Injured Ukrainian servicemen. Photo AP Photo / Kostiantyn Liberov.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted for the first time in an interview with Bloomberg at the possibility of Ukrainian troops retreating from Pokrovsk, stating that the decision rests with the military. "We cannot allow them to die for destroyed buildings," he noted.
- The mayor of the capital reported injuries as a result of shelling and fires in residential buildings. Head of the Kyiv Military Administration, Timur Tkachенко, stated that at least five people were injured due to a strike in the Dnipro district.
- The Kyiv City Administration confirmed that around ten apartment buildings were damaged as a result of nighttime attacks on the capital, with damage reported in eight districts of the city.
- Drone attacks occurred in Novorossiysk, and explosions and sirens were also heard in Gelendzhik, Anapa, and Tuapse. Airports in Krasnodar, Gelendzhik, as well as Penza, Volgograd, Saratov, and Tambov are temporarily closed. The operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported that a fuel depot in the seaport of Novorossiysk was damaged due to a strike by Ukrainian drones.
- A civilian vessel was damaged in the attack on the port of Novorossiysk, and three crew members were injured.
- A Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed in the Prionezhsky district of Karelia during a training flight, and the crew perished.
- On Friday, November 14, electricity consumption restrictions will be in effect in many regions of Ukraine due to massive attacks by Russian missiles and drones on energy infrastructure facilities.
- Russian forces were able to partially occupy Pokrovsk thanks to the actions of the "Rubicon" unit, which uses drones to locate Ukrainian drone operators, reports the Financial Times.
- Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden will allocate $500 million for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine.
- Volodymyr Zelensky approved a decision by the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against businessmen Timur Mindich and Alexander Tsukerman, who are under investigation for corruption in the "Energoatom" company. The decree notes that both hold Israeli citizenship and have left Ukraine.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that young Ukrainians would be better off "serving in their country." During his speech at the German Trade Congress in Berlin, he noted that he "asked Volodymyr Zelensky about this." The Chancellor also confirmed the government's intention to revoke civil benefits for refugees from Ukraine.
- The U.S. imposed sanctions on Ukrainian defense companies implicated in supplying components for Iranian Ababil missiles and Shahed drones.
- According to Reuters, "oil refining in Russia has decreased by 3% this year, despite large-scale drone attacks. Refineries were able to prevent a sharp reduction in fuel production by using reserve capacities to compensate for damage from strikes."
