WSJ: Russia shifts to 'Plan B' after blitzkrieg victory failure.

12:14 AM

Ukraine begins talks with partners about advanced air defense systems, following Russia's ICBM strike.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has directed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to engage with partners on acquiring advanced air defense systems, according to Zelensky’s statement on Nov. 22.

11:22 PM

Hungary criticizes US sanctions on Gazprombank as 'threat to energy security', Bloomberg reports.

Hungary criticized U.S. sanctions on Gazprombank, stating that they pose a threat to the energy security of Central European countries, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjarto said in a statement on Nov. 22.

10:13 PM

War analysis

What is Russia's Oreshnik missile, and what happens next?

9:59 PM

Russian military shoot 5 Ukrainian POWs near Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast.

The Security Service of Ukraine has launched an investigation into the killing of Ukrainian soldiers near Vuhledar, from which Ukrainian forces withdrew on Oct. 2.

9:23 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia likely used ballistic missile from 'Kedr' complex to strike Dnipro, intelligence says

9:02 PM

Russia plans to launch mass production of Oreshnik missile, Putin says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will continue to test the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, including in combat conditions.

8:43 PM

Orange Revolution

'It was my first revolution' — Ukrainians look back on the Orange Revolution 20 years later

8:02 PM

Ukraine to receive $4.8 billion from World Bank.

Ukraine and the World Bank signed a loan agreement worth $4.8 billion, which Kyiv will use for priority budget expenditures, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

7:59 PM

Video

Muslim who fled Russia on his new life in Ukraine.

Ali Charinskiy is an activist and professional martial artist from the Republic of Dagestan who advocated for the rights of Muslims. The Kyiv Independent spent a day with Charinskiy in his new home, a southern Ukrainian city of Odesa.

7:48 PM

Russia has deployed nearly 60,000 troops to Kursk Oblast, media reports.

Nearly 60,000 Russian army personnel are currently stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Suspilne reported on Nov. 22, citing its undisclosed source in the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

6:27 PM

Nearly 580,000 Russian troops fighting against Ukraine, military intelligence says.

The number includes soldiers serving in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), said.

6:16 PM

Russia likely used ballistic missile from 'Kedr' complex to strike Dnipro, intelligence says.

The ballistic missile launched by Russia on Nov. 21 against the city of Dnipro was likely part of the "Kedr" missile complex tested in recent years, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) said.

6:14 PM

Opinion

Opinion: Berlin's coalition drama puts Ukraine — and Europe — at risk

5:19 PM

Opinion

Opinion: With soaring interest rates and stagflation risks, Russia will face deep economic crisis regardless of war’s outcome

10:03 PM  (Updated:  November 22, 2024 5:12 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.