Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 154 combat engagements on Nov. 4 and said Russian forces launched 5,978 kamikaze drones, 4,618 shelling attacks, 51 airstrikes and 86 guided bombs in one day.
- Roughly a third of clashes occurred around Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian units describe deep Russian infiltration, intense urban fighting and unprecedented guided-bomb and drone use.
- Ukraine confirmed overnight strikes on Russia’s Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo and the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant, noting fires and that damage assessments are ongoing.
- Ukraine’s drone formations said they struck 865 enemy targets over the past day, while a ground robotic system successfully evacuated a wounded soldier from territory under Russian control.
- The Security Service of Ukraine announced detentions of suspected FSB agents accused of adjusting strikes in Kyiv and Kramatorsk, with treason charges filed under wartime provisions.