German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has once again defended his controversial phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said that Warsaw is planning to host the next meeting of the defence ministers of five countries to discuss support for Ukraine, similar to the one that just took place in Berlin.

The defence ministers of five major European countries have called for continued support for Ukraine amidst concerns about the potential influence of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Bloomberg, citing its sources, reports that the UK government has recently delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine without public announcement, even before the decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles to hit targets in Russia.

Europe must be tough on US President-elect Donald Trump if it wants to prove something to him and persuade him to help Ukraine, said Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who is stepping down from his position, has stated that Europe still needs to make greater efforts to support Ukraine in its war against Russia and to strengthen its own defence capabilities.

Russia's ground forces are now larger than they were at the time of beginning of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but their quality has declined since then.

The UK government has announced the introduction of what it described as the largest sanctions package, targeting 30 ships from Russia's shadow fleet.

Discussions on deploying Western troops and private defence contractors to Ukraine have resumed in Europe after Donald Trump's victory in the US elections. 

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will visit Italy from 25 to 26 November to participate in the G7 ministerial meeting.

Serhii Boiev, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defence for European Integration, and Nils Hilmer, State Secretary at the German Defence Ministry, have discussed cooperation in the production of air defence systems and armoured vehicles.

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans called Russia's use of the new Oreshnik missile another escalatory step.

The Estonian Ministry of Defence views the Russian medium-range ballistic missile strike, dubbed Oreshnik by Vladimir Putin, to be a political signal.

Ukraine is working with its US partners to obtain a THAAD anti-ballistic missile defence system or upgrade the Patriot in the wake of Russia's attack with a new experimental missile type.

The NATO-Ukraine Council will meet next Tuesday in connection with Russia's first use of an experimental ballistic missile on Ukrainian territory.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský arrived in Kyiv on a visit on the morning of 22 November.

Two Western officials have told Reuters that preliminary evidence shows that Russia did not use an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to strike Ukraine on the morning of 21 November.

France currently has no evidence that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to attack Ukraine on 21 November, but it does talk of Moscow's "continued escalation".

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has spoken about the difficult situation on the battlefield in Ukraine, saying that the front line is now "less stable than at any time since the early days of the full-scale invasion" in February 2022.

UK Defence Intelligence is "urgently" investigating accusations that Russia struck Dnipro with an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine.

The EU has commented on reports suggesting that Russia has used an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its recent attack on Ukraine.

Another Georgian volunteer soldier, 24-year-old Levan Lokhishvili, has been killed in action in Ukraine.

Poland scrambled its military aircraft in response to Russia's missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 21 November. 

Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has ordered the deployment of air defence in the areas of Hungary closest to the border with Ukraine, citing fears of escalation after Ukraine was authorised to use Western-supplied weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. 

A NASAMS air defence system purchased by Canada is currently in Poland and will soon be delivered to Ukraine.

Ukraine’s defence forces have used British Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the first time against military targets on the territory of Russia.

The US Department of Defense announced a US$275 million military aid package for Ukraine on 20 November.

The Biden administration’s decision to send anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time was prompted by a shift in Russian tactics on the battlefield.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the shift to remote work by the US Embassy and some other foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine as "information overreaction".