Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry said its forces seized Mala Tokmachka and Rivnopillia in Zaporizhzhia, following an earlier claim to have taken Yablokovo.
- Ukraine reported intensive combat around Pokrovsk, saying troops cleared 26.6 km² in the district and repelled dozens of assaults in the past day.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said defenses shot down or jammed 139 of 176 drones launched overnight on Nov. 15–16, after what Zelensky described as roughly 1,000 drones and nearly 980 guided bombs used over the past week.
- Kyiv said strikes hit Russia’s Ryazan and Novokuybyshevsk oil refineries, causing explosions and fires as part of efforts to curtail Moscow’s strike capacity.
- Officials reported civilian deaths from recent attacks, including seven killed in Kyiv and multiple fatalities and injuries in the Kherson region.