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The seventh Corps of the Air Assault Forces has reported {that a} large-scale assault on Russian troops and their gentle utility autos alongside the Selydove-Pokrovsk highway "had partial success": among the Russian autos have been destroyed on the approaches and a few inside the city itself.

Supply: seventh Corps of the Air Assault Forces

Particulars: In line with the assertion, on 11 November, Ukraine's defence forces destroyed 5 bikes and 5 automobiles in Pokrovsk and on the approaches to the city. Search-and-strike operations proceed, the seventh Corps says.

It was additionally famous that Ukraine's defence forces are working to destroy firing positions the Russians managed to arrange in sure blocks of Pokrovsk in latest days.

On the identical time, Ukrainska Pravda, citing service members from the Pokrovsk entrance, reported that since 6 November the Russians have been reinforcing their presence in Pokrovsk – which is beneath drone encirclement – utilizing gentle autos equivalent to bikes and pickups, and has been deploying mortars there. Makes an attempt by Ukrainian particular items to mop up the city, UP says, have been belated and didn’t change the stability of forces within the city.

Concerning Myrnohrad, the seventh Corps reviews that the Russians proceed to stress Ukrainian defences with persistent assaults. In line with the army, Russian troops haven’t managed to enter the city. Logistics for Ukrainian troops are being maintained.

Quote from the seventh Corps: "We document enemy plans to assault Myrnohrad from the course of Horodivka with the usage of armoured autos.

Fast response items of the seventh Corps are concerned in operations that improve the defender's tactical positions close to Pokrovsk, enabling them to hold out their assigned duties.

Within the neighborhood of Myrnohrad, one speedy response brigade of the seventh Corps repels assaults by small enemy teams of 2-4 individuals making around-the-clock makes an attempt to infiltrate the south-eastern outskirts of the city. The enemy makes use of Mavic UAVs to regulate its actions and light-weight autos, together with bikes, for logistics functions.

One other of our items, in cooperation with neighbouring forces, is holding the road at Krasnyi Lyman. The enemy views this settlement as a springboard for an assault on Myrnohrad from the north. Our airborne troops are destroying the occupiers and stopping the enemy from realising its plans."

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The courtroom determined to take into custody Lesia Ustymenko, one other suspect within the Energoatom cash theft scheme.

Supply: Suspilne, Ukrainian public broadcaster

Particulars: The chosen safety measure is a 60-day detention, with the choice of bail within the type of UAH 25 million.

​​That is the third arrest made on 12 November in connection to the Energoatom embezzlement case. Energoatom's government director and former adviser to the vitality minister Ihor Myroniuk had been detained right this moment as effectively.

All of the people charged by NABU within the large-scale corruption case involving Energoatom have been recognized by Radio Liberty.

The investigative journalism venture Skhemy has discovered that along with Tymur Mindich (often called "Karlson" within the NABU recordsdata), former Power Ministry adviser Ihor Myroniuk ("Rocket"), Energoatom's government director for safety Dmytro Basov ("Tenor"), and Oleksandr Tsukerman ("Sugarman"), notices of suspicion have been served on Ihor Fursenko ("Roshyk"), Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina.

Background:

• The Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has launched the third a part of Operation Midas, its investigation right into a large-scale corruption scheme at Energoatom.
• Suspects within the NABU investigation, who had been reportedly shielded by authorities officers, laundered tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} from Energoatom.
• In accordance with NABU, the money-laundering scheme was considerably crude: companies that needed to promote items or companies to Energoatom needed to pay a 10-15% kickback or face non-payment and elimination from the provider record – a mechanism dubbed the "tollgate", because you both share your margin or you might be left standing at closed doorways.
• The ringleader is alleged to be Tymur Mindich (known as "Karlson" within the NABU recordsdata), a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian TV manufacturing firm that Volodymyr Zelenskyy based earlier than he grew to become president. Mindich left Ukraine simply hours earlier than the NABU search started.
• The places of work of former vitality minister Herman Halushchenko ("Professor" or "Hera" on the tapes) had been additionally searched on 10 November. Economichna Pravda sources say that Halushchenko continued to be an influential determine within the sector by his successor, Svitlana Hrynchuk, and the numerous managers that he personally put in previous to his dismissal in July 2025.
• Zelenskyy's shut good friend Tymur Mindich is alleged to have exerted affect over former vitality minister Herman Halushchenko and former defence minister Rustem Umierov. The allegation was made by the prosecution throughout the listening to of a petition introduced by a NABU detective looking for the detention of Ihor Myroniuk, one other suspect within the investigation.
• Prosecutors asserted that Mindich developed a bond with Halushchenko by his connections to Zelenskyy and the minister's private "patronage".
• Herman Halushchenko has been suspended as justice minister following a high-profile investigation by the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) into corruption at Energoatom.
• Energoatom's safety director, Dmytro Basov, has been ordered by the Excessive Anti-Corruption Courtroom to be arrested on suspicion of involvement in mass corruption within the vitality business. On NABU recordings, Basov appeared as "Tenor".
• The Excessive Anti-Corruption Courtroom dominated that former Power Ministry advisor Ihor Myroniuk be held in custody, with the choice of bail within the type of UAH 126 million. He’s beneath suspicion of a significant corruption case within the vitality business.

