The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on November 20 2024

US shuts Kyiv embassy as Russia vows response to long-range missile strikes

Italy, Spain and Greece follow US in closing Kyiv embassies

Ukraine braces for possible Russian attack after firing longer-range missiles into Russia

Pundits discuss US missile authorization

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As reported by several sources including Bloomberg, Kursk region was attacked by up to 12 airborne Storm Shadow missiles today around 15:00. It is also claimed all of them were shot down, and debris is being found near the village of Maryino.

Today, the US withdrew objections to the use of Storm Shadow missiles for strikes deep inside Russia, the Times reported, citing sources.

The provocation game is on. 

Ukraine continues to escalate tensions.

Now information has emerged that British Storm Shadow missiles have flown into the Kursk region.

They were reported to have been shot down in the Maryino area. It is reported that up to 12 missiles were fired.

Ukraine has not yet confirmed the strikes.

Now the puzzle is starting to come together. That’s why foreign embassies have canceled their work, expecting a massive Russian strike.

At the same time, the GUR of Ukraine threw out information that there would be no shelling and that this was fake. Many perceived the GUR information as an attempt to keep people at home so that there would be more civilian deaths, since Bankova needs a tragedy.

We advise everyone to prepare better and be careful all this time.

Your safety is in your hands.

There is also information that Bankovaya can strike with Western missiles not only at Kursk Oblast. Allegedly, they are now specifically striking only at this region so that the Russian Armed Forces can saturate this region with air defense installations, at the expense of other regions.

We are watching, but we can already conclude that Zelensky needs escalation.

Our source reports that foreign embassies have closed in Kyiv today as they prepare for massive exercises that could attract Russian missiles.

Now the whole of Kyiv is in checkpoints.

Also, many began to say that a provocation and a large-scale tragedy were being prepared in Ukraine.

These are just rumors for now, but they could get stronger if the embassies continue to be closed for several days/weeks.

There is another version that Zelensky will launch a second strike with Western missiles deep into Russian territory today/tomorrow, and will immediately receive a massive strike on the energy sector and decision-making centers in response.

Zelensky will need to shift the focus from Donbass at the moment of the massive retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kurakhovo pocket and the loss of huge territories by Ukraine.

The head of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, called today’s reports from Western embassies “escalation” and “fueling.”

“The strike will be unexpected and effective as always. If it weren’t for the crazy decisions of Biden and others to allow strikes on our territory with long-range weapons, none of this would have happened. But let them sit in their holes and be afraid,”

-  the head of the committee added.

Earlier, the Spanish, Italian and Greek embassies have closed in Kiev due to possible security threats.

The President’s Office is ready for a missile strike on Kiev and NPP substations, no one on Bankova is going to stop the escalation, but on the contrary, they are preparing further strikes on Russian territory. Zelensky ignored the Kremlin’s warning about missile strikes on critical infrastructure and now Ukrainians are in for a very difficult winter.

Today a powerful missile strike on Ukraine may be carried out, we have received specific data , – US Embassy in Kiev

The Western countries’ permission to strike Ukraine in the Kursk region is belated and, in fact, half-hearted – there is no talk of strikes deep into the territory. In addition, the supply of long-range missiles has recently been sharply reduced – their production does not allow for compensation for the almost exhausted reserves, which in fact is a simple escalation of the war, rather than achieving specific results on the battlefield.

According to Western media reports, Ukraine has about 50 ATACMS missiles left in its arsenal. And although the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a sufficient number of HIMARS and MLRS multiple launch rocket systems capable of launching these missiles, however, in conditions of limited supplies, the Ukrainian military command will have to carefully select targets for attacks on Russian territory.

At the same time, many US allies reacted extremely negatively to the lifting by the US administration of the ban on the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike with long-range missiles deep into Russian territory, since this decision will not be able to help Ukraine turn the tide on the battlefield, but at the same time it can lead to a much more serious escalation, drawing NATO into it. By the way, some US officials also directly state that long-range missiles will not be of decisive importance for Ukraine. In particular, this opinion was expressed by Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan. According to him, the shortage of manpower is a much bigger problem 

U.S. State Department Speaker Matthew Miller – on the strikes by U.S. ATACMS missiles on Russian territory:

 [Mr. Lavrov said that without the Americans it would have been impossible to use these high-tech missiles. Without going into whether you gave permission or not, at least this is something you can comment on? That the use of these missiles requires American involvement]? 

