ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 6, 2025

Key Takeaways from the ISW:

• The Russian military command is reportedly augmenting its troop presence in the Pokrovsk direction, likely to consolidate the gains Russian forces initially secured through infiltration missions and advance further through the town.
• Russian forces are intensifying their battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign against Ukrainian railway infrastructure, seeking to disrupt Ukrainian rear logistics hubs to erode frontline forces and eventually facilitate frontline gains.
• NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte noted on November 5 how the term “hybrid warfare” inaccurately describes Russia’s intensified attacks and malign actions against  NATO — in line with ISW’s ongoing assessment.
• Authorities reported an unidentified drone incursion near the Hannover airport in Germany on the evening of November 5.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to emphasize the multiethnic and multireligious nature of the Russian Federation and reject efforts by Russian ultranationalists to frame Russia as an exclusively Orthodox Christian and ethnically Russian nation.
• The Kremlin continues to spread narratives about alleged Western provocations to create the appearance of external and internal enemies who aim to undermine the Russian state.
• Russia continues to develop its modernization and refurbishment programs of older, lower quality tanks, likely for the battlefield in Ukraine where Russia’s tank use is limited.
• Russian forces advanced in northern Kharkiv Oblast, in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, and near Siversk and Pokrovsk.

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