Russia says its forces have surrounded Ukrainian soldiers in Pokrovsk, a key city Moscow has been targeting for months. DeepState, a war mapping project, warns the situation there is "critical". Follow the latest below.

A unit from Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF), in cooperation with the partisan movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spar), struck a transport and loading vehicle used for the Iskander tactical missile system on the night of 3-4 October.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, aiming to capture the city of Pokrovsk.

Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to counter Russia's attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The 7th Rapid Response Corps said that assault and special operations units blocked an effort to cut a supply route between Pokrovsk and nearby Rodynske..

As Trump's plan to meet Putin is called off, Zelenskyy says another bloody night in Ukraine shows Russia isn't feeling "enough pressure for dragging out the war."

Western analysts say the attacks on energy infrastructure so far have had a serious — but not crippling — effect. Ukrainian drones have repeatedly hit 16 major Russian refineries, representing about 38% of the country’s nominal refining capacity, according to a recent review by the Carnegie Endowment, a U.S.-based think tank.

Russia bombarded Ukrainian cities with 705 missiles and drones overnight into Thursday, according to Ukraine’s air force.

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 5, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,145,670 people, including 900 people over the past day. — Ukrinform.

Russia fired one of its largest drone and missile assaults against Ukraine overnight, killing three people, including a 7-year-old girl, and cutting power to thousands as winter approaches,

President Trump, on his way back to the White House on Sunday night, suggested that he's no longer actively trying to end the war between Russia and Ukraine: REPORTER: What would be the final straw for you that proves that Putin is really not ready to end this war with Ukraine?

Oleksandr Syrskyi says special forces have been deployed but denies Russian reports Ukrainian troops are surrounded in Pokrovsk.