Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 176 combat engagements on Nov. 15 and reported 151 attacks by midafternoon Nov. 16, with 58 assaults concentrated toward Pokrovsk.
- Kyiv says search-and-destroy operations on Nov. 15 cleared 26.6 km² in Pokrovsk district, claiming dozens of Russian casualties and equipment losses.
- The Air Force reported a major overnight strike on Nov. 14 with three Kinzhal missiles and about 135 attack drones; defenses downed two Kinzhals and 91 UAVs, and Kyiv’s death toll rose to seven.
- ISW assesses that Russia is prioritizing a rapid push to seize Pokrovsk and is exploiting poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone operations and exposes artillery shortfalls.
- Ukraine’s ombudsman appealed to the ICRC and UN over reports that Russian forces likely executed two Ukrainian POWs near Zatyshshia, as regional shelling in Sumy and Kherson caused additional civilian casualties.