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This week in the record

30 sourced developments in 11 wars over the last seven days. The busiest three, as an edition prints them: Records last checked 11 Nov 2026.

Russia-Ukraine war

Death toll: at least 375k–645k killed, as of 30 Sep 2026.

11 Nov, Kharkiv: Kharkiv was hit by two consecutive missile strikes on its Industrialnyi and Saltivskyi districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Ukrinform
11 Nov, Kryvyi Rih: Kryvyi Rih came under a massive Russian drone attack, leaving parts of the city without electricity and heating, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, said. Apartment buildings, schools and kindergartens were damaged. Ukrinform
10 Nov, Ladyzhyn: A drone attack killed two people in Ladyzhyn in the Vinnytsia Region, city council secretary Oleksandr Kolomiiets said. Three days of mourning were declared. Ukrinform
and 3 more this week

Yemen civil war

Death toll: at least 33k–69k killed, as of 30 Sep 2026.

10 Nov, Al-Jawf province: Yemeni government military spokesman Majed al-Nuzaili said Emergency Forces and Nation's Shield forces captured new strategic positions and commanding heights in Al-Jawf province, as part of an effort to extend government control there. Asharq Al-Awsat
8 Nov: The Saudi-led coalition said Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile that the Houthis launched toward Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. Civil Defense had activated warning systems in Dammam, Al-Ahsa and Abqaiq before announcing the threat had passed. Anadolu Agency
7 Nov, Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile launched by the Houthis toward the Riyadh region, according to coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki. Anadolu Agency
and 1 more this week

Sudan civil war

Death toll: at least 45k–125k killed, as of 28 Sep 2026.

11 Nov, West Kordofan: The Sudanese army said its air defenses shot down an FH-95 drone south of Ayal Bakhit in West Kordofan. The army did not say who launched the drone or what it targeted, according to Anadolu. Anadolu
10 Nov: Lt. Gen. Khalid Nour al-Daim Bireish, a senior Rapid Support Forces commander who had served with the group for about 13 years, announced that he had defected to the Sudanese army, Anadolu reported. The RSF had not commented. Anadolu
6 Nov: Australia imposed sanctions and travel bans on Sudanese army commander Abdelfattah El Burhan and Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, along with two other individuals and the El Baraa Bin Malik Brigade, over the war. Dabanga

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Can we use the record commercially without Desk?: Yes. The record is CC BY 4.0, and so is the UCDP data it is built on: use it in a product, a report or a client briefing with a credit to Blackwing and a link. There is no licence to buy. Desk is what you pay for when you want the changes delivered rather than checking for them.
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How current is it?: Each record is checked against the news every few days (last on 11 Nov 2026), and what the check adds reaches you the next morning at 07:00 UTC. Desk is a sourced record of what happened, not a breaking-news alert: every line has been read against its source first.
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