Overview
- Russia’s defence ministry said its troops advanced into Pokrovsk for house‑to‑house fighting, while Ukraine reported active resistance, strike‑and‑search operations and denied any encirclement.
- Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed a drone strike on Lukoil’s Volgograd oil refinery, citing fires at the site; Russian officials reported one person killed, flight suspensions at 13 airports and claimed 75 Ukrainian drones were downed.
- Kyiv confirmed a strike on a Shahed storage, assembly and launch base on the grounds of Donetsk airport, reporting multiple explosions and a powerful secondary detonation with missile, artillery and Unmanned Systems units involved.
- Ukrainian Air Assault Forces reported a sharp rise in Russian assaults along the Pokrovsk sector, including 30 attacks on Nov. 5 and a repelled mechanized push near Myrnohrad.
- Russian overnight drone attacks in Ukraine injured civilians and disrupted infrastructure, with eight wounded in Kamianske, six in Bohodukhiv including a child, and rail facilities hit in Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk causing reroutes and delays.