Ukraine Conflict Monitor
Update
Ukraine war situation update | 8 – 14 November 2025
Overview of political violence and conflict events in Ukraine from 8 to 14 November 2025
Key stats
1,493 political violence events
<1% decrease compared to last week
96 incidents of violence targeting civilians
17% decrease compared to the previous week
At least 34 fatalities from civilian targeting
41% decrease compared to last week
Key events
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8 Nov.
Dnipropetrovsk — Russian drones hit residential areas in Dnipro, killing three civilians and wounding 13 others
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8 Nov.
Kyiv and Kharkiv — Russian drone and missile strikes destroy Trypilska and Zmiivska power plants
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14 Nov.
Kyiv — Russian drones and missiles kill six civilians and wound 30 others in Kyiv city
Key trends
- Russian forces made rapid advances near the junction of the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk-Zaporizhia regions, occupying at least six villages in the area. Russian forces also seized a settlement near Toretsk in the Donetsk region.
- In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces occupied two settlements near Kupiansk and another near Vovchansk.
- Russian forces launched at least 50 long-range missile and drone attacks, including on the western regions of Rivne and Khmelnytskyi, as well as on Kyiv city and region.
- Russian strikes killed at least 32 civilians in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa regions, as well as in the city of Kyiv. Ukrainian strikes reportedly killed two civilians in the Russia-occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.
Spotlight: Russia pushes through fog to threaten the key hub of Huliaipole
Following their successful crossing of the Yanchul river and occupation of Uspenivka village in the Zaporizhia region during the previous week, Russian forces continued their approach toward Huliaipole, a fortified town Ukrainian forces use as a logistics hub for operations on the boundary between the Russia-occupied part of the Donetsk region and the Ukraine-held part of Zaporizhia.
Previously considered an operational direction opened by Russia to divert Ukrainian forces from the main battles of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, the scarcely staffed and equipped defensive lines at the junction of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia-Dnipropetrovsk regions have proved to be fertile ground for Russia’s advances. In November, Russian forces occupied at least six settlements in the Zaporizhia region during their approach toward Huliaipole. Moreover, the occupation of two other settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region may pave the way for creeping Russian advances toward the town of Pokrovske, which lies on a key road to the Pokrovsk area in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian armed forces’ command has also acknowledged forced retreats from the eastern Zaporizhia region.
Ukrainian defense in these areas has been impeded by regular fog that has complicated communications, logistics, and Ukraine’s asymmetrical defense that has relied heavily on drones requiring clear lines of sight.1 The effect of the blinding fog was proven during a sudden Russian mechanized assault across the Vovcha river toward Novopavlivka (Dnipropetrovsk) on 14 November. Ukrainian forces managed to repel the Russian troops only when they were entering the village’s outskirts.2
As Russian forces overrun the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area, Russia may free up more troops for creeping advances in poorly defended areas and for direct assaults on other logistical hubs, undermining Ukraine’s defense of its rear and, most notably, of Zaporizhia city.
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