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.
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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
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district, wounding four people
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kharkiv
Russian infantry managed briefly to re-enter the formerly occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Kupiansk before being beaten back by Kyiv's army
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
Andriy Besedin said that Russian infantry had partially entered Kupiansk before they were destroyed
The vehicles were destroyed on the way in
13 листопада в Генеральному штабі ЗСУ повідомили про спробу російських загарбників прорвати українську оборону біля міста
Russian forces tested the new Molniya-1 drone in Kharkiv, causing hits to residential buildings and office premises.
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