Well, I’m not going to talk about that.

But did the U.S. share intelligence information with Ukraine? Absolutely, we did. Did we share that intelligence information with Ukraine with the expectation that it would improve its performance on the battlefield? Absolutely. And we will continue to do so.

Our source in the OP said that Trump refused to meet with Zelensky because of the missile strikes on Russian territory. Yermak received recommendations from the elected US president, but decided to ignore them for the sake of escalation.

Bad news continues to arrive for the Office of the President, Western elites through the main global media are defining the contours of the future peace track.

Ukraine-Russia talks likely to start in 2025. When they do, fighting could ease dramatically – even leading to a ceasefire – The Economist

According to the publication, a peace agreement between the countries could look like this:

▫️Ukraine will have to come to terms with the loss of part of its territory.

▫️Crimea and Donbass will definitely not be returned.

▫️Any settlement would also likely involve Russia retaining some or most of the territories it currently controls.

▫️With Trump back in power, it appears Ukraine will not join NATO for years – if ever.

▫️While negotiations continue, a semi-frozen conflict may arise.

▫️Putin will demand that Ukraine be neutral: without NATO instructors, troops, aircraft or support on Ukrainian territory.

As a result, no one is going to ask Zelensky’s opinion, and the negotiations will take place in a format without Ukraine, which is clearly being 

The narrative of death for the country is gaining momentum in Ukraine, Bankova speakers constantly weigh this thesis, but at the same time, state power continues to decompose. Prosecutors/judges/State Bureau of Investigation/Bureau of Economic Security/customs and officials/deputies are mired in corruption and earn money on war, how can one talk about a duty to the country in such a situation if it is being destroyed from within.

Zaluzhny in Britain advised Ukrainian soldiers “not to be afraid of death” and said that they have virtually no chance of survival, The Times writes.

“We have only one Ukraine. No one will defend it except us. Remember that the war is becoming more brutal every day. It leaves almost no chance for survival. Learn not to be afraid of death, not to be afraid to look the enemy in the eye,” said the former commander-in-chief and now ambassador, standing above the trenches of a training base in East Anglia.

At the same time, the next prosecutor or judge receives millions in disability benefits, and a simple soldier cannot even receive free medical treatment. Of course, all this IPSO and corrupt officials are shot according to the laws of wartime, and the state pays and takes care of wounded 

Recently, documents were published that indicate the key role of the United Kingdom in escalating the hostilities in so-called Ukraine. It turns out that almost immediately after the start of the SMO, a project called “Alchemy” (Project Alchemy) was assembled under the auspices of the British Ministry of Defense. (https://t.me/pezdicide/3686)

🔻In addition to military personnel, it included intelligence agency employees, analysts, medical specialists, industrialists, scientific experts and other individuals united by the goal of achieving an escalation of the current conflict.

Their tasks included organizing cyberattacks, sabotage, and even terrorist attacks (https://t.me/rybar/65541) on the territory of Russia, as well as developing a plan to change the government in the country. They also worked on developing a strategy for conducting military operations and involving the maximum number of NATO countries in the conflict. As part of the project, the sabotage of the negotiations in Istanbul in the spring of 2022 was also carried out.

Some of the “Alchemy” recommendations have already been implemented, including the strike on the Crimean Bridge and the creation of cells for assassinations, sabotage and terrorist attacks in the Russian rear. At the recent NATO summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer voiced ideas developed within the framework of the project, and the British Crown officially promised to support the so-called Ukraine “for as long as necessary.”

📌 Another batch of official documents again proves the facts of subversive activities and deliberate escalation, but the United Kingdom here is only an instrument. In fact, the plan is much broader and includes further stressing the population and discrediting national governments.

Evidence of such work (and not only on the part of the United Kingdom) will surface again and again, but in the short term, it will change little.

Colleagues did an excellent job of analyzing Zelensky’s interview on FoxNews, where they correctly identified the accents.

