The Ukrainian army denies reports of a marine surrender in the direction of Pokrovsk. Colonel Oleksandr Zavtonov, spokesman for the 30th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy, stated this in a comment to Ukrinform. “The information spread by Russian enemy media on the alleged ‘surrender’ of the soldiers of the 38th Marine Brigade in the area of the village of Myrnohrad (direction Pokrovsk) is part of a disinformation”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/11/12/guerra-in-ucraina-laiuto-di-kiev-smentisce-le-notizie-di-una-resa-a-pokrovsk-0019d32b-31aa-4b38-85f9-455de7d5f700/.”We officially announce that the military 38th Brigade did not surrender”, underlined the spokesman. On the contrary, he added, Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses on the Russian army.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops had captured another village in eastern Ukraine, south of the city of Pokrovsk, where fighting was ongoing between Moscow and Kiev troops. The settlement that fell into Russian hands, according to the ministry, is Sukhyi Yar.
Kiev, three Russian Shaheds hit the city of Kharkiv
Five civilians were injured and a production plant and some houses were damaged after Russian forces used three Shaheds to strike the center of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv this morning. Ukrainska Pravda writes it. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that “initial reports indicate that a civilian production plant and some houses were damaged due to the impact of three Shaheds in the central part of the city, the Kholodnohirskyi neighborhood was attacked.”
Russia, “drones cause fire in Stavropol industrial area”
The Russian Defense Ministry said its anti-aircraft guns shot down four Ukrainian drones overnight over the Stavropol region in southwestern Russia. The governor of the Stavropol region, Vladimir Vladimirov, says that “the wreckage of downed drones” caused a fire in the industrial area of Budennovsk. This was reported by the Interfax agency. “The wreckage of the downed drones caused a fire in the industrial area of Budennovsk. Firefighters and emergency services are working on site,” said the governor, according to whom the flames were later put out and there were no casualties.