Death toll from Russian attack in Kyiv climbs to seven
The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv on November 14 has increased to seven people.
15 November 2025
The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv on November 14 has increased to seven people.
In Russia, the Ryazan oil refinery has been attacked and will suspend operations.
Air Defense Forces destroyed two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles and 91 drones, which the Russians used to attack Ukraine on the evening of November 14.
As a result of a drone attack by Russian UAVs on Dnipro, several fires broke out in the city. The enemy also targeted Nikopol and Synelnykove districts in Dnipropetrovsk region with drones.
On November 14, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 265 combat clashes with Russian troops.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — from February 24, 2022 to November 15, 2025 — amount to approximately 1,157,400 personnel, including 1,000 eliminated over the past day.
Emergency rescue operations have been completed in Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district at the site of the Russian strike on November 14.
North Korea has more than halved its supplies of artillery shells to Russia after exhausting its stockpiles. At the same time, the regime in Pyongyang has launched production of its own attack drones.
In Sevastopol, agents of the ATESH partisan movement have identified the location of the Russian Armed Forces’ 810th Marine Brigade in the area of Kozacha Bay.
In the village of Hoptivka of the Derhachi community, Kharkiv region, a woman picked up a Russian drone, and it exploded in her hands — she died.
On Friday, November 14, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, injuring a civilian and damaging buildings belonging to a local enterprise, warehouse facilities, and residential houses.
At the age of 79, British writer of Ukrainian descent, Marina Lewycka, passed away. She was best known for her debut novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which became an international bestseller and won several awards.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko held a meeting with the heads of regional military administrations in front-line regions to discuss the results of previous work and the next steps for providing communities with necessary resources for the heating season.
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Ukraine, together with its international partners, is working to expand funding for the PURL program, which allows for the purchase of American weapons, including air defense systems and missiles for them.
Ukraine is stepping up the use of unmanned systems and creating new incentives for the military, including the introduction of an electronic eBaly system on December 1.
Ukraine is preparing special measures to strengthen its air defense and increase the activity of Ukrainian forces in frontline and border regions.
The Saratov oil refinery in Russia stopped primary oil processing on November 11 after attacks by Ukrainian drones.
The number of people injured in the massive Russian attack on Kyiv on Friday, November 14, rose to 36, with six confirmed dead.
Throughout the day, Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, guided aerial bombs, and drones, causing damage.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk noted that the emergence of new corruption scandals could make it more difficult to maintain a consensus on continued solidarity with Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Gold Star orders and other state awards to service members of Ukraine's Security and Defense Forces, and also handed distinctions to the families of fallen Heroes who were honored posthumously.
Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne sectors continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy and to contain its movements.
Three companies in Ukraine have received the Octopus technology for mass production of interceptor drones against Shaheds, and another eleven are preparing production lines.
The Russian army struck settlements in the Kherson region throughout the day using artillery, mortars, MLRS, and drones. Four people were injured.
Ukraine and the United States announced the appointment of the investment adviser to the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund — the international consulting company Alvarez & Marsal (A&M).
During Russia's overnight attack on Kyiv on November 14, rescuer Serhii Vlasenko lost his home, which burned down after a drone strike, and he had to fight the flames in his own apartment.
In the early hours of November 14, units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck the Novorossiysk naval base in Russia’s Krasnodar region, an oil refinery in the Saratov region, and a fuel and lubricants storage facility near Engels.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector on the morning of November 14, Ukraine’s Defence Forces halted Russian infantry assaults, which the invaders attempted to support with nearly two dozen armoured vehicles.
In the southern sectors of the front, particularly in the Huliaipole sector near Orikhiv, Russian occupation forces have relatively increased the intensity of combat operations and are attempting to advance with infantry and motorized rifle units. Currently, the most difficult situation on the front line remains in the Pokrovsk sector, where the highest intensity of combat operations and air strikes is recorded.
On November 14, Russian troops attacked the center of the town of Semenivka in the Chernihiv region with combat drones, damaging two civilian vehicles.