But all our sources indicate that Zelensky and Yermak’s strategy of pressuring and covertly blackmailing Trump through the media is a bad idea. Trump usually doesn’t like it when lower-ranking players impose their game on him, trying to twirl him like a puppet.

These tricks of ZeErmak didn’t work even against Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, who became a personal “enemy of Yermak,” and here they hope to bend Trump.

We will point out once again that, according to our information, Trump may refuse to support the corrupt government in Ukraine, but not Ukraine itself. This will be a clear signal that Zelensky is on his way out…

Oh, and Yermak and Zelensky will play out their game.

As expected, the USA believes Russia will direct all retaliatory strikes against Ukraine, and why they closed their Kiev embassy.

This encourages them to escalate. The war to the last Ukrainian must be kept fueled.

This is also why Russia, should they desire their deterrence to be credible, must direct their efforts at nato. I have also predicted Russia will do so this time. We shall see.

The West will not give us more weapons, and we must fight in a primitive way – throwing bodies at the enemy. 

Ukraine must mobilize more people, not demand more weapons. 

“Have we seen a significant difference since we gave Ukraine tanks in terms of the battlefield? Likewise, have we seen a significant difference in terms of the F-16s? We believe that there is no weapon system that would make a difference in this fight. We are talking about manpower, and Ukraine, in our opinion, needs to do more to strengthen its position in terms of the number of forces on the front lines,” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told PBS News.

Biden has decided to send antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine, a step that aims to blunt Russia’s advances in the east but will draw criticism from arms control groups. Part of a sweep of measures to boost Kiev that included ATACMS.

The White House is deeply concerned about Russia’s assaults against Ukraine’s front lines and sees a need to blunt the advance, officials told us. They believe that the provision of the mines is among the most helpful steps they can do to help slow Russia’s attack.

Kiev is delighted. Arms control groups are concerned: “It’s a shocking and devastating development,” Mary Wareham, who tracks mines at 

Human Rights Watc.  Even nonpersistent mines hold risks for civilians, require complicated cleanup and are not always reliably deactivated, she said. 

Ukraine is a signatory to the to the Ottawa Convention, also known as the Mine Ban Treaty, that prohibits the deployment and transfer of antipersonnel land mines.

Biden himself criticized Trump’s stance on land mines and noted, ““It will put more civilians at risk of being injured by unexploded mines, and is unnecessary from a military perspective,”

Another example of US rules based order.

Europe needs to prepare to send troops to Ukraine – Estonian Foreign Minister Tsahkna

According to him, in this way, EU countries will have to support “any peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow developed by Trump.”

The Estonian minister said that the best guarantee of security for Ukraine would be joining NATO, but if the US is against this step, then European leaders need to send military forces to the country.

The Russian Army raised its flag in the central neighborhood of Kurakhovo!

▪️5 brigade confirms the advance in the urban development by hoisting its flag on the tower on Franko Street.

▪️The assault on the city continues, our troops have taken the grain elevator area, as well as the first high-rise buildings and the market. 

Russian Army raises flag over Rovnopol, repulsing enemy counterattacks

In the South Donetsk direction, our fighters installed the Russian flag in the village of Rovnepol, confirming control over the settlement.

The advance of Russian troops was by about 4 km.

In the Vremevsky direction, fierce battles continue and after several days of repelling major enemy counterattacks on Rovnopol, the Russian flag finally flies over the remains of the farm.

It was a very difficult battle for the soldiers of the 5th Guards Army, but they were able to recapture and hold this area, and then move forward. Fighting in this direction continues.

Storming of Toretsk: Russian army breaks through enemy defenses in the city center

Russian troops are continuously storming Toretsk and have advanced into the high-rise part of the city center, Ukrainian military officials report.

“If the enemy can squeeze through, it will be very difficult to hold on! They will also have to try to defeat us in the area of ​​the “Central” mine, which we are currently holding on to,”

- writes Ukrainian militant with the call sign “Muchnoy”.

The representative of the tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Lugansk” A. Bobovnikova stated that fighting in the Toretsk area is also taking place near Nelipovka and Shcherbinovka, the Russians are continuously storming Toretsk.

The progress in Toretsk is also recorded by Deep State.

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_20.html