November 22nd
▪️Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Novodmitrovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the Ministry of Defence;
▪️The AFU lost about 13860 men during the week, 82 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered, including 52 in the direction of Kursk;
▪️Russian forces launched 30 group attacks, including with the Kinzhal hypersonic air-ballistic missile, on Ukrainian military industrial complex facilities during the week;
▪️On 21 November, in response to the use of long-range weapons by the AFU, Russian forces struck one of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities in Dnepropetrovsk; the launch target of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile was reached, with all warheads hitting the target;
▪️Russian forces have accelerated their advance in the special military operation zone, crushing the AFU’s best units and disrupting their entire 2025 campaign, Belousov said;
▪️According to the Defence Ministry, Russian air defence forces shot down 28 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Orel and Kaluga regions overnight;
▪️AFU losses in the Kursk direction totalled 150 servicemen over the day;
▪️The Russian military will work out mechanisms to alert the civilian population of Ukraine in case of plans for new missile attacks, Peskov said;
▪️A civilian car hit an explosive device in the Kursk region, killing a woman and injuring the driver, Governor Smirnov said;
▪️On Friday, 46 residents of the Kursk region returned to Russia as a result of the negotiation process with Ukraine, Moskalkova said.