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Russian forces conducted offensive operations northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk and north of Kharkiv City near Vysoka Yaruha and Strilecha on November 15-16 but made no confirmed advances.

Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform UNIAN Censor.NET

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Russian forces (military_unit) 144th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) 20th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Ukrainian border detachment (military_unit) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Makarivka (location) Hryhorivka (location) Volokhansk (location) Vysoka Yauhra (location) Kolesnykivka (location) Kopanky (location) Nadiia (location) 24th Separate Assault Brigade "Aidar" (military_unit) Stanislav Bunyatov (person) Kupyansk (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) 3rd Strategic Aviation Brigade (military_unit) MT-LB (weapon_system) drone (weapon_system) Vovchansk (location) Vysoka Yaruha (location) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Kolisnykivka (location) Gart Border Guard Brigade (military_unit) BMP-3 (weapon_system) 120-mm mortar (weapon_system) KAB guided bomb (weapon_system)

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Russian forces conducted offensive operations northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk

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Russian forces conducted offensive operations north of Kharkiv City near Vysoka Yaruha and Strilecha

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No confirmed Russian advances in northern Kharkiv Oblast

Ukrinform →

Air reconnaissance units from a Ukrainian border detachment targeted an ammunition depot and two shelters of Russian invaders in the Kharkiv sector

UNIAN →

Russian forces attacked with 83 Shahed drones and one S-300 missile on November 16

Censor.NET →

Two Russian attacks were repelled near Pishchane, Kolisnykivka, Kruhlyakivka, and Zahryzove in the Kupiansk direction.

Censor.NET →

Ukrainian troops repelled six out of seven enemy attacks near Hrekivka, Cherneshchyna, Tverdokhlibove, and Terny in the Lyman direction.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.927Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-16-2024