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Updated 12 Nov 2026

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Status · 12 Nov 2026

Overnight into 12 November Russia launched 123 drones and ballistic and Zircon missiles; hits were recorded at 17 locations (Air Force). Missiles set fires in Kyiv and hit an enterprise in the Kyiv region; a drone hit a customs terminal in Kovel, and strikes on energy cut power to more than 160 settlements in Rivne region (regional authorities). In the morning a drone hit an apartment building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, killing a woman aged 44 (mayor; prosecutors), and guided bombs on Balabyne, Zaporizhzhia region, killed a woman aged 99 and injured a girl aged 12 (regional military administration). The same day US envoys arrived in Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, a day after the Abu Dhabi talks ended with an agreement on a large prisoner exchange but no ceasefire.

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Talks at the table, strikes on the groundAcross Ukraine · 9–11 Nov 2026

19 killed, 68 injured during the Abu Dhabi talks. On the eve and the two days of the talks Russia launched 325 drones and two missiles; strikes hit an infrastructure facility in Odesa, an enterprise in Dnipro, energy in four regions, a market in Chornomorsk and rescuers at work in Yahotyn.

Air Force; regional and city military administrations; State Emergency Service · Tier B · preliminary

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Second strikes: rescuers and police hit at workYahotyn, Komyshuvakha, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia · 6–11 Nov 2026
Komyshuvakha, 8 Nov: the State Emergency Service fire engine hit by Russian drones at the site of the 2 November bombing
Komyshuvakha, 8 Nov: the State Emergency Service fire engine hit by Russian drones at the site of the 2 November bombing. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) · 2026-11-08 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

Seven attacks in six days, 2 rescuers killed. Repeat drone strikes killed 2 rescuers putting out a fire in Yahotyn, Kyiv region; drones hit a fire engine twice at the Komyshuvakha bomb site and police documenting damage in Zhytomyr region; at least 8 responders injured.

State Emergency Service; regional military administrations · Tier B · preliminary; HRMMU · Tier A

Case file
Chornomorsk: a strike on a crowded market at middayChornomorsk, Odesa region · 11 Nov 2026
Chornomorsk: the site after the strike · shop
Chornomorsk: the site after the strike · shop. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) · 2026-11-11 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

4 killed, 11 hurt, 4 critically. A Russian strike hit the market in the city centre while it was full of people, on the second day of the Abu Dhabi talks; stalls, homes and cars were damaged.

Odesa regional military administration; State Emergency Service; Air Force · Tier B · preliminary

Briefing · Negotiations
Abu Dhabi: a prisoner exchange agreed, strikes did not stopUS-mediated trilateral talks · 10–11 Nov 2026

One agreement, no ceasefire. Ukraine, the United States and Russia agreed on a large prisoner exchange, with the numbers to be set on 12 November; territorial differences remain and Russia rejects an immediate ceasefire. From the eve of the talks to the end of day two, Russian attacks killed at least 19 civilians and injured 68 across Ukraine.

US envoy J. Kushner; R. Umerov; V. Medinsky, via Euronews and UNN · Tier C; regional military administrations, Air Force · Tier B · preliminary

Dossier · Beyond Ukraine
Fitburg: the first conviction for Baltic cable sabotageGulf of Finland · 31 Dec 2025 · verdict 5 Nov 2026
Schematic map of the Gulf of Finland: the Fitburg route from St Petersburg and the roughly 130 km the anchor was dragged to the Helsinki–Tallinn cables
Schematic: route and drag line are approximate, drawn from the court's description, not from tracking data.

Deliberate, a court found. The Helsinki District Court sentenced the Russian captain to 3 years 6 months and the Azerbaijani boatswain to 2 years 10 months for dragging the anchor about 130 km across the seabed, damaging two Helsinki–Tallinn telecom cables. The court made no finding on who, if anyone, directed them; the judgment is not final.

Helsinki District Court, 5 Nov 2026 · Tier A; Finnish Customs; Estonian Prosecutor's Office · Tier B

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Izium: a liberated city under guided bombsIzium, Kharkiv region · 20 Oct – 5 Nov 2026
Izium, night of 19–20 Oct: the site after the Russian drone attack
Izium, night of 19–20 Oct: the site after the Russian drone attack. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) · 2026-10-20 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

At least ten attacks in seventeen days. On 29 October three guided bombs killed five women at a public-health office; on 2 November four FAB-500 bombs killed 1 and injured 27, two children among them, and left the whole city without power.

