Overview
- Russia’s Defence Ministry published footage showing a flag raised in Dvurechanskoye and said troops have begun clearing Kupyansk’s Zapadnaya‑Vtoraya district in Kharkiv region.
- The ministry released additional videos of strikes near Dimitrov in Donetsk and frontline accounts from units that described offering surrender before storming positions in Yablokovo, Zaporizhzhia.
- Russian media, citing an FSB brief, reported the foiled Troekurovskoye cemetery assassination was aimed at Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu, attributing the plot to Ukrainian intelligence.
- Rosfinmonitoring added Mikhail Kasyanov, Sergey Guriev and Kirill Martynov to its terrorist and extremist list, escalating legal pressure on prominent opposition figures.
- Special envoy Rodion Miroshnik reported 13 people killed and 71 injured in Russian regions from November 10–16 due to Ukrainian attacks, as Yaroslavl authorities said an overnight drone strike was repelled without damage.