Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 161 combat engagements on November 20, with 56 Russian assaults concentrated on the Pokrovsk axis and continued clashes on multiple other fronts.
- The day prior saw about 200 engagements and 55 Russian attempts to advance near Pokrovsk, underscoring sustained pressure across Donetsk-area sectors.
- Officials confirmed 26 dead and 93 wounded in Ternopil after the overnight attack, with search teams still looking for 22 missing and extensive damage to two nine‑story residential buildings.
- Ukraine’s Air Forces said the strike campaign employed 476 attack drones and 48 rockets, and the SBU opened a criminal case treating the Ternopil attack as a suspected war crime.
- Frontline accounts describe acute manpower and logistics strains as Russian forces try to sever supply routes near Pokrovsk, while ISW and EU figures such as Kaja Kallas warn that concessionary peace proposals and hybrid attacks risk emboldening Moscow.