Overview
- Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces captured Yampil, Stavky, Novoselivka and Maslyakivka in Donetsk and Radisne in Dnipropetrovsk, claims Ukraine has denied or not confirmed.
- General Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops hold about 70% of Pokrovsk and have taken Kupiansk, assertions Kyiv rejects as fighting continues in the city’s north.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 62–66 Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector within the latest 24-hour period and a total of roughly 234–250 engagements across the front, citing heavy use of glide bombs and thousands of kamikaze drones.
- Ukrainian officials said Russian forces suffered significant losses near Pokrovsk on Nov. 21, reporting about 132 enemy personnel neutralized in that sector along with destroyed equipment.
- The Black Bird OSINT group assessed that Russia likely seized more than 15 villages in eastern Zaporizhzhia since September, while Estonia’s defence ministry warned sustained pressure could lead to the loss of Pokrovsk and nearby Myrnohrad in December.