Kharkiv regional military administration; National Police; Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office · Tier B · preliminary; HRMMU · Tier A

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Kherson: a medical facility hit nine hours after the truceKherson · 2 Nov 2026 · about 07:40

Nine hours after the truce. The local truce around occupied Oleshky ended at 22:59 on 1 November after Russia refused to extend it; at about 07:40 a drone damaged a medical facility in central Kherson, and twenty minutes later a drone injured two older residents in a car.

Kherson city and regional military administrations; General Staff · Tier B · preliminary; UN Commission of Inquiry · Tier A

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Kharkiv and Dnipro: hospitals hit in one nightKharkiv and Dnipro · night of 2–3 Nov 2026
Kharkiv: the site after the strike · hospital
Kharkiv: the site after the strike · hospital. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) · 2026-11-03 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

Two hospitals hit in one night. A Russian guided aerial bomb hit a hospital in Kharkiv, injuring 73 people, most of them patients; in Dnipro a missile strike damaged a city hospital and an outpatient clinic, killing 2 people and injuring 20. The UN Secretary-General condemned the strikes.

Office of the Prosecutor General; Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration; UN Secretary-General · Tier B · preliminary

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Komyshuvakha: bombs on an aid point, then on its shelterKomyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region · 2 Nov 2026 · from the morning
Komyshuvakha: the site after the strike · school
Komyshuvakha: the site after the strike · school. Photo: National Police of Ukraine · 2026-11-02 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

At least 55 killed at a humanitarian aid point. Russian guided aerial bombs hit a school where residents received aid every week, then struck its shelter where people, rescuers and police had taken cover; two rescuers and four police officers are among the dead and 59 people are listed as missing.

President of Ukraine; Zaporizhzhia regional military administration; State Emergency Service · Tier B · preliminary

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Oleshky: a town starved under occupationEvacuation under a local ceasefire, 27 Oct – 1 Nov · no official figures
Oleshky before the full-scale invasion: the central square, 2007
Oleshky before the full-scale invasion: the central square, 2007. Photo: Gottinight · 2007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · original ↗

"People can't get out, food can't get in." Russia has held the town and every road into it since 2022; Ukraine drops food by drone, and a list of evacuees was agreed with Russia — 358 people verified for immediate evacuation, the ICRC ready. Russia confirmed nothing for five months; on 23 Oct the White House announced a US-brokered local ceasefire and the Kremlin confirmed it; it took effect at 03:00 Kyiv time on 27 October.

UN monitoring mission · Tier A; Ombudsman of Ukraine · Tier B; White House, Kremlin · 23 Oct

