Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry and affiliated units reported multiple strikes in Zaporizhzhia, including a ‘Uragan’ salvo near Mala Tokmachka that they say killed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers, claims not independently verified.
- Fighters from Russia’s ‘Vostok’ grouping said they destroyed a Ukrainian platoon and equipment and reported taking control of Rovnopol in Zaporizhzhia, accounts carried by state media.
- Russian forces said they found two large abandoned Ukrainian weapons depots in Kupyansk’s Kolontaivka district and are conducting demining operations.
- Local reports cited by Russian media described blasts across several Ukrainian regions overnight, with Ukraine’s energy ministry announcing emergency power outages; a pro-Russian source also claimed a strike on a base with bunkers in Stryi, Lviv region.
- The New York Times reported that opposition strength tied to an energy-sector corruption scandal could erode Zelensky’s hold on parliament, and Ukraine’s Rada voted on Nov. 19 to dismiss the justice and energy ministers implicated in the fallout.