Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 226 combat engagements on November 12 and said defenders stopped 81 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk axis, with Zelensky stating any withdrawal decisions there rest with local commanders.
- Ukrenergo said overnight attacks damaged energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions, triggering rolling hourly outages, while the government allocated ₴1 billion to repairs and protection across 93 frontline communities.
- The military said Ukrainian forces used domestic long‑range systems including Flamingo and Bars to hit a Crimea oil terminal, Kirovske airfield helicopter and UAV sites, a radar near Yevpatoria, an oil depot near Berdiansk and Russian command posts, with additional targets struck inside Russia.
- G7 foreign ministers pledged to intensify economic pressure on Russia and explore measures against entities financing its war, as U.S. officials noted ongoing talks to supply defensive weapons and energy‑recovery equipment for winter.
- Zelensky urged the EU to authorize using immobilized Russian assets for air defenses and domestic arms production and signed sanctions on two suspects in the Energoatom graft probe, a response EU officials described as encouraging.