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Russian forces conducted offensive operations north of Kharkiv City near Lyptsi and northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk on February 16-17 but did not make any confirmed advances.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Censor.NET

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Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) UAV (weapon_system) Saltiv (location) Kholodnohirsk district (location) Russian Federation (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Kharkiv (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Fiholivka (location) Molniya UAV (weapon_system) Prystin (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Ihor Terekhov (person)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Lyptsi and Vovchansk on February 16-17

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

A UAV attack on Kharkiv recorded hits in Saltiv and Kholodnohirsk districts, resulting in acute stress reactions for three people.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.921Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-17-2025