Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of November 23 to 24.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 162 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones – of which roughly 80 were Shahed-type drones – from the direction of Kursk, Bryansk, and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Hvardiiske, Crimea.[133] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 125 drones, that 37 drones struck 15 locations, and that drone debris fell at one location. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces targeted civilian and residential infrastructure in Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck port, agricultural, civilian, and energy infrastructure in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.[134] The Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported that the Russian strikes knocked out power for over 70,000 customers in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.[135] Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces also conducted a Shahed drone strike against civilian infrastructure in Chernihiv City on the afternoon of November 24, wounding three civilians.[136]
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Overnight, Russia launched 162 drones, over 80 of them Shaheds, from multiple directions. Ukrainian air defenses shot down or jammed 125 of them. Strikes hit 15 locations, with heavy damage to civilian infrastructure and homes in Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Dnipro regions.
The Trump peace plan shrinks from 28 to 19 points as Ukraine fights for red lines under heavy bombardment, hits Russian airfields in Taganrog and Crimea, and watches Europe argue over what “peace” can even mean with Putin still bombing its cities
Preliminary reports suggest one of Russia’s A-60 airborne laser aircraft may have been destroyed. Only two prototypes were ever built, “1A” and the upgraded “2A”, both based on the Il‑76MD and used for experimental high-power laser systems.
- Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, has arrived in Turkiye’s Istanbul, where he said in a post on Facebook that he is working “to unblock” the process of exchanging captives with Moscow and ensuring the implementation of the agreement that has already been reached with Russia.
- The state environmental inspectorate in Ukraine’s Sumy region announced in a post on Telegram that it has launched a lawsuit over environmental damages, including the destruction of forest areas, against Russian forces that spearheaded the invasion of the region in 2022.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that 30 Japanese people, including a foreign ministry official, were now barred from entering Russia in response to sanctions introduced by Tokyo against Moscow.
- The FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, claimed that Russia thwarted a Ukrainian-United Kingdom plan to hijack a MiG-31 jet equipped with a hypersonic missile and to use it to carry out a false flag attack on a major NATO airbase.
- Romanian Minister of Energy Bogdan Ivan said his country must take control of the local Romanian company of Russia’s Lukoil, as Western sanctions have prompted a wave of similar moves across Europe.
- Ukrainian authorities have charged seven people in relation to an alleged $100m kickback scheme involving senior energy officials, a day after launching a probe into Ukraine’s state nuclear agency Energoatom.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said the government had dismissed Energoatom’s supervisory board and that an urgent audit of the agency would be conducted, “including its procurement activities”.
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A former deputy prime minister was among the suspects in the Energoatom probe, Ukraine’s anticorruption bureau said, alleging it had recorded a total of $1.2m being transferred to the official, whom it did not name in line with Ukrainian law.
- Denmark’s Ministry of Defence announced 1.4 billion kroner ($217m) worth of military aid to Ukraine, including for the purchase of US weapons.
**General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine**
*Operational information as of 22:00 on November 24, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion*
The defense forces are focusing their efforts on disrupting the Russian invaders' plans for an offensive and exhausting their combat potential.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 150 combat clashes.
The enemy carried out 29 air strikes and dropped 62 guided bombs. In addition, it used 2,683 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,150 shellings of populated areas and positions of our troops.
- - In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out three attacks on the positions of Ukrainian defenders and 155 shellings today.
- - In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the Vovchansk, Synelnykove, and Kolodyazne areas. Ukrainian units repelled five attacks.
- - Ukrainian defenders repelled three attacks in the Kupianskyi direction in the Pishchane and Petropavlivka areas.
- - In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 10 attacks in the areas of Shandryholove, Novoselivka, Hrekivka, Nadiya, Zarichne, and in the direction of Stavky. Three more clashes are still ongoing.
- - In the Sloviansk direction, our defenders successfully repelled 11 attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Dronivka, Vyimka, Serebryanka, Siversk, and in the direction of Zvanivka, Yampil, and Zakytne. Another combat engagement is still ongoing.
- - In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.
- - In the Kostyantynivka direction, the occupiers stormed the positions of our defenders 19 times today near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Ivanopil, Kleban-Byk, Yablunivka, Pleshchiivka, Poltavka, and in the direction of Kostyantynivka, Stepanivka, and Sofiivka. The defense forces have already repelled 15 enemy attacks, and fighting continues.
- - In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 47 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Shakhov, Novoye Shakhov, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Novoserhiivka, Novoeekonomichne, Molodetsk, Filiya, and Dachne. Three combat engagements are still ongoing.
