Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 169 engagements on November 6, with 58 Russian assault attempts repelled in the Pokrovsk sector and thousands of kamikaze drones employed by Russian forces.
- Analysts and field reports describe Russian small-unit infiltration inside Pokrovsk, though control claims vary, while Ukrainian forces report continued defensive actions and localized counterattacks.
- Ukraine’s southern defense command rejected reports of Russian captures in parts of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia, saying Pavlivka is held and Plavni remains a grey zone as fighting continues.
- Ukrenergo kept consumption limits and hourly outages in place through the day, citing damage from recent strikes and significant remaining blackouts in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
- Civilian areas took fresh hits, with four people injured in a drone strike on Dnipro, one person killed in Sumy region attacks, and additional injuries and infrastructure damage reported in Kharkiv region.