Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 168 combat engagements on November 2, with 62 Russian assault attempts concentrated on the Pokrovsk direction.
- Ukrainian forces said they neutralized 129 Russian personnel near Pokrovsk in the latest reporting period and destroyed drones, vehicles and command-and-control assets.
- Commanders reported limited local gains of up to about 0.4 km and ongoing counter-diversion actions around Pokrovsk, following confirmed special-operations insertions in the area.
- ISW cited geolocated footage showing Russia’s push into parts of Pokrovsk and Ukrainian actions that disrupted those plans, with logistics routes contested but not severed.
- Regional authorities reported mounting civilian harm across frontline oblasts, including multiple deaths in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, as Zelensky said nearly 1,500 strike drones and over 1,100 guided bombs hit Ukraine over the past week.