Overview
- Air defenses shot down 10 airplane‑type Ukrainian drones over Crimea between 20:00 and 23:00 Moscow time on November 9, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
- In eastern Kupyansk, a Russian assault unit said it took control of a bakery complex and advanced along Dzerzhinsky Street, with reconnaissance and fires reported near the Olyvino rail station.
- Near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, Russia’s “Southern” grouping reported destroying a Dozor‑B armored vehicle carrying Ukrainian personnel and striking a supply depot during drone‑guided operations.
- Denis Pushilin said Russian forces are conducting clearing operations in Ivanopole near Konstantinovka and claimed Ukrainian troops attempted to exit Krasnoarmeysk/Dymytrov, including by wearing civilian clothes.
- Ukraine’s commander‑in‑chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed a November 1 Russian strike on a troop ceremony in Dnipropetrovsk region and said the venue was likely exposed through a hacked group chat.