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What did 23 November 2024 follow in Ukraine?
Summary
A look back at the escalating security picture that framed 23 November 2024, from a strike on Dnipro to warnings in London and Budapest.
What was the security mood in the region on 23 November 2024? It was shaped by a run of events over the preceding two days, each of which raised the stakes of the war in Ukraine.
Dnipro and the Oreshnik
On 21 November 2024, Russia struck Dnipro with a projectile that Russian President Vladimir Putin said was a new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. That statement confirmed earlier reports from the United States and other western officials, who had said Russia used an intermediate-range ballistic missile. Initial reports had wrongly identified the weapon as an RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile.
Reactions in London and Budapest
The same day, Russia's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrey Kelin, said the UK was now "directly involved" in the war. He was referring to Ukraine's use, the day before, of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles against targets inside Russia.
Also on 21 November 2024, Hungary announced it was deploying a missile defence system on its border with Ukraine. It said the threat of escalation with Russia was greater than ever.
Continued attacks on civilians
The fighting did not pause. On 22 November 2024, a Russian drone attack on civilian infrastructure in Sumy killed two people and injured 12 others.
Taken together, these reports described the situation on the eve of 23 November 2024: a new missile type used against a Ukrainian city, sharp rhetoric directed at London, a neighbouring EU state reinforcing its border defences, and continuing drone strikes on civilian targets.
