CinC Syrskyi: Ukrainian Army effectively counters enemy's offensive in Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne sectors
Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne sectors continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy and to contain its movements.
14 November 2025
Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne sectors continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy and to contain its movements.
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.
The Russian army struck settlements in the Kherson region throughout the day using artillery, mortars, MLRS, and drones. Four people were injured.
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 14 November, Ukraine’s Defence Forces halted Russian infantry assaults, which the invaders attempted to support with nearly two dozen armoured vehicles.
The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format is scheduled for 3 December.
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.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Communal Services has approved Svitlana Grynchuk's resignation as Minister of Energy of Ukraine.
An explosion occurred near Sosnovka in Russia’s Khabarovsk region on 13 November, blocking freight traffic on the Trans-Siberian Railway, a key rail artery used by Russia to transport weapons and ammunition, including those received from the territory of the DPRK.
An explosion occurred near Sosnovka in Russia’s Khabarovsk region on 13 November, blocking freight traffic on the Trans-Siberian Railway, a key rail artery used by Russia to transport weapons and ammunition, including those received from the territory of the DPRK.
Rescuers showed the consequences of the morning strike on the industrial zone of Sumy; the fire was extinguished.
Ukrainian Defence Forces struck the oil terminal at the Novorossiysk seaport overnight, damaging oil-loading standpipes at the berths, pipeline infrastructure, and pumping units. A large fire continues to rage at the oil terminal.
The Podilskyi district Consultation and Diagnostic Center was damaged by a Russian attack in Kyiv.
The number of injured in the Russian drone attack on Chornomorsk in the Odesa region has increased to 10, including a child.
The number of injured in the Russian drone attack on Chornomorsk in the Odesa region has increased to 10, including a child.
The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv has increased to five.
Russia is carrying out a new type of terror against the Ukrainian people, which has never been seen before.
The number of victims of the massive attack by Russian troops on Kyiv has increased to 34, with four fatalities reported. A search operation is ongoing at the site of the strike in the Desnianskyi district of the capital.
The number of victims of the massive attack by Russian troops on Kyiv has increased to 34, with four fatalities reported. A search operation is ongoing at the site of the strike in the Desnianskyi district of the capital.
In several areas along the southern front, the situation is growing more tense, and the Defence Forces are taking measures to block the enemy’s advance.
Operators of the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Systems "Magyar's Birds" carried out a successful strike overnight on November 13, targeting a storage and maintenance base for Orion combat reconnaissance drones in the village of Kirovske, in Russian-occupied Crimea.
The Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has suspended oil exports following an overnight drone attack.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stressed the need for rapid implementation of the G7 ministerial meeting's decisions to increase pressure on Russia to end its aggression.
In the south of the Odesa region, an energy facility was damaged as a result of a night attack by Russian strike drones, causing fires. A nearby residential building and the roof of a garage were also damaged.
On the night of November 14, drones attacked an oil depot in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
In the Kyiv region, six people, including a seven-year-old child, were injured as a result of a massive rocket and drone attack by Russian troops on the night of November 14.
On the front line over the past day, November 13, 172 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the death toll from the attack on Kyiv has risen to four, with dozens of people wounded, including children and a pregnant woman.