Ceasefire watch · 27 Oct – 1 Nov
  • 1 Nov: the local ceasefire ended at the close of the day. The Ombudsman of Ukraine said both sides had kept their commitments and that Ukraine and Russia are discussing further similar steps; he called for keeping "this mechanism of interaction". The General Staff of Ukraine said its units evacuated 167 civilians, 22 of them children, from Ukrainian-held settlements on the right bank of the Dnipro in Kherson region during the ceasefire. The number evacuated from Oleshky has still not been officially given (Ombudsman of Ukraine via Slovo i Dilo and Obozrevatel, 2 Nov — Tier C; General Staff of Ukraine via Ukrinform, 1 Nov — Tier B).
  • 31 Oct, evening: Russia's human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to hold humanitarian missions regularly; the Ombudsman of Ukraine had proposed on 30 Oct to make such missions regular and will present the results of the Oleshky mission at a press conference on 2 Nov. Neither side has yet given the number evacuated (via Censor.NET; Ukrinform, 30 Oct — Tier C).
  • 31 Oct, afternoon: the evacuees crossed into Ukraine from Belarus by bus at the Nova Huta checkpoint, Chernihiv region; the Ombudsman of Ukraine announced that the mission was complete and said the oldest evacuee is 94 and the youngest just over a year old. The total has not been officially confirmed; the convoy was prepared for more than 750 people, and some residents chose to go to Russia (via RBC-Ukraine and Apostrophe — Tier C).
  • 31 Oct: four planes carrying evacuees from Oleshky landed in Gomel, Belarus; the group was due to be taken on to Ukrainian-controlled territory within hours. Neither side has said how many people left; Russia's human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said the buses also carried residents who want to live in Russia (D. Arakhamia; Belarusian state media, via Al Jazeera — Tier C).
  • 30 Oct, about noon: the Ukrainian delegation led by the Ombudsman of Ukraine reached Oleshky through occupied Crimea, coordinating with Russia's human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova; aid arrived in the town, and 25 buses with 750 seats and ambulances were prepared for residents who want to leave. The Ombudsman said the ceasefire had held for 80 hours; the number of residents who will leave has not been confirmed (Ombudsman of Ukraine; D. Arakhamia, via Euronews — Tier C).
  • 29 Oct, midday: the Ombudsman of Ukraine said the local ceasefire had held for 54 hours, with both sides observing it; demining of the route continues and the first humanitarian convoy is due in the town on 30 Oct. Russia's human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said food, fuel, medicine and hygiene supplies had been gathered and that people would be able to leave for Ukraine or for Russia (via Focus — Tier C).
  • 29 Oct: a Ukrainian delegation led by the Ombudsman set out for Oleshky to deliver humanitarian aid to the people who remain and to work on their safe departure; aid deliveries are reported to be planned for 30 Oct. No violations of the ceasefire had been recorded as of the morning (Ombudsman of Ukraine; D. Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People faction, via LB.ua — Tier C).
  • Start: 27 Oct, 03:00 Kyiv time (04:00 Moscow time), as set by the General Staffs of Ukraine and Russia. Purpose: demining the route, aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians.
  • Status: in effect since 03:00 Kyiv time on 27 Oct and holding. The Ombudsman of Ukraine, who heads Ukraine's negotiating team, said on the morning of 27 Oct that "the parties are observing the agreements we reached"; Russia's Ministry of Defence announced a ceasefire on the Kherson direction from 04:00 Moscow time. The first two days are for demining and preparing the route; the humanitarian mission itself is scheduled for 29 Oct. No end date has been announced; the Kremlin spokesman said it could last several days. Asked on 28 Oct about reports that the zone had been widened beyond Oleshky, he said "people have been talking about it for two days now" and told reporters to "read all the statements carefully", without giving its extent (TASS). On the evening of 28 Oct he said "there are no reports of violations so far, that is positive" and that the humanitarian operation would take place in the coming days (Interfax). Before the start, Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed Ukraine had struck the town 18 times with artillery and more than 120 times with drones since 19 Oct (via Reuters, which could not verify it).
  • Violations reported: none by either side; the Ombudsman of Ukraine said both sides had fully observed the agreement as of 17:30 Kyiv time on 27 Oct, and the Kherson regional military administration recorded no shelling of civilian or critical infrastructure in the region from 06:00 on 27 Oct to 06:00 on 28 Oct. On the morning of 28 Oct the Ombudsman said the first 30 hours had passed "without a single incident"; the next step is demining the road, then deliveries of food, water, medicine and hospital equipment, and only then departures.
  • Evacuated: the mission was completed on 31 Oct, when the evacuees reached Ukraine via Anapa and Gomel; the number has not been officially confirmed — the convoy was prepared for more than 750 people, and 358 residents had been verified for evacuation (Ombudsman of Ukraine; via RBC-Ukraine — Tier C).

General Staff of Ukraine, Ombudsman of Ukraine · Tier B; Russian General Staff as reported by Hromadske (Tier C), 24 Oct; President of Ukraine via Ukrinform, 25 Oct; Kremlin spokesman via AFP, 26 Oct (Tier C); General Staff of Ukraine, 26 Oct (Tier B); Russian Ministry of Defence via Reuters, 26 Oct (Tier C); Ombudsman of Ukraine and Russian Ministry of Defence via Kyiv Independent and ZN.ua, 27 Oct (Tier C); Navy of Ukraine spokesman via ZMINA, 27 Oct (Tier C); Ombudsman of Ukraine via Khersonline and Espreso, 28 Oct (Tier C); Kherson regional military administration via Kontekst-Prychornomoria, 28 Oct (Tier B); Kherson regional military administration via DW and LIGA.net, 28 Oct (Tier C); Kremlin spokesman via Interfax, 28 Oct (Tier C). Updated twice a day · as of 2 Nov

UN on the record
Secretary-General, 7 Oct · Council briefers, 9 OctFifteen entries, 23 Sep – 19 Oct, each linked to the official record

"Strongly condemns the ongoing attacks on major Ukrainian cities" — the Secretary-General, 7 Oct. Two days later the Council heard: more than 100 civilians killed and 429 injured in one week (OHCHR). On 14 Oct the Deputy Spokesperson confirmed all three Kyiv heat-and-power plants attacked, ~600,000 without power and water.

