Closure of embassies, Storm Shadow attack on Russian soil, military aid: November 20 highlights

Some embassies in Kyiv were temporarily closed due to the threat of Russian strikes

The embassies of the USA, Spain, Italy, and Greece in Ukraine stated that there is a risk of a massive air attack on Ukraine on November 20. Diplomatic institutions were temporarily closed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called it "scaremongering" and emphasized that the threat of aerial attacks in Ukraine persists every day.

The United States Embassy in Kyiv will resume work tomorrow, November 21.

The threat of an attack by a "Rubezh" missile

Information is spreading in Telegram channels about the possibility of Russia’s launching an attack on Ukraine with an RS-26 "Rubezh" intercontinental ballistic missile, which can hit at a distance of up to 6,000 kilometers.

hromadske sources consider the use of an intercontinental ballistic missile to strike Ukraine unlikely.

Ukraine hit Russia with Storm Shadow missiles for the first time

The United States has lifted restrictions on the use of British Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russian territory. This permission was required precisely from the USA because these missiles contain American components.

According to Bloomberg, Ukraine used Franco-British SCALP/Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the first time for strikes on the territory of Russia. Presumably, they hit Kursk Oblast.

How the owner of the Telegram channel "Joker" became "unfit for service"

Roman Kravets, the owner of the "Joker" Telegram channel and number 153 on the election lists of the Servant of the People party, was removed from the military register in July 2024, when he was abroad.

Roman Kravets traveled abroad five times during the full-scale invasion. In September, he met in Vienna with former sanctioned businessman Seyar Kurshutov and former head of the President's Office Andriy Bohdan in the lobby of the Vienna Ritz Hotel.

The US provided military aid

The US Department of Defense officially announced the transfer of a new package of defense assistance to Ukraine. It included missiles, drones, ammunition, and more. This is already the 70th tranche of equipment that the Biden administration provides to Ukraine from the reserves of the Ministry of Defense since August 2021.

The Verkhovna Rada supported draft deferments for relatives of war dead and former captives

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a draft law on granting deferment from mobilization to civilians who were captured by Russia. Also, servicemembers were given the right to be discharged from service after the death or disappearance of their half-brother or sister.

Traitors will be deprived of state awards

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law as a whole, which proposes to deprive those who committed illegal actions against Ukraine of state awards. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the relevant bill into law in the evening.

The Russians executed Ukrainian soldiers again

Russian soldiers shot two captured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Pokrovsk axis in Donetsk Oblast. Law enforcement officers are checking information regarding the shooting of three more wounded soldiers.

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, reported on the alleged execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were encircled by the Russians in Kursk Oblast of Russia.

Other news

• Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will lose the war without US support.
• Olena Zelenska's visit was disrupted in Slovenia after an unknown person shouted that Russia would win.
• The parliament supported the draft law on the liquidation of medical social and expert commissions.
• The Russians spread a fake warning from the Defense Intelligence about the threat of "particularly massive" attack.
• Officials from the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces overpaid 27 million hryvnias ($654,718) for the purchase of spare parts for combat aircraft, the SBU found.
• Poland is preparing to hand over the 45th aid package to Ukraine.