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Russia and Ukraine continued their mutual exchange of strikes on November 23-24. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that on the night of November 24, Russian forces deployed 162 attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), of which 125 units were shot down or suppressed by air defense systems. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that overnight, Russian air defense systems destroyed 93 Ukrainian UAVs over several regions, including Belgorod, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar Krai, as well as over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
Strikes on Ukrainian Territory
The primary thrust of Russian forces during this period targeted objects in eight regions of Ukraine, with the most intense attacks hitting Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
In Kharkiv and the surrounding region, preliminary data indicates at least 16 objects were hit. A key episode was a strike on the “Serp i Molot” 110/35/6 kV substation, which left approximately 10,000 subscribers without power.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, strikes affected the energy system, leaving more than 60,000 consumers without electricity. Significant damage was inflicted in Pavlohrad, where the targets included fuel and lubricant storage facilities near the railway depot and the unloading platform of a central processing plant used by the military for logistics and equipment storage
Furthermore, on the evening of November 23, a strike on the “Dnipro-Western Donbas” water pipeline in the area of Pavlohrad, Ternivka, and Shakhtarske disrupted water supply.
In Chernihiv region, strikes hit a substation and an oil depot in the Koriukivka district, and on the outskirts of Chernihiv, according to the Russian side, a UAV launch site was destroyed. In Chernihiv itself, a private enterprise was hit. In Slavutych, Kyiv region, four strikes on an energy facility were recorded.
In southern Ukraine, attacks continued on objects in Odesa region. In Izmail, port infrastructure was again targeted, damaging equipment and causing a fire on a vessel. In Artsyz, a strike hit the airfield area, which, according to some reports, is used for pilot training and UAV launches; an electrical substation was also damaged.
In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, the targets included a temporary deployment point on the territory of a former hospital and an oil depot. Reports also mentioned strikes on a tank training ground and positions of Ukrainian air defense missile systems. Explosions were noted in Kramatorsk and on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.
Strikes on Russian Territory
On November 23, according to open-source data, the Shaturskaya GRES power plant near Moscow was attacked, although local authorities did not comment on the incident. In Ryazan, the governor reported the fall of “debris” on an enterprise, presumably at an oil refinery.
In the territories of the DPR, according to information from Ukrainian sources, electrical substations were attacked. The “Yuzhnaya” substation was hit near Shakhtarsk, and strikes were also carried out on substations in Dokuchaevsk and Starobeshevo.
Amid the hostilities, information emerged about a corruption scheme in arms procurement for Ukraine. According to an investigation by the Czech outlet Radiožurnál, the company Reactive Drone has been engaged since 2022 in reselling Chinese drones to the Ukrainian side at a significant markup.
According to the investigation, the company purchased batches of drones in China for $1.7 million (approximately 36 million Czech crowns), but invoiced Ukraine for nearly $33 million (around 700 million crowns), representing a markup of approximately 20 times. Meanwhile, the Czech tax authorities lost at least $5 million (130 million crowns) in tax revenue, as significant sums were transferred to bank accounts in China.
Despite the investigation being launched, the scheme not only continued into 2024 but the resale volumes increased. Currently, the company’s CEO has been detained, and the accountant is under investigation. Police have seized accounting documents and frozen approximately 384 million crowns in the company’s accounts. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the situation. This case illustrates the complexities and risks associated with arms procurement in a conflict, where significant financial flows can become subject to abuse.
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not only that….
denis stielerman, co-owner of the ukrainian company fire point, admitted that the display of the fp-5 flamingo missile at idex-2025 was not a weapon, but a distracting model.
the aim was to cover the mass purchase of the old ai-25 and ai-25tl aircraft engines abroad, so that everything would look like a project of a british-emirate company⚡️⚡️⚡️
the missile was not made, but the legend was invented.
told ya…..🤓
two words that you will never hear from nato member nations. we’re losing or we lost. watching the rhetoric issued by the paid talking heads to avoid this statement, is entertaining to those who see through the empires of lies. what is common = all the nations that use this technique allow usury laws and attack nations that do not.