Some Ukrainian military officials insist that the missile used by Russia during the attacks was indeed RS-26 ICBM.

Source: Financial Times

Russian VT-40 FPV drone's direct hit on an M1A1 SA Abrams tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.

India never fails to surprise: An Indian Navy submarine collided with a fishing vessel on November 21.

There were 13 crew members on board the vessel, 11 of whom were rescued.

Search operations for the remaining two continue.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (GUR) says Russia fired Kedr ICBM (not Oreshnik MRBM) on November 21 on Dnipro.

It took just 15 minutes for the missile to travel from Astrakhan to Dnipro.

Equipped with six warheads, each containing six submunitions, the missile reached speeds exceeding Mach 11 during its terminal trajectory.

Trials were conducted at Russia’s Kapustin Yar testing ground (Astrakhan region) in October 2023 and June 2024.

Kedr ICBM is a new strategic weapon being developed by Russia, intended to replace the existing RS-24 Yars missile system.

Germany on Netanyahu's arrest warrant by ICC:

Our position towards Israel regarding arms supplies has not changed.

We will carefully consider our steps.

BOOM: Several officials suggested that President Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.

They claim that would be an instant and enormous deterrent.

Source: NYT

NEW: An attack by al-Qaeda-linked JNIM militants between Bandiagara and Sévaré in the Mopti region of Mali killed five Wagner mercenaries.

Israel continues to destroy Beirut, Lebanon.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on why she was against sending weapons to Ukraine in 2014:

There was a big argument in Ukraine about whether we should try to drive the Russian troops out of eastern Ukraine by military means. I thought that there was no chance of success.

Source: Spiegel

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha:

We see Trump's victory as an additional chance to speed up the peace process.

IDF tanks were spotted hundreds of meters from the Litani River.

Drone wars continue: Footage of two drones colliding in the air.

High-tech optical equipment worth $2.1 million, manufactured by UK firm Beck Optronic Solutions, was allegedly sold to Russian military-connected companies through intermediary firms in Kyrgyzstan.

— The equipment included camera lenses used in military applications like missiles, tanks, and aircraft.

— Shipments were made by two companies: Rama Group LLC and Shisan LLC, both registered Kyrgyz companies.

— The two companies completed 2,129 shipments to Russia between July-December 2023, many shipments contained "high-priority battlefield items".

— Rama Group is linked to Valeria Baigascina, a 25-year-old part-time model from Kazakhstan now living in Belarus.

— The shipments went to sanctioned Russian companies like Sol Group and Ural Optical & Mechanical Plant.

— Beck Optronic Solutions denies knowledge of these shipments and claims it has not breached sanctions.

Source: BBC

Map of the movement of the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine throughout 2024.

Source: Map by Financial Times, data by ISW.