RIA news agency on November 22 quoted information from the Russian Defense Ministry saying that the country's forces had gained control of the Novodmytrivka settlement in Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine.
Image believed to be of Russian soldiers firing during conflict with Ukraine
Photo: TASS screenshot
In addition, TASS news agency on November 22 quoted a source confirming that Russian forces had cut off a main supply route used by Ukrainian combat groups in the Velikaya Novoselka settlement in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.
Russian troops are advancing about 200-300 meters per day near the center of the Ukrainian city of Kurakhove in Donetsk province, a source in the Kyiv military told AFP on November 22.
As of the evening of November 22, there was no information about Ukraine's reaction.
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Ukraine analyzes new Russian ballistic missile
The Ukrainian General Intelligence Service (HUR) said on November 22 that the Russian missile that attacked the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on November 21 flew for 15 minutes and reached a maximum speed exceeding Mach 11 (13,475 km/h), according to Reuters.
“The flight time of this Russian missile from launch in Astrakhan province (of Russia) to landing in the city of Dnipro is 15 minutes. The missile is equipped with 6 warheads, each warhead is equipped with 6 sub-warheads. The speed at the final stage of the flight trajectory is above Mach 11,” HUR analyzed.
CNN on November 21 quoted Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh as saying that Moscow used a prototype of a medium-range ballistic missile, based on the design of Russia's RS-26 Rubezh ballistic missile.
Technically, the RS-26, with a range of 5,800 km, is classified as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). However, the military considers this weapon more like a medium-range missile, as its range is far less than that of common ICBMs that can fly more than 10,000 km.
Earlier, on November 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow had attacked a Ukrainian military facility with a new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile called “Oreshnik”.
US officials said that Moscow had informed Washington before carrying out the Oreshnik missile attack, and that the US had also briefed Ukraine to prepare for the possibility of an attack.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on November 22 that the Oreshnik missile is not an ICBM, so Moscow is not obliged to notify the US each time a missile is launched, according to TASS news agency.
However, because it was a ballistic missile, the US was notified through Russia's National Nuclear Threat Reduction Center, an automated warning system, according to Mr. Peskov.
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Russia sends new message to the West
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 22 that the attack on Ukraine with the newly developed Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile was a message to the West that Moscow would respond harshly to any “reckless” Western actions in support of Ukraine, according to Reuters.
“The main message is that reckless decisions and actions by Western countries that produce and supply missiles to Ukraine, which are then used to attack Russian territory, cannot go unanswered by Russia,” Peskov told reporters.
Mr. Peskov also said that the Russian military would find a way to warn the Ukrainian people about future Oreshnik missile attacks.
Also on November 22, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that all warheads of the Oreshnik missile had hit their targets, emphasizing that this was the first time they had successfully used a medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile with a conventional warhead in combat.
Meanwhile, NATO spokesman Farah Dakhlallah said on November 21 that Russia's use of new ballistic missiles "will not change the course of the conflict or deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine."
Reuters on November 22 quoted a NATO source as saying that NATO will hold an emergency meeting with Ukraine at the alliance headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) on November 26 to discuss Moscow's use of hypersonic medium-range ballistic missiles in the conflict with Ukraine.
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Ukraine is controlling 800 km2 in Kursk?
AFP on November 22 quoted a source from the Kyiv military as saying that Ukraine has no immediate plans to withdraw its troops from Russia's Kursk province. According to the source, the Ukrainian military is controlling 800 square kilometers in Kursk province, down from the previously announced figure of nearly 1,400 square kilometers.
Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said on November 22 that Russian forces involved in repelling the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk province had “weakened” the best military units and “derailed Ukraine’s entire 2025 campaign,” according to RT.
Kyiv sent some of its best-equipped and most experienced troops across the northern border in August, claiming that gaining control of Russian territory in Kursk would be a major benefit, according to RT. Ukrainian officials said the move would slow down Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline and give Kyiv a major bargaining chip in future peace talks.
Moscow has described the Ukrainian offensive on Kursk as a major turning point in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Senior Russian officials have stressed that there can be no peace talks until all Ukrainian troops are expelled from Kursk province.
The Russian military claims that Ukrainian forces suffered more than 34,500 casualties and lost hundreds of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons during the Kursk offensive, according to RT.
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