Three companies in Ukraine have received the Octopus technology for mass production of interceptor drones against Shaheds, and another eleven are preparing production lines.

The Russian army struck settlements in the Kherson region throughout the day using artillery, mortars, MLRS, and drones. Four people were injured.

Ukraine and the United States announced the appointment of the investment adviser to the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund — the international consulting company Alvarez & Marsal (A&M).

During Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv on November 14, rescuer Serhii Vlasenko lost his home, which burned down after a drone strike, and he had to fight the flames in his own apartment.

In the early hours of November 14, units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck the Novorossiysk naval base in Russia’s Krasnodar region, an oil refinery in the Saratov region, and a fuel and lubricants storage facility near Engels.

In the Oleksandrohrad sector on the morning of November 14, Ukraine’s Defence Forces halted Russian infantry assaults, which the invaders attempted to support with nearly two dozen armoured vehicles.

The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format is scheduled for 3 December.

In the southern sectors of the front, particularly in the Huliaipole sector near Orikhiv, Russian occupation forces have relatively increased the intensity of combat operations and are attempting to advance with infantry and motorized rifle units. Currently, the most difficult situation on the front line remains in the Pokrovsk sector, where the highest intensity of combat operations and air strikes is recorded.

The BBC’s James Landale reports from the east of the capital where a drone struck a multi-storey residential building.

Investigators fear the murder of a second brother of Amine Kessaci is meant as a warning to him.