Noon briefings; S/PV.10237; OHCHR · Tier A

Pressure on Russia

Sanctions
27,588 under Russia-related sanctionsNine official lists, counted once · updated daily

16,620 people and companies are listed by Ukraine but not by the European Union. Search the registers, see which makers of the weapons in our case files are still off some lists, and what has been lifted.

Official lists via OpenSanctions · · Tier A

The cost of the war for Russia
276,000 soldiers killed, confirmed by namePeople, equipment, military assets, economy

Ukraine's General Staff counts 1,616,330 personnel losses; Oryx has photographed 24,275 pieces of lost equipment. Russia's budget deficit for January–September 2026: 5.2 trillion roubles.

General Staff of Ukraine; Mediazona/BBC; Oryx; Ministry of Finance of Russia · Tier B / C

Front & occupation

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New: the front line and the occupation on one map — 117,187 km² occupied (19.4% of Ukraine, Tier C, derived), 0 of 23 Russian capture claims since 1 October confirmed, and every strike measured by its distance from the front. Open the map →

Cultural heritage

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The church in Kramatorsk after the bombing, Sep 2026

Church of St John the Baptist, Kramatorsk · Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine · CC BY 4.0

567 cultural sites with damage verified by UNESCO — museums, churches, libraries, theatres; collections taken from occupied museums; 38 named sites with photographs and sources. Open the page →

People taken

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20,651 children deported or transferred, 2,775 returned; more than 114,000 people missing; 9,996 returned from captivity. Children, prisoners and the missing on one page, every figure with its source. Open the page →

War at sea

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Russia's attacks on merchant ships, seafarers and Ukraine's ports: 274 civilian vessels damaged or partly destroyed since February 2022; in October 4 merchant ships sunk off Romania and Bulgaria. Every incident with its source, beside every attempt to make the Black Sea safe again. Open the page →

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Calendar

16 entries in the next 30 days · ICS · full calendar with what to bring

Patterns, not incidents

Six files that run across the whole war. Each opens with its UN-verified figure, then the national figure, then the accountability step already taken. These are the pages for the question "what is the bigger picture".

EnergyStrikes on the electricity and heat system · since Oct 2022
4ICC warrants for the 2022–23 energy campaign A · ICC ↗
~70%of thermal generation capacity lost by mid-2025 B · Ministry of Energy ↗

Established. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II found reasonable grounds that strikes on electricity infrastructure, Oct 2022 – Mar 2023, were war crimes and crimes against humanity (warrants for Kobylash, Sokolov, 5 Mar 2024; Shoigu, Gerasimov, 24 Jun 2024). The Commission of Inquiry found the winter 2022–23 campaign to be a war crime (A/HRC/52/62).

New, 26 Oct 2026. The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that the attacks since October 2022 are the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects and the crime against humanity of other inhumane acts, pursuant to a state policy (A/81/440, paras. 32–33). Last winter: −21°C, heating cut for days or weeks, about two hours of electricity a day in many areas.

What to cite. "Russia's large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are a war crime and a crime against humanity — UN Commission of Inquiry, A/81/440, paras. 32–33."

Now. Every major thermal and hydro plant has been hit at least once (Ministry of Energy, 2025). Fourth winter campaign opened 29–30 Sep 2026; Kyiv dark on 8 Oct.

Ask. Cite the Commission's finding by paragraph; air-defence and transformer deliveries before December; name the energy campaign as a crime against humanity in national statements.

ICC, 5 Mar and 24 Jun 2024; COI A/HRC/52/62 and A/81/440 (26 Oct 2026); Ministry of Energy of Ukraine; KSE damage assessment (energy sector, 2025) · Tier A / B / C

Pattern file · one-pager · v3, 26 Oct 2026UN finding · PDFPDF
ChildrenDeportation and forced transfer · since Feb 2022
20,651recorded cases of deportation or forced transfer B · Children of War portal, 2 Nov 2026 ↗
2,775returned to Ukraine B · Children of War portal, 2 Nov 2026 ↗

Established. ICC arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova (17 Mar 2023) for the unlawful deportation and transfer of children (ICC ↗). The Commission of Inquiry found the deportation and transfer of children, and their enforced disappearance, to be crimes against humanity (A/HRC/61/61, Mar 2026 ↗).

Now. Returns run through third-country mediation (Qatar, Vatican, UAE); identification of children relocated inside Russia remains the bottleneck. Russian "re-education" and adoption decrees documented by Yale HRL.

Ask. Join the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children; raise the ICC warrants whenever Russia speaks of "evacuation".

