Overview
- Ukraine’s army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said forces remain in Pokrovsk and are conducting operations to destroy and dislodge Russian units.
- Russia’s defence ministry claimed its troops are enclosing the city and said Ukrainian formations near the railway station were destroyed, assertions Ukraine disputes.
- Geolocated analysis by the Institute for the Study of War indicates Russian gains on Pokrovsk’s southern and eastern edges but no encirclement, with a 6–8km gap to a northern linkup.
- Ukraine confirmed special forces deployments to protect supply lines in the area, while Russia claimed some of those troops were killed during a helicopter landing, a claim not independently verified.
- Overnight attacks left nearly 60,000 without power in Zaporizhzhia and killed two in Odesa, as the death toll from a Dnipropetrovsk strike rose to four; AFP analysis shows Russia fired 270 missiles in October, up 46% month on month.