A UAV exploded in the sky over Kyiv on November 25 during an attack that led to Ukraine retaliating on November 26.
On November 26, Ukrainska Pravda quoted a Ukrainian military intelligence source as saying that the country's forces had deployed about 35 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to attack Russian military targets, in retaliation for Russia's previous massive UAV attacks.
Ukrainian UAVs targeted targets in Moscow as well as in Tula and Smolensk. Russia claimed to have shot down 24 Ukrainian UAVs and thwarted attacks in the Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk regions, TASS news agency reported.
The attack is a signal to Russia that attacks on civilians in Ukraine will have consequences, a source told Ukrainska Pravda .
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Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 25 that Russia had launched more than 70 Shahed-style suicide attack drones into Ukraine the night before, according to Reuters. Most were shot down by the Ukrainian side.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack injured five people, including an 11-year-old girl, and damaged buildings in several districts across the city.
Moscow has always denied any allegations of information targeting Ukrainian civilians.
Russia advances in Avdiivka
The Kyiv Independent on November 26 quoted a report from the Institute for the Study of War (USA) saying that Russia continued its campaign towards the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region and made progress.
Geolocated footage posted on November 24 shows Russian forces advancing north of Krasnohorivka, a settlement 7 km northwest of Avdiivka.
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Several Russian military bloggers posted footage showing some Ukrainian soldiers withdrawing from positions in the industrial zone on the southern flank of Avdiivka, while another blogger said Russian forces had not yet taken full control of the industrial zone.
The Ukrainian military said it had repelled Russian ground attacks east and south of Novokalynove and near Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka, Sieverne and Pervomaiske, all settlements within 15 km of Avdiivka.
Ukraine will receive more aid
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) plans to allocate $450 million to help Ukrainian communities on the front lines. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk met with UNICEF official Ted Chaiban to discuss support programs for families near the front lines.
Support projects include setting up bomb shelters, restoring water supplies and supporting sustainable development centres.
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In Kharkiv Oblast, UNICEF is supporting the implementation of projects to establish six similar community centres in the Chuguyiv, Balakliya, Pisochyn, Kegichiv, Krasnograd and Valkiv regions.
In another development, Pentagon press secretary Patrick Ryder said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov spoke by phone and discussed the latest situation on the ground, as well as security assistance priorities.
On November 20, Mr. Austin traveled to Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky and Minister Umerov, and announced a $100 million military aid package for Ukraine.
However, at a joint press conference with Mr. Zelensky, Secretary Austin said that no weapon in the US arsenal could become a "magic wand" for the Ukrainian army and everything depended on how Ukraine used the weapons provided by the West.
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