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Russia Intensifies Assault on Pokrovsk as Ukraine Reports 157 Clashes, Hits Targets in Crimea

Rolling blackouts after new power‑grid attacks sharpen Kyiv’s push to fund air defenses by using frozen Russian assets.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s General Staff logged 157 engagements on November 13, including 47 Russian attack attempts on the Pokrovsk axis, alongside 30 airstrikes, 3,624 shelling incidents and 2,687 kamikaze drones.
  • Ukrainian forces said they struck dozens of targets in occupied Crimea and inside Russia, hitting an oil terminal, Kirovske airfield assets, a radar near Yevpatoria, a Berdyansk oil depot and command posts using domestically developed Flamingo, Bars and Liutyi systems.
  • Ukrenergo reported overnight drone attacks damaged energy facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions, prompting nationwide hourly outage schedules and emergency repairs.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said joint U.S.–Ukraine production of interceptor drones has begun and cited growing counter‑drone effectiveness as a priority for protecting critical infrastructure.
  • The EU disbursed €5.9 billion to Ukraine as G7 ministers reaffirmed support and discussed coordinated use of immobilized Russian sovereign assets, while anti‑corruption probes in the energy sector advanced with arrests, resignations and new sanctions that drew EU praise.