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Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has stated that stabilising the scenario within the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad operational space is determined by coordination between army command our bodies, models and detachments finishing up fight duties.

Photograph: Syrskyi on Fb

Particulars: Syrskyi stated that he travelled to the Pokrovsk entrance and spoke to commanders.

Quote: "The Pokrovsk entrance stays the primary one within the context of the enemy's offensive. The most important variety of every day enemy assault actions is recorded right here, and a big a part of their grouping of troops working on the territory of Ukraine is concentrated right here. The enemy, specifically, is making an attempt to benefit from antagonistic climate.

Our fast duties are to safe, step-by-step, the designated areas and defend current provide routes. We’re additionally organising further strains of logistics to make sure our defenders obtain well timed provides and to ensure the uninterrupted evacuation of the wounded."

Extra particulars: Syrskyi stated that there’s fixed combating on the approaches and throughout the city space in opposition to Russia's small assault infantry teams. The destruction of sunshine tools of the Russian troops there’s much less frequent.

He additionally stated that Ukrainian troops have been taking each measure to stop the Russians from transferring and consolidating their positions. The seek for and killing of the Russian troops has additionally continued on the adjoining Ocheretyne entrance. Over the previous week, search-and-strike operations have cleared 7.4 sq km of the Pokrovsk district in Donetsk Oblast of Russian sabotage and reconnaissance teams.

Quote: "There isn’t a query of Russian management over the town of Pokrovsk or of the operational encirclement of the Ukrainian defence forces' grouping. The combating continues!"

Background: Sources amongst Ukraine's service members from the Pokrovsk entrance advised Ukrainska Pravda that Russian forces have been pushing into Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast since no less than 6 November, transferring in on bikes and pickup vans and deploying mortars within the metropolis. Sources advised Ukrainska Pravda that makes an attempt by Ukrainian particular forces models to mop up the town had been delayed and didn’t change the steadiness of forces within the metropolis.

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Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has mentioned that the federal government has suspended Yakob Khartmut, a vice chairman and board member of Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power firm, based mostly of the information from the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

Supply: Yuliia Svyrydenko on social media

Quote: "On the premise of information obtained from the NABU, the federal government has moved to droop with fast impact Yakob Khartmut, a vice chairman and board member [of Energoatom – ed.]."

Particulars: Svyrydenko mentioned that the Cupboard of Ministers (Ukrainian authorities) additionally instructed Energoatom's performing chair of the board to droop Dmytro Basov, chief adviser to the president of Energoatom, who had already been served with a discover of suspicion. The federal government has additional ordered the suspension of different Energoatom personnel whose attainable involvement in legal offences is at the moment being examined by regulation enforcement.

These talked about are:

• The director for finance and budgeting.
• The director for authorized assist.
• The pinnacle of the separate company unit "Centralised Procurement".

Quote: "If the NABU's investigation identifies different staff as implicated in legal offences, the performing chair of the board [of Energoatom – ed.] should droop them and cooperate totally with the inquiry in relation to these people."

Background:

• In December 2023, Khartmut was appointed performing member of the corporate's board.
• The NABU has earlier disclosed particulars of their investigation into a big corruption scheme at Energoatom often known as Operation Midas.
• The ringleader is alleged to be Tymur Mindich, a co-owner of Kvartal 95 and a former affiliate of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [Kvartal 95 is a TV production company that Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president.]
• The prosecution says that Mindich is alleged to have exerted affect over former power minister Herman Halushchenko and former defence minister Rustem Umierov.
• On the morning of 12 November 2025, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko mentioned that Herman Halushchenko had been suspended as justice minister following a high-profile investigation by the NABU into corruption at Energoatom.

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Donetsk Oblast Army Administration has stated that evacuation from the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast stays potential, as 4,800 persons are nonetheless within the metropolis.

Supply: Ukrinform citing Dmytro Petlin, consultant of Donetsk Oblast Army Administration (OMA), throughout a web based press briefing

Quote: "There are presently 4,900 folks remaining within the Kostiantynivka hromada itself, and within the metropolis of Kostiantynivka the determine is almost the identical – 4,800 residents." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Particulars: Petlin says that volunteers can nonetheless entry the town on armoured automobiles, which suggests civilians can evacuate.

He added that there’s presently one route out of Kostiantynivka: Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka – Druzhkivka – Kramatorsk, then on to safer oblasts.

Background: Troopers from the twenty eighth Separate Mechanised Brigade have reported that they thwarted an try by Russian forces to interrupt into the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, forcing the Russians to retreat with losses.

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Ellen Reitan, State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, has stated that Norway's whole monetary assist for Ukraine can have exceeded €19.4 billion by the top of 2026.

