According to ISW, this pace would not enable Russia to capture the remaining areas of Donetsk Oblast until around August 2027. That projection assumes Ukrainian defenses hold, Western weapons continue to arrive, and Russian units sustain their current tempo.

Ukraine's military reportedly struck the Shatura Thermal Power Plant in Moscow Oblast overnight on Nov. 23, Russian Telegram media channels reported. Purported videos __[posted]( on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the plant,

In an interaction with the BBC, several Ukrainian soldiers criticised the original draft of US plan – details of which were leaked last week.

President Trump argued Friday that Ukraine’s military will soon collapse in the face of Russian pressure if Kyiv doesn’t agree to a much-criticized plan to end the conflict — adding in a radio interview that it would be “appropriate” for Ukraine to put pen to paper by the Thanksgiving holiday.

Russian forces occupied Odradne and Bolohivka in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast and made advances in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Nov. 22.