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.
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Russian forces conducted offensive operations northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk
Russian forces conducted offensive operations north of Kharkiv City near Vysoka Yaruha and Strilecha
No confirmed Russian advances in northern Kharkiv Oblast
Air reconnaissance units from a Ukrainian border detachment targeted an ammunition depot and two shelters of Russian invaders in the Kharkiv sector
Russian forces attacked with 83 Shahed drones and one S-300 missile on November 16
Two Russian attacks were repelled near Pishchane, Kolisnykivka, Kruhlyakivka, and Zahryzove in the Kupiansk direction.
Ukrainian troops repelled six out of seven enemy attacks near Hrekivka, Cherneshchyna, Tverdokhlibove, and Terny in the Lyman direction.
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