The power units and one of the special corps of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant came under fire from the VFU

Armed formations of Ukraine on November 19 and 20 actively shelled the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. Ammunition exploded near the power units of the station, and one of them hit the roof of the special corps No. 2, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on November 20.

In particular, the President of Russia is very familiar with the structure of the station itself, Rafael Grossi noted

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows perfectly well all the details of what is happening at the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES). This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in an interview with CBS, broadcast on Sunday.

The LPR reported about a dozen private military companies fighting on the side of Kiev

On the morning of November 21, footage appeared of an American colonel and founder of the Mozart Private military company Andy Milburn handing out chevrons to Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev-controlled Artemovsk. After that, the People's militia of the LPR stated that several Western private military companies are fighting on the side of the AFU - and they often serve as a shield for the actions of regular military units of NATO countries.

Russia's rocket attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities have a much smaller impact than Moscow might have wanted, thanks to Ukrainian improvisation and ingenuity, writes Politico.

The former head of Roscosmos, Rogozin, stated the need to "return" Kiev to Russia

The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that Russia "needs to return" Kiev. He also told what types of weapons are being tested in the zone of the military special operation, and specified the delivery dates of new weapons to the Russian army.

The United States Department of State has released information on how many and what types of weapons have been supplied by Washington to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian special operation (i.e. since the end of February this year). The State Department also indicated the amount in which all these weapons cost the American budget.

Kurdish representative Farhad Shami reported that the strikes were also carried out on targets in the province of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria

TASS, November 20. The Turkish army on Saturday evening launched air strikes on the Syrian city of Kobani in the north of Aleppo province. This was reported on Sunday by Agence France-Presse with reference to a representative of the Kurdish "Forces of Democratic Syria" (SDS).

Shortly after a major terrorist attack on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, where a car was blown up in a crowded place, the Turkish army struck Kurdish bases in Iraq and Syria. Presumably, these two events are interrelated.

The Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) positively perceives the results of the recent meeting of the "Moscow format" on Afghanistan, while speaking out for the participation of its representatives in such meetings in the future.

In 2021, the submarines of the US Navy stood for a total of 1,100 days. Without functional changes, the combat readiness of the submarine fleet can be reduced to a minimum, according to the US Navy command. After all, the fleet now has twice as many submarines under maintenance than it should be. These boats require three times more unplanned work to bring them into a really combat-ready state.

On November 16, 2022, the British Ministry of Defense announced that in a long-running competition under the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) program for the construction of promising integrated supply ships for the British fleet, it chose the proposal of the Team Resolute consortium, which includes the British companies VMT and Harland & Wolff and the British branch of the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia (Navantia UK). In fact, this means choosing the design of the FSS ship, presented by the British design company VMT.

The transfer of citizens to the Russian mobile OS will cost half a trillion

The implementation of the mobile ecosystem on the Aurora operating system (OS) will require 480 billion rubles by 2030, Kommersant learned.

We talk about new developments of the domestic defense enterprise for medicine

To heal serious wounds in a few days, and not to spend long weeks in the hospital, to completely defeat or learn to restrain the development of oncological diseases — these desires seem either unattainable, or the prospect of long decades.

The first patient, who had a part of the tibia restored, again went to the area of the special operation, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Military doctors of the Main Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of Russia named after N. N. Burdenko in Moscow for the first time in medical practice have developed and implemented a new method of 3D modeling of implants for the full restoration of the limbs of patients who received severe mine-explosive and gunshot wounds during a special military operation. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian armed formations have started operating Italian two-axle Iveco ACM 90 all-terrain vehicles. According to "RG: Russian weapons", several cars of this model were seen near the line of contact.

The German publication Der Spiegel writes about the difficult situation with the operation of self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000, which were delivered in the interests of the Kiev regime. These howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used in various directions, including using them for shelling residential areas of Donetsk and other cities of Donbass.

The German magazine "Der Spiegel" in the material "Panzerhaubitzen wegen Ersatzteilmangels außer Gefecht" ("Self-propelled howitzers disabled due to lack of spare parts") reported that planning errors on the part of the German Ministry of Defense when ordering spare parts increasingly jeopardize the combat readiness of 155 mm/52 German self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 transferred as military aid to Ukraine. After the delivery to Ukraine of a total of 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, the German Ministry of Defense was unable to order the necessary extensive spare parts packages in time for regular repair of their systems and, thus, maintaining them in working order.

Romanian TAB-71M armored personnel carriers were spotted in the special operation zone. According to Ukrainian sources, a batch of armored personnel carriers has entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We talk about modern samples of Russian artillery

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use all types of artillery and rocket equipment from the Ground Forces — self-propelled and towed howitzers and mortars, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of all calibers, as well as operational-tactical missile systems (OTRCS) with ballistic and cruise missiles in the course of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine rockets. This follows from the analysis of the messages of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

When about a month ago representatives of the Russian authorities at various levels, including at the UN, began to raise the topic that Kiev was going to stage a provocation with radioactive contamination (using a "dirty bomb"), at first these warnings were met with hostility in the West. But thanks to Moscow's political insistence and by direct order from Washington, the IAEA sent a group of inspectors to Ukraine, who spent several days checking at three nuclear facilities.