According to preliminary estimates, today our soldiers eliminated 50 occupiers and wounded 30 in this direction; destroyed 21 unmanned aerial vehicles and two personnel shelters; hit one vehicle, one artillery system, and 11 enemy personnel shelters.
- - In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian units stopped 13 attacks by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Stepove, Krasnohirsk, Pryvilne, Pavlivka, Yegorivka, Zelenyi Hai, Vorone, Sosnivka, and in the direction of Orestopil. The enemy launched an air strike on Velykomykhailivka.
- - In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 attacks by the occupiers near the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Zatyshshia, Solodke, and in the direction of Varvarivka and Dobropillia. Another battle is ongoing. Enemy aircraft struck the settlements of Huliaipole and Zaliznychne.
- - In the Orikhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the Primorsky area.
- - In the Dnipro direction, two enemy attacks in the direction of the Antonivsky Bridge ended unsuccessfully for the occupiers.
Let's defeat the enemy and bring our victory closer!
Glory to Ukraine!
US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.[1] An official briefed on the negotiations told the Washington Post that the peace plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine now has 19 points and is based on the original US proposal, but that US and Ukrainian delegations have not yet agreed upon the final number of points.[2] Oleksandr Bevz, advisor to Ukrainian Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak, stated that Ukrainian and US negotiators agreed to remove points unrelated to Ukraine, such as those regarding US-Russian bilateral engagement and those involving Europe.[3] Bevz stated that Ukrainian and US negotiators also agreed to resolve issues about Ukraine’s accession to NATO based on NATO’s consensus decision-making structure.[4] Bevz stated that Ukrainian negotiators clarified to US officials that Ukraine is willing to start discussions about territory from the current frontline and does not want to engage with Russian offers to swap territory. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that European officials noted that the most recent version of the peace plan no longer includes proposals for roughly $100 billion in frozen Russian assets to go toward US-led efforts to rebuild Ukraine.[5] Ukrainian news agency RBK-Ukraine reported, citing unspecified sources, that the delegations adjusted a significant number of issues, such as those related to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the size of the Ukrainian military, and prisoner of war (POW) and prisoner exchanges.[6] RBK-Ukraine’s sources reportedly stated that the delegations agreed that US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should discuss and agree upon points related to territorial issues and Ukraine’s accession into NATO. Sources told RBK-Ukraine that the United States will work with Ukraine to agree on the final points of the plan before engaging with European partners on points that directly concern Europe.[7] The sources reportedly stated that the United States will then use “carrots and sticks” to convince Russia of the plan.
- US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.
- The persistent Russian rate of advance does not indicate that Russian forces will imminently seize the rest of Donetsk Oblast.
- Russian officials and ultranationalist voices continue rejecting the original and revised US-proposed peace plan drafts and are attempting to portray Europe as responsible for the Russian rejection.
- Ukrainian forces maintain a limited presence and continue to counterattack within Pokrovsk, indicating that Russian forces likely remain unable to rapidly seize Pokrovsk at this time.
- Russian forces continue to leverage their new offensive template, which heavily relies on battlefield air interdiction (BAI) efforts and infiltration tactics, to advance in the Hulyaipole direction.
- Belarusian balloons continue incursions in NATO airspace in Lithuania and Latvia.
- Russian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Velykyi Burluk, Siversk, Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Velykomykhailivka, and Hulyaipole and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.
- Ukraine’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said the army’s situation has “significantly worsened” in parts of the southeastern Zaporizhia region amid fierce fighting with Russian forces.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that he had received an update from Syrskii, which conveyed that the situation” remains difficult” in the Zaporizhia region, as well as in the direction of the embattled city of Pokrovsk.
- Zaporizhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said that a Russian drone attack killed a 56-year-old man in the Polohivskyi district.
- Also in Zaporizhia, the Kushuhum Village Council announced in a post on the Telegram messaging app that families with children must begin mandatory evacuations from the area.
- Ukraine’s Southern Defence Forces said in a post on Facebook that they had to withdraw from positions near the settlements of Novouspenivske, Nove, Okhotnyche, Uspenivka, and Novomykolaivka in the Zaporizhia region.
- Ukraine’s General Staff claimed that explosions and fire were recorded after Ukrainian forces hit the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region.
- A Ukrainian mine explosion killed one person in the village of Bahatyr in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said, while persistent Ukrainian drone attacks have forced people to flee the area, Russia’s state TASS news agency reports.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces seized the eastern part of Kupiansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to TASS.
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