Authors: Olha Polishchuk and Cristian Vlas
Key trends
- Russian forces made further advancements in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region, occupying five settlements around Kurakhove.
- ACLED records 25 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in the western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Volyn, and Zakarpattia. Ukrainian forces also intercepted strikes in at least 33 further instances.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 59 civilians across Ukraine, almost half of them in the Sumy region. Additionally, at least one civilian was killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Horlivka in the Donetsk region.
Key events
- 17 Nov. | Sumy – Russian missiles hit a residential quarter in Sumy city, killing 12 civilians and wounding 84 others
- 18 Nov. | Sumy – Russian drones strike a dormitory in Hlukhiv, killing 12 civilians and wounding 13 others
- 18 Nov. | Odesa – Debris from a downed Russian missile kills four civilians and seven police officers in Odesa city