UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov 20 – There were 11 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk direction over the day. Ukrainian army repelled Russian assaults near Kindrashivka, Lozova, Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, Pershotravneve, and Kruhliakivka. Russian troops actively used aviation in this direction, reported the General Staff.

One of the main goals of the Russian full-scale war is to capture the remainder of occupied Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast; their operations on the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line are dedicated to that. From this section of the frontline, they also aim to push into Kharkiv Oblast and re-occupy Kupiansk and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, important logistics hubs for the region.  

In the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to force their way through the Ukrainian army’s defense near Vovchansk five times, the General Staff reports.

Russia launched two missile strikes and 73 airstrikes, dropping 124 glide bombs (KABs) on positions of Ukrainian troops and cities and villages in the Kharkiv region over the past day in total. Russians fired over 4,400 times at Ukrainian forces, including 173 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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  • At night and on the morning of November 17, Russians massively attacked all regions of Ukraine. Russian troops used about 120 missiles and 90 drones, announced President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.