Overview
- By late November 16, the General Staff logged 195 engagements, with Russia conducting 43 airstrikes, dropping 105 guided bombs and launching over 2,300 loitering munitions alongside more than 3,200 shelling attacks.
- Pokrovsk remained the focal point with 66 Russian assaults reported today; Ukraine said it repelled most attacks and preliminarily counted 117 Russian personnel losses there along with multiple drones and vehicles destroyed.
- The Institute for the Study of War assessed that fog and rain are hampering Ukrainian UAVs, enabling Russian pushes around Pokrovsk and southern sectors where artillery density and layered defenses are insufficient.
- Ukrainian forces said they control most of Kupyansk, describing small Russian groups in the city’s north as isolated and accusing Moscow of staging flag displays to simulate control.
- Civilian harm continued across regions, with Kyiv’s death toll from the November 14 strike rising to seven and authorities reporting new casualties and damage in Kherson, Sumy and Kharkiv, alongside evacuations near frontline areas such as Huliaipole.