Victory Chronicles-DAY 1360

Six people were killed and 35 injured, including two children, in a Russian combined strike on Kyiv during the night of Nov. 13–14, city officials said.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the deaths after emergency crews recovered another body from the rubble in the Desnianskyi district, where a Shahed drone slammed into a high-rise apartment building, setting it on fire and collapsing part of the structure.

The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office said a 10-year-old boy was hospitalized with injuries, and a 7-year-old child was also among those hurt. Twenty-seven residential buildings across several districts — Desnianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Podilskyi, Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi — sustained damage.

State Emergency Service spokesperson Oleksandr Khorunzhyi said the strike “essentially pierced through part of the building,” leaving people trapped inside. Search-and-rescue operations continued through the day as firefighters worked to extinguish multiple blazes.

Germany allocates 11.5 billion euros for Ukraine aid in 2026 budget. Germany’s Bundestag Budget Committee has approved a draft federal budget for next near that includes 11.5 billion euros ($12.3 billion) in aid for Ukraine, European Pravda reported on Nov. 14, citing the German newspaper Welt.

The committee added a last-minute amendment that increased its support package for  Ukraine by 3 billion eurosto cover artillery, drones, armored vehicles and the replacement of two Patriot air defense systems. The decision raises the total allocation from 8.5 billion euros to 11.5 billion euros, marking Germany’s largest single-year commitment to strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities amid an ongoing war with Russia that Moscow unjustifiable instigated in February 2022.

Russian drones strike on Chornomorsk market, kills two civilians and injures 11. A Russian suicide drone attack tore a busy outdoor market in the Black Sea coastal city of Chornomosrks in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Nov. 14, killing and injuring 11, including a young child, local authorities said.

Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said several victims remain in critical condition. 

The strike shattered market stalls, nearby shops, private vehicles and a city square. Windows were shattered at a nearby college due to the shock wave.

Among the wounded was a 1-year-7-month-old girl who suffered an acute stress reaction. Six of the injured were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds and blast trauma, officials said.

Ukrainian special forces shatter Russian troop concentration in Donetsk region. Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) struck a major Russian troop assembly point in the Donetsk regional village of Zatyshok, a blow in what they described as significant losses to units who were preparing for a new advance in the area, the SSO reported Nov. 14.

The attack targeted a building where personnel from Russia’s 1st and 9th Motorized Rifle Brigades were concentrated, using drones to deliver precision strikes despite poor weather conditions. The strike reportedly caused significant losses, which are still being verified.

Ukrainian intelligence said the Russian units were assembling forces under cloud cover as part of a plan to advance from the north toward the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad area. “The drones successfully reached their target despite unfavorable weather. Enemy losses are being clarified,” the SSO said in a statement.

Key Takeaways

1. Russian forces continue to advance and to intensify offensive operations in the Hulyaipole and Velykomykhailivka directions in the southern Dnirpropetrovsk region, exploiting the effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) and poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone observation.
2. Russian forces continue to advance in the Donetsk regional town of Pokrovsk direction as Ukrainian forces continue counterattacks.
3. A Russian milblogger complained that recent footage of Russian forces conducting logistics into Pokrovsk under the cover of fog allowed Ukrainian forces to interdict the effort.
4. Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated that the Kremlin remains unwilling to compromise on its long-held maximalist war aims that amount to Ukraine’s complete capitulation.
5. Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strikes campaign against Russian energy infrastructure on Nov.12-13 with nine known uses of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
6. Russian forces continue to commit war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.
7. Ukraine’s European allies continue to provide monetary aid to Ukraine, including to support military requirements.
8. Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Velykomykhailivka. Russian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, near Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole.

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