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Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian mechanized assault in the Kupyansk direction consisting of four waves totaling 15 armored vehicles including tanks, armored fighting vehicles, and a UR-77 demining vehicle. Russian forces allegedly resorted to perfidy by dressing infantry in Ukrainian uniforms.

Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrainian forces destroyed all 15 Russian armored vehicles

Russian infantry resorted to perfidy by dressing in Ukrainian uniforms

Russian forces are increasingly conducting mechanized assaults instead of pure infantry assaults in this direction

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district, wounding four people

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kharkiv

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian infantry managed briefly to re-enter the formerly occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Kupiansk before being beaten back by Kyiv's army

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The head of the Kupiansk military administration said the Russian assaults one day earlier as very difficult but said the Russian troops retreated and the situation was again under control

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Andriy Besedin said that Russian infantry had partially entered Kupiansk before they were destroyed

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The vehicles were destroyed on the way in

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

13 листопада в Генеральному штабі ЗСУ повідомили про спробу російських загарбників прорвати українську оборону біля міста

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian forces tested the new Molniya-1 drone in Kharkiv, causing hits to residential buildings and office premises.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.270Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-13-2024