The situation 1695 – November 11, 2026

1. Senior Kremlin officials explicitly and emphatically articulated Moscow’s persistent demands for complete Ukrainian capitulation and territorial concessions that extend far beyond Donbas.
2. Russian officials used the Abu Dhabi talks to try to persuade US and Ukrainian officials to accept Russia’s carefully crafted fictional version of the frontline.
3. The Kremlin will likely continue to make false claims of advances all along the frontline in an effort to establish its fictional frontline as the basis of future negotiations on territorial issues.
4. Ukrainian and US officials in Abu Dhabi reportedly rejected Russian officials’ false claims about the battlefield, and ample evidence of Ukrainian successes in 2026 directly undermines Russia’s false narrative.
5. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the Abu Dhabi talks reportedly agreed to a large-scale prisoner of war (POW) exchange.
6. The US delegation will meet with Putin in Moscow City on November 12 to discuss the progress of the talks and the potential involvement of European officials in future negotiations, while the Kremlin continues to explicitly reject the idea of a multilateral format.
7. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Alexander Darchiev, the Russian ambassador to the United States, passed away on November 11 at the age of 66.
8. Russian forces recently advanced southeast of Dobropillya.
9. Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strike campaign against Russian critical infrastructure on the night of November 10 to 11. Russian forces launched 163 drones (including 91 jet-powered drones) and S8000 Banderol/Dan-T loitering munitions and one Kh-59/69 cruise missile against Ukraine overnight on November 10 to 11.

The full update of the Russian offensive 1695 is available on UNDERSTANDING WAR