Ukrainian “Skala” regiment storms back into Pokrovsk, clears railway station and city center (VIDEO)
Paratroopers block Russian reinforcement attempts around railway station, college, and central park.
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From 2003 to 2022, Ukraine extracted kaolin sustainably—Russia exhausted entire quarry by 2025
Katerynivka quarry operated 22 years under Ukraine.
ISW: Trump’s reported peace plan is “fundamentally the same as Russia’s 2022 Istanbul demands”
The proposed deal would give Russia vital Ukrainian territory and allow it to conserve resources for future aggression, according to ISW.
ISW: Ukraine’s interdiction cripples Russian vehicle use and troop massing in Pokrovsk (MAP)
The 15–20 km “kill zone” in Pokrovsk poses a major threat to movement, complicating logistics. ISW, however, expects Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad to fall.
No clear goal in Pokrovsk — ISW says Russia trying to encircle and storm towns simultaneously
Ukrainian defenders now face glide bombs, southward incursions, and northwest flanking attempts — all at once.
ISW: Russian forces try to apply Pokrovsk-style tactics in Siversk and Lyman against Ukraine’s Fortress Belt
The Kremlin is using a mix of weather-aided raids, artillery-coordinated drones, and forward infiltration near key defense axes.
ISW: Russia can’t seal the east — so it tries to fix Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk from the west (MAP)
Russian troops are clearing roads and exploiting fog to push vehicle-borne assaults deeper into the town.
Frontline report: Russian convoy parades through fog toward Pokrovsk — and gets wiped out in minutes
Ukrainian drones turned a supposed show of dominance into a fiery rout, torching dozens of vehicles as the fog cleared.
Ukraine strikes Russia’s major Russian refinery with new jet-powered drones (VIDEO)
Ukrainian forces launched a long-range drone strike on key Russian oil and drone infrastructure overnight on 16 November…
ISW: Russia crosses Vovcha River in fog, breaks into Novopavlivka, highlighting “Ukraine’s need for traditional weapons systems” (MAP)
Russian troops built a pontoon bridge from Donetsk Oblast's Yalta to Dachne and crossed twice before Ukraine responded.
Russia launches massive air attack on Kyiv, killing 6 and wounding 36 civilians across the capital—children and pregnant woman among the injured (UPDATED)
The Air Force says Moscow launched 430 drones and 19 missiles. More were killed in Odesa Oblast, while damage to power and other infrastructure facilities is reported across several regions.
Ukrainian troops are not surrounded —Pokrovsk remains contested, not captured, top general Syrskyi says
He says stabilizing the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad frontline depends on coordinated work across all Ukrainian command structures and units.
ISW: Russian milbloggers declare Pokrovsk “almost taken” — ISW says evidence shows only 46% control (MAP)
Russian forces are positioned to collapse the pocket around Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, but ISW says the real impact will hinge on how Ukraine withdraws from the area.
From Donetsk orphans to Russian soldiers: How occupation transforms Ukrainian children into occupiers
Ukrainian orphans in their new Russian military uniforms represent the endpoint of Russia's systematic child militarization program.
Ukraine shoots down only half of Russian drones as Moscow terror attack targets power facilities in three regions
Russia's drones hit infrastructure in Odesa, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts, injuring at least one civilian.
Difficult Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad battles rage as both Ukrainian and Russian forces advance, ISW reports
Ukraine’s defenders fight to keep supply lines open while Moscow’s troops press from east and south.
Russian drones and bombs injure civilians, hit homes and energy infrastructure in nine oblasts
The Russians killed a Kherson man and injured at least eight more civilians across Ukraine.
ISW: Russian advance pace in Pokrovsk remains decreased as Moscow focuses on logistics
Russian troops conduct infiltration raids in and through southern Pokrovsk, ISW reported.
FPV drone on fiber optics hits emblem on evacuation vehicle carrying foreign reporters in Donetsk Oblast
A Russian drone struck a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle carrying Austrian and Spanish journalists at the entrance to Kostyantynivka on 8 November.
“They have partially infiltrated”: Chief of General Staff reports on Russian advantage in Pokrovsk direction
Russian forces have partially infiltrated the southern outskirts of Pokrovsk and are working to encircle the entire Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration, Chief of the General Staff Andriy Hnatov says