Ukrainian Military Reports 1,013 Drones Downed and 2,150 Russian Casualties in 24 Hours
Daily combat update details intense fighting across multiple fronts, with the heaviest resistance occurring near Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk.
By Ibrahim Howard ·
Ukrainian forces engaged Russian troops in 167 separate combat clashes during the 24 hours preceding the morning of November 12, 2026. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released this data at 08:00 on the same day, outlining the scale of recent engagements and material losses for the opposing side.
The report lists 2,150 Russian soldiers as killed or wounded in the fighting. Ukrainian units also accounted for the destruction or damage of three tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 47 artillery systems, and three multiple-launch rocket systems. The material tally includes eight ground robotic systems, 312 vehicles, and five other specialized pieces of equipment.
Air operations dominated the reported losses, with Ukrainian defense forces stating they destroyed 1,013 unmanned aerial vehicles. Russian forces launched 84 airstrikes during the period, deploying 238 guided aerial bombs. The daily report notes that Russia deployed 7,137 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,371 strikes on Ukrainian settlements and military positions, with nine of those strikes using multiple-launch rocket systems.
Ground combat was most intense on the Kostiantynivka front, where Ukrainian units repelled 14 separate Russian assaults. These engagements took place near Kostiantynivka, Rozkishne, Toretske, Sofiivka, and Vilne, with fighting extending toward Mykolaipillia and Kucheriv Yar. On the Pokrovsk front, six Russian attempts to advance occurred near Novyi Donbas, Vodianske, Bilytske, Molodetske, and Novomykolaivka, as well as toward Serhiivka.
Ukrainian defenders held their ground against five Russian attacks on the Lyman front near Nadiia, Novoiehorivka, and Zelena Dolyna. Fighting also continued on the Huliaipole front, where Ukrainian forces repelled five attacks near Vozdvyzhivka, Verkhnia Tersa, Bilohiria, Mala Tokmachka, and Rivne. In the South Slobozhanshchyna sector, units stopped two assaults near Starytsia and toward Mala Vovcha, while defenders on the Sloviansk front stopped a single attack near Mykolaivka.
The battlefield remained quiet on the Kupiansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivka, Orikhiv, and Prydniprovske fronts, with no Russian assaults recorded. Russian artillery strikes impacted Rozhkovychi, Bachivsk, Tovstodubove, Bilokopytove, Ulanove, Yastrubshchyna, Pavlivka, Volfyne, Myropillia, and more than 20 other villages in Sumy Oblast. The village of Khotin was hit by a separate airstrike. The General Staff reported no evidence of Russian offensive groups forming along the border with Belarus.
