Overview
- The Russian Defense Ministry said it hit Ukrainian defense‑industrial facilities, fuel depots, and locations used to prepare and launch drones.
- Moscow reported up to 450 Ukrainian casualties in the Center sector over the past day, including more than 260 near Krasnoarmeysk, and said ten attacks from the Grishino area were repelled with up to 35 troops killed.
- Russian units highlighted expanded battlefield use of FPV drones, with a VDV drone detachment striking rotating infantry in Zaporizhzhia, and Chechnya’s Akhmat-linked ‘Aida’ group claiming destruction of a concealed UAV cache and an artillery position.
- Belgorod’s governor reported sustained Ukrainian drone attacks on the region, with 49 drones on November 28 causing one death and a child’s injury and a further 21 drones on November 29 injuring two civilians.
- Denis Pushilin said Russian forces evacuated 300 civilians from Krasnoarmeysk and that local authorities have begun issuing Russian passports to residents of newly secured areas.