Spox Voloshyn: Enemy continues pressure in south despite heavy losses, 1,363 Russian soldiers killed in week
Despite losses in manpower and equipment, Russian occupation forces continue to try to pressure Ukrainian forces in the south.
17 November 2025
Despite losses in manpower and equipment, Russian occupation forces continue to try to pressure Ukrainian forces in the south.
The situation in the southern sector continues to worsen, with the number of attacks by Russian forces increasing both on the ground and in the air.
Russian troops are stepping up their efforts to advance in the Huliaypole direction and are trying to encircle Huliaypole from the east and north.
As many as 216 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian occupiers on November 16.
16 November 2025
On Sunday, November 16, there were 195 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders, with more than a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
On November 15, the Defense Forces conducted a search and destruction of Russian invaders on the territory of 26.6 km² of the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region.
The possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest is real, but no significant results should be expected from it—Russia simply wants to stall for time by continuing the war.
A new wave of covert mobilization has begun in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.
A total of 176 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defence Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line over the past day, November 15.
The corruption scandal in Ukraine may affect the level of economic support, but will not affect military aid, according to Adrian Karatnytskyi, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and former president of Freedom House.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Economy Minister Oleksii Sobolev to define the course of action for rebooting the management bodies of state-owned enterprises in the energy sector.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have blown up the road from Selydove to Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian units, due to the regrouping of combat formations, the change in the configuration of the line of contact, as well as the need to preserve the lives of service members, have been withdrawn from Novovasylivske to positions more favorable for defense.
On November 14, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 265 combat clashes with Russian troops.
In the next few days, the Ukrainian and Polish authorities will announce the venue of the next Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) to be held in 2026.
14 November 2025
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka said that Ukraine is actively communicating with Hungary on the issue of national minorities with positive results and expressed hope that Kyiv will be able to convince Budapest to change its position on Ukraine's European integration.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On the front line over the past day, November 13, 172 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
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In the criminal proceedings concerning abuses during the allocation of funds intended for the purchase of drones for the military, new charges have been announced against the head of a public organization and his accomplice.
Despite intense shelling and fire pressure, Ukrainian units have stopped the advance of Russian forces and prevented their consolidation in several settlements on the Huliaipole front.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the situation on the frontlines and expressed gratitude for Germany's political support regarding the opening of an export office for Ukrainian weapons in Berlin.
Over the past day, November 12, there were 226 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders on the frontline.
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Defense forces neutralized a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group that had infiltrated the defenders' positions in the Vovchansk direction.
In the Kharkiv region, drone pilots from the Hart border brigade destroyed a bridge and Russian military equipment.