Overview
- Ukrainian General Staff logged 176 combat engagements on Nov. 15, saying defenders repelled 52 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis and fought across the Kupiansk, Lyman, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka and southern sectors.
- ISW assesses Russia is prioritizing a push to seize Pokrovsk rather than immediately closing an encirclement, noting recent Russian gains in and around the city alongside Ukrainian counterattacks.
- Ukraine’s military reported successful strikes on key targets inside Russia and occupied territory, including a fire at the Ryazan oil refinery and damage to a Nebo‑U radar in Crimea.
- SBU sources said CSO ‘Alpha’ drones destroyed four S‑400 launchers and two associated radars near Novorossiysk, a claim they say is supported by satellite imagery but has not been independently verified.
- Air Forces said a major raid included three Kinzhal missiles and about 135 attack drones, with two Kinzhals and 91 drones intercepted; officials later reported seven dead in Kyiv and injuries in Sumy and Kharkiv, and the ombudsman sought probes into an alleged execution of two POWs near Zatyshshia.