Overview
- Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 26 people were killed in Ternopil, about 92–93 were wounded, and 26 remain unaccounted for, including three children, as round-the-clock searches continue.
- SBU investigators opened a criminal case under Article 438 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, classifying the mass strike on civilian infrastructure in Ternopil as a war crime.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 193 combat engagements on November 19, including 55 Russian attempts to break through on the Pokrovsk axis, with several fights still active into the evening.
- Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Pokrovsk sector, emphasized bolstering Ukrainian logistics and disrupting Russian supply routes, and cited 487 Russian casualties there over the past four days.
- Ukrainian drones struck the Zuivska and Starobeshevska thermal power plants in occupied Donetsk region, triggering widespread power and water outages and an emergency regime, while officials approved the forced evacuation of 105 children with parents from two Zaporizhzhia villages and expanded transit support.