Children of War portal; ICC; Commission of Inquiry, A/HRC/61/61; Yale HRL · Tier A / B / C

Pattern file · one-pager · v3, 27 Oct 2026Open the pagePDF
Cultural heritageMuseums, churches, libraries, monuments · since Feb 2022
567cultural sites with damage verified by UNESCO A · UNESCO ↗
2,138heritage sites damaged or destroyed, end of Aug 2026 B · Ministry of Culture ↗

Established. UNESCO has verified the damage at each of 567 sites — 165 religious sites, 43 museums, 24 libraries among them. Kyiv, Lviv and the historic centre of Odesa are on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the war. No international court has yet ruled.

Now. On the night of 21–22 Oct 2026 a cluster warhead burst between the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and a monastery. More than 10,223 items taken from the Kherson Art Museum in 2022 are still in occupied Crimea; Ukraine has notified 11 Russian servicemen of suspicion.

Ask. Cite the UNESCO count in national statements; demand the return of every object removed from occupied museums and refuse to exhibit them.

UNESCO, 28 Oct 2026; World Heritage Committee, 2023 and 2026; Ministry of Culture, 2 Sep 2026; Prosecutor General, 18 Aug 2026 · Tier A / B

Pattern file · one-pager · v1, 24 Oct 2026Open the pagePDF
PrisonersExecution and torture of POWs and detained civilians
129Ukrainian POWs executed after capture, verified by the UN A · OHCHR, periodic report, 29 Jun 2026, para 85 ↗

Established. The UN has documented the execution of 129 Ukrainian POWs and 48 deaths in custody; more than 95% of released POWs it interviewed described torture or ill-treatment (UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, briefing to Member States, 10 Aug 2026 ↗). The Commission of Inquiry found torture of POWs and civilians to be a crime against humanity (Oct 2024 ↗).

Now. More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians detained since 2022 are still held, by the UN's estimate (UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, briefing to Member States, 10 Aug 2026 ↗); Ukraine has confirmed 1,878 cases (Ombudsman of Ukraine via LB.ua, 27 Jun 2026 ↗). Olenivka (29 Jul 2022) still has no international investigation on site.

Ask. Demand ICRC access to all places of detention; support the all-for-all exchange and the return of civilian detainees as a separate track.

OHCHR periodic report, 29 Jun 2026; Commission of Inquiry, Oct 2024; Coordination HQ for the Treatment of POWs, 27 Oct 2026; Ombudsman of Ukraine, 27 Jun 2026 · Tier A / B

Pattern file · one-pager · v3, 27 Oct 2026Open the pagePDF
Sexual violenceConflict-related sexual violence · 2022–2026
1,004cases documented by OHCHR, 89% attributed to Russian authorities A · OHCHR ↗
401cases registered by prosecutors · 116 suspects · 19 verdicts B · Prosecutor General ↗

Established. OHCHR report of 18 Sep 2026: most victims are men in detention (electric shocks to the genitals, beatings, threats); women and children mainly under occupation. The Commission of Inquiry found rape by Russian forces to be a war crime (A/77/533).

Now. In May 2026 the Secretary-General listed Russian armed and security forces for the first time in the annex of his report on conflict-related sexual violence.

Ask. Keep the listing until perpetrators are held to account; demand OHCHR and ICRC access to all places of detention; no amnesty for sexual violence.

OHCHR, 18 Sep 2026; Secretary-General, May 2026; COI A/77/533, A/79/549; Prosecutor General, 19 Jun 2026 · Tier A / B

Pattern file · one-pager · v1, 15 Oct 2026PDF
Nuclear safetyOccupied Zaporizhzhia plant, Chornobyl, the grid
26complete losses of off-site power at the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant since 2022 A · IAEA ↗
99states voted for GA resolution 78/316: demilitarise the plant, return it to Ukraine A · A/RES/78/316 ↗

Established. Seized under fire on 4 Mar 2022; the latest blackout kept the plant on diesel for 18 days (20 Aug – 7 Sep 2026). A drone breached the Chornobyl New Safe Confinement on 14 Feb 2025; the IAEA found it lost its confinement function.

Now. Russia has issued "licences" for units 1 and 2 to Rosatom; strikes on substations cut power to nuclear sites in every winter campaign.

Ask. Demilitarisation and return of the plant to Ukraine (78/316); no recognition of Russian "licences"; no strikes on the grid that nuclear sites depend on.

IAEA Updates 362–364 (Aug–Sep 2026); A/RES/78/316 (11 Jul 2024); World Nuclear Association · Tier A / C

Pattern file · one-pager · v1, 15 Oct 2026PDF

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