of Russia.
09.04. Britain is sending helicopters to Ukraine for the first time since Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine in February, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. One of the three “Sea King” helicopters assigned to Ukraine has already been delivered to Ukraine, according to information from the BBC. According to Wallace, Britain will also send 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.
08.34. Poland takes security threats posed by Russia very seriously, Latvian Ambassador to Poland Juris Poikāns noted this morning in an interview with LTV’s “Morning Panorama”. Speaking about the recent “missile incident”, Poikans stressed that the official investigation has not yet been completed, but there are two versions: either a missile of the Ukrainian air defense system fell on the border, which did not hit a Russian missile, or some debris fell from a Russian missile shot down by Ukraine. .
08:00. In February, the French leadership did not believe that Russia would start a full-scale war against Ukraine, but German leaders believed that if that happens, then it would be better for Kiev to surrender, the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to CNN Portugal, expressing the views of Ukraine’s allies to the war prospects of the time.
07.12. On Wednesday night, Russian troops fired rockets at the maternity ward of the Vilnius hospital in the Zaporizhia region, and one child was killed in the shooting, said Oleksandr Starukh, head of the military administration in the Zaporizhia region . .
05.43. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is ready to recruit Russian citizens opposed to the war in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing CIA Deputy Director David Marlowe, who is in charge of CIA operations.
04.55. Russia has brought 52,000 police into the currently occupied territories of Ukraine, the National Resistance Center of Ukraine has announced. The center noted that the occupiers are turning these territories into a police state typical of fascism.
00:50. Russia is seeking to use winter ice as a “weapon of mass destruction” to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
00.10. As of Tuesday, 1,886 inhabited places were unoccupied in Ukraine and humanitarian headquarters started work in 1,620 places, said deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Tymoshenko. Medical institutions have resumed functioning in 965 settlements, social services – almost 1300, educational institutions – 1065, financial services have been restored in 1206 settlements, Tymoshenko listed. Gas supply has been restored in 1,303 settlements, electricity is supplied in 1,340 and water supply in 1,432 settlements. In addition, mobile communication and Internet services are fully provided in 1190 settlements.
