UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov 21 – In the Kupiansk direction, Russian troops tried to assault Ukrainian positions 18 times in