Iran claims it never supplied kamikaze drones to Russia

10:03 PM  (Updated:  November 22, 2024 5:07 pm)

Explaining Ukraine

Holodomor: Soviet Union’s man-made famine in Ukraine

4:48 PM

War in Ukraine at 'decisive stage,' risk of 'global conflict,' Poland's Tusk says.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's comments came in the wake of Russia's attack on Dnipro a day earlier.

2:46 PM

Belarus weekly

Belarus Weekly: New Russian military doctrine to cover Belarus with nuclear umbrella

1:41 PM

North Korea received anti-aircraft missiles, oil from Russia in exchange for troops, reports say.

South Korea's national security advisor Shin Won-sik on Nov. 22 said Moscow had provided Pyongyang with economic and military technology in exchange for the troops.

12:32 PM

Shahed drones that hit Sumy equipped with shrapnel munitions, regional governor says.

"This is pure genocide," Regional Governor Volodymyr Artiukh said.

12:00 PM

White House sees no indication of Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

"We haven’t seen any indications of Russia preparing to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. We just have not seen that," White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said on Nov. 21.

11:31 AM

Russia's experimental weapons 'will not change the course of the war,’ NATO says.

“The Russian attack on Dnipro on Thursday is yet another example of Russia's attacks on Ukrainian cities,” NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said.

10:59 AM

Ukrainian parliament meeting canceled due to credible threat of Russian strike in Kyiv, source confirms.

Lawmakers were planning to hold an hour-long Q&A session at the Verkhovna Rada, the official added.

11:09 AM  (Updated:  November 22, 2024 9:04 am)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Russia reportedly uses new 'Oreshnik' ballistic missile against Ukraine — what we know so far

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that the attack was a test of Russia's "newest missile," an IRBM called "Oreshnik."

8:50 AM

North Korea's Kim accuses US of stoking potential 'thermonuclear war'.

The comments came on the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had launched its "newest missile," an IRBM called "Oreshnik," in an attack on Dnipro, eastern Ukraine.

8:24 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 728,300 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

This number includes 1,050 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:58 AM

2 killed, 12 injured in Russia's attack on Sumy.

Russia struck a residential area in the city of Sumy overnight on Nov. 22 with Shahed drones, killing two people and injuring 12, local authorities reported.

6:30 AM

Ukraine's former commander-in-chief says Russia’s allies’ involvement signals global conflict.

"What we've expected for so long has started. But I want to say that God Himself is giving a chance, not only to Ukraine but to the whole world, to have time to draw the correct conclusions now," Zaluzhnyi said.

4:36 AM

US warned Ukraine, other allies ahead of Putin's 'experimental intermediate-range ballistic' attack.

"Russia likely possesses only a handful of these experimental missiles," a U.S. official told the Kyiv Independent, adding that Ukraine has withstood countless attacks from Russia, including from missiles with significantly larger warheads than this weapon.

2:13 AM

High-ranking North Korean general injured in Ukrainian strike on Kursk, WSJ reports.

A high-ranking North Korean general was wounded in a recent Ukrainian missile strike on Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Nov. 21, citing undisclosed sources.

12:47 AM

Russia pre-notified US of 'Oreshnik' missile strike before attack on Dnipro.

Russia gave the U.S. a brief advance warning of the intermediate-range ballistic missile strike on Ukraine prior to the attack, according to comments a U.S. administration official made at a briefing on Nov. 21.

11:33 PM

UK sanctions Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and others in anti-corruption crackdown.

The U.K. has sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, along with Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, and Latvian politician Aivars Lembergs, according to the U.K. government’s website statement on Nov. 21.

10:22 PM

Recent Russian attacks hit 3 of Ukrainian energy giant DTEK's 5 operational thermal power plants, Reuters reports.

Russia’s missile strikes on Nov. 16-17 hit three of the five operational thermal power plants owned by Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, leaving one plant offline, Reuters reported on Nov. 21, citing unnamed sources.

10:12 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches new 'Oreshnik' intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine

9:33 PM

UK prepared to fight Russia if it invades Eastern European NATO member, British general says.

The U.K. is prepared to send its soldiers to fight Russia if it invades a NATO country on the alliance's eastern flank, Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defense staff, said on Nov. 21, Politico reported.

9:32 PM

Investigation: Who helped Russians increase production of domestic attack drones despite sanctions

8:50 PM

US imposes sanctions on over 50 Russian banks, including Gazprombank.

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on dozens of Russian banks, including Gazprombank, securities registrars, and financial officials, according to a Nov. 21 statement.

8:32 PM

KI Insights

KI Insights next monthly briefing: Ukraine’s post-war electoral scenarios

8:00 PM

Russia used new 'Oreshnik' intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine, Putin says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that during the Nov. 21 strike on Dnipro, Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile — Oreshnik (Hazel).

6:57 PM

Russian FM spokesperson asked not to comment on ballistic missile strike on Ukraine during briefing.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova received a call during her Nov. 21 press briefing instructing her not to comment on the latest ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine.