Overview
- On Nov. 10–11 large drone and loitering‑munition volleys battered both front lines in Ukraine and Russian territory, with Ukrainian reports naming the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors as the hottest ground fighting.
- Drones struck the Ust‑Luga port in Leningrad Oblast, causing fires, an emergency transformer shutdown, injuries to three workers and flight disruptions at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport.
- Ukraine’s air defenses reported neutralizing roughly 124–130 hostile drones plus 14 Banderol/Dan‑T loitering munitions during the Nov. 10–11 attacks, while Russian authorities said they intercepted hundreds of drones nationwide, citing figures up to 627.
- Two hacker groups released files they say are Rosstat death records showing about 400,000 Russian war‑related deaths, a claim Rosstat denies and analysts say still needs independent verification; Ukrainian military tallies give a much larger cumulative Russian‑loss figure.
- The strikes and the leak together raise practical and political risks by degrading export and logistics nodes linked to oil and shipping, creating civilian hazards from falling debris, and amplifying competing casualty narratives that could increase domestic pressure on Moscow.