Overview
- Russian assault units say they took control of a bakery complex in eastern Kupyansk and advanced along Dzerzhinsky Street, reporting seven large buildings and a plant facility cleared.
- Donetsk region updates from DPR leader Denis Pushilin describe urban fighting near Konstantinovka with claimed clearing operations in Ivanopillia and blocked Ukrainian breakout attempts in Krasnoarmiysk, including assertions that some soldiers tried to slip out in civilian clothes.
- The Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses destroyed 10 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Crimea on November 9 during a three‑hour evening barrage.
- Russian forces reported using strike UAVs near Konstantinovka to destroy a Ukrainian Dozor‑B armored vehicle carrying personnel and a nearby supply depot.
- Local authorities and reporters said Ukrainian drones hit Dokuchaevsk, damaging homes, while Belgorod’s governor reported two shells and 16 drones fired at the region in the past day, with one civilian killed.