Victory Chronicles-DAY 1356

Ukraine’s General Staff said on Nov. 10 that its troops are still holding the defensive positions in and around the cities of Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk that are located in the eastern Donetsk region that is roughly located 600 kilometers (370 miles) southeast of the capital of Kyiv. 

Logistical supply routes remain to the front remain open despite intense fighting, according to Ukraine’s General Staff, refuting Russia’s claims that the area has been encircled or cut off from supply lines. 

‘The defense of the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad area continues. The situation remains difficult and dynamic. The enemy is committing all available reserves but suffering heavy losses,’ said General Staff spokesperson Maj. Andrii Kovalov. Kovalov said said that Ukrainian units in Myrnohrad are firmly holding their positions and continue to repulse Russian forces advancing toward the city. 

He added that weapons, ammunition and reinforcements have reached the defending units, and that troop rotations and medical evacuations were successfully conducted. In nearby Pokrovsk, which is a key logistics hub in the same region, Ukrainian forces are countering Russian infantry units who are trying to secure footholds within the city. Kovalov said that troops are carrying out search-and-rescue operations to destroy Russian positions and prevent them from gaining control of critical supply routes. 

Zelenskyy says Ukraine seeks to buy 27 Patriot systems from US. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine plans to order 27 additional Patriot air defense systems from U.S. manufacturers while encouraging European allies to supply their existing systems, the respected London-based The  Guardian newspaper reported on Nov. 9.

Ukraine’s second war-time president said he is working with international partners to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses amid nightly combined Russian drone and missile attacks, but noted that Western allies, including the United Kingdom, have so far declined Kyiv’s requests to deploy fighter jets to protect central and western Ukraine over its vulnerable skies.

Russian drone strikes humanitarian vehicle carrying foreign journalists in eastern Ukraine. A Russian attack drone struck an armored vehicle that is used by a Ukrainian humanitarian organization in the front-line city of Kostyantynivka in the easternmost region of Donetsk on Nov. 8, local officials said. 

Two foreign journalists inside who were from Austria and Portugal emerged unharmed. The vehicle belonged to Proliska (Snowdrop), according to Kostyantynivka city manager Serhii Horbunov. The Proliska humanitarian group helps evacuate civilians from areas under fire. The fiber-optic–guided drone hit the car during an evacuation mission, causing severe damage.

Austrian journalist Christian Wehrschütz of the national broadcaster ORF and a Spanish journalist were traveling with the team to document the evacuation efforts. Volunteer Yevhen Tkachov, who was nearby, shared footage showing the moment the drone — reportedly equipped with an anti-tank explosive — struck the vehicle, burning through its light armor.

Kostyantynivka lies in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, near some of the fiercest fighting of Russia’s ongoing invasion. The city has been repeatedly targeted by Russian artillery and drone attacks due to its role as a logistical hub and evacuation route for civilians fleeing front-line areas.

Ukrainian partisans destroy four Russian logistics sites deep inside Russia. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said on Nov. 9 that resistance groups conducted four sabotage attacks on Russian military logistics facilities in recent weeks striking infrastructure that targeted Russia’s Vologda and Bashkortostan regions, both of which are located hundreds of kilometers from the front lines of Ukraine. 

Pro-Kyiv partisans set fire to equipment at three communications towers in Bashkortostan and destroyed a railway relay cabinet near Vologda in coordinated strikes between October and early November, according to Ukraine’s HUR Defense Intelligence. 

The agency said such operations are part of a systematic campaign to disrupt Russian logistics and communication networks supporting military operations against Ukraine. HUR said it’s part of a broader campaign to disrupt Russian military logistics and communications networks that support its war effort against Ukraine. 

Key Takeaways

1. Russian and Ukrainian forces continue interdiction campaigns in the Pokrovsk direction as the rate of Russian advances in and around Pokrovsk remains temporarily decreased.
2. Russian forces are successfully interdicting Ukrainian logistics into Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk) as part of efforts to collapse Ukrainian defenses in the town.
3. The ongoing U.S. government shutdown is reportedly affecting US weapons exports to NATO allies and Ukraine.
4. European officials continue to report and respond to aerial incursions in European airspace.
5. Ukrainian forces advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area. Russian forces advanced near Kupyansk, Siversk, and Hulyaipole.

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