Overview
- The General Staff reported 265 combat engagements on November 14, including 107 Russian assaults stopped on the Pokrovsk axis in Donetsk region.
- Ukraine’s Air Forces said Russia launched three Kinzhal ballistic missiles and 135 attack drones overnight, with two Kinzhals neutralized and 91 drones downed as strikes hit 13 locations.
- The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Moscow is prioritizing a rapid capture of Pokrovsk rather than immediately closing an encirclement of Ukrainian troops nearby.
- Ukrainian officials reported localized Russian gains in the Oleksandrivsk–Hulyaypole area of Zaporizhzhia, with police and volunteers evacuating remaining residents from Hulyaypole.
- Civilian casualties mounted, with Kyiv’s death toll from the November 14 attack rising to seven and Sumy region authorities reporting six people injured across multiple communities.