Supply: European Pravda, citing Ellen Reitan

Particulars: Norway's general package deal for navy and civilian assist will surpass €19.4 billion by the shut of 2026.

Quote: "A peaceable Europe and Ukraine's future as a sovereign nation continues to depend upon navy and civilian assist to defend towards Russia's aggression. It’s of nice significance {that a} coalition of nations are coming collectively to supply new financing to assist meet Ukraine's navy wants."

Extra particulars: Reitan stated that Norway is making a considerable contribution to the collective effort to assist Ukraine.

Quote: "Together with the quantity proposed in subsequent 12 months's funds, the Norwegian Authorities has allotted greater than NOK 227 billion [US$22,5 billion] in navy and civilian assist to Ukraine."

Extra particulars: As to Norway's attainable participation in an EU plan to supply Ukraine with "reparations loans" based mostly on frozen Russian belongings, together with ensures, Reitan stated that Norway is carefully following developments and continues its dialogue with the EU.

Background:

• Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg has stated earlier in an interview that Norway might assist the EU plan to make use of frozen Russian belongings for Ukraine however will not be prepared to ensure your complete mortgage by itself.
• Earlier, Norway's Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik introduced that the nation will allocate US$7 billion in 2026 to assist Ukraine's defence sector.
• Norway additionally introduced the allocation of US$150 million for Ukraine's power sector.
• Norway pledged to ship a bridge to Sumy Oblast, which can quickly be assembled within the Mykolaiv hromada within the Sumy district, in addition to medical tools value €2 million. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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Ukraine's Minister of Vitality Svitlana Hrynchuk has submitted her resignation.

Supply: Hrynchuk on Fb

Quote: "I’ve written a letter of resignation. The place has by no means been an finish in itself for me."

Particulars: Hrynchuk stated that there had been "no violations of the regulation" in her skilled actions, including that "such information can’t exist in precept".

She additionally stated that hypothesis on this matter is "inappropriate" and that "time will put every little thing so as".

Background: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and Vitality Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk should step down following a corruption investigation within the power sector. He instructed Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to submit their resignation letters.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acquired a report from Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, which included info on Russia's plans.

Supply: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "Many particulars stay categorised. Among the many factors that may be shared publicly, Kyrylo reported on the out there intelligence relating to Russia's plans for the primary half of subsequent yr, in addition to on key points of the geopolitical scenario round Ukraine. We’re monitoring Russia's connections in key areas of the world and proscribing them."

Particulars: Zelenskyy stated the dialogue additionally coated navy intelligence operations performed collectively with different Ukrainian forces. The president added that he had instructed the intelligence service to "perform sure measures in Ukraine's pursuits".

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Ukraine has change into a "drone superpower", assembly the wants of the entrance line and increasing its presence on worldwide markets. Ukrainian corporations now produce 4 million drones of assorted varieties yearly.

Supply: Bloomberg

Particulars: Bloomberg famous that these embrace each cheap FPV drones and long-range strike UAVs. By comparability, the US manufactures about 100,000 army drones per yr.

"It's not simply the amount of drones, it's the variability. Most likely greater than all NATO international locations mixed proper now," mentioned RAND analyst Michael Bohnert.

Some Ukrainian drone producers have entered the EU market. For instance, Skyeton has opened a facility in Slovakia and has introduced partnerships with Denmark and the UK. The corporate produces reconnaissance drones able to remaining airborne for as much as 24 hours.

One other home firm, TSIR, is presently working in Finland, the place it’s getting ready to launch a UAV manufacturing line. It plans to provide drones for NATO sooner or later.

A lot, nonetheless, is determined by funding. The FlyWell consortium, which unites a number of Ukrainian drone producers, plans to lift round US$50 million to finance further European manufacturing and analysis initiatives, together with one that will use hydrogen cells to energy drones. Finding manufacturing in Europe would additionally guarantee larger security, retaining services out of Russia's attain.

New options are additionally being developed by European corporations. Finnish agency Summa Defence is self-funding its work and has already constructed prototypes of three fashions that would enter mass manufacturing instantly after testing in Ukraine. A few of these drones will go to NATO international locations, however Ukraine stays the precedence.

Background: Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced that Ukraine is about to start mass manufacturing of a brand new drone mannequin positioned as an alternative choice to the broadly used Chinese language-made Mavic. He mentioned another has been discovered, though particulars of the brand new drones haven’t but been disclosed.

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One particular person has been injured and a producing plant and homes have been broken after Russian forces used three Shahed loitering munitions to strike the centre of town of Kharkiv on the morning of 12 November.

Supply: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Army Administration

Quote from Terekhov: "Early experiences point out {that a} civilian manufacturing facility and homes have been broken on account of three Shaheds hitting the central a part of town."

Particulars: Terekhov clarified that the Russians attacked town's Kholodnohirskyi district.

Syniehubov added that one particular person had been injured within the Russian assault.

Quote from Syniehubov: "At current, one particular person is thought to have been injured. Emergency companies have arrived on the scene of the strikes."

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