Ukraine Reports 144 Clashes as Fighting Concentrates on Pokrovsk Axis

Overview

• The General Staff reported 144 combat engagements on Nov. 4, with 49 attempted breakthroughs on the Pokrovsk direction and fighting still ongoing in five locations.
• Ukrainian forces on the Pokrovsk axis “neutralized” 107 Russian personnel, including 55 confirmed killed, and destroyed 21 drones, vehicles, and UAV control nodes, according to the official update.
• Russia carried out one missile strike and 35 airstrikes, launched six missiles, dropped 57 guided bombs, employed 3,029 one-way attack drones, and conducted 3,668 shelling incidents, the General Staff said.
• The Institute for the Study of War and DeepState assess that Russian units are operating with growing ease inside Pokrovsk, elevating risk to nearby Myrnograd and complicating Ukrainian logistics.
• Local authorities describe Pokrovsk as a key road and rail hub with an estimated remaining population of about 1,250, underscoring the military and humanitarian stakes of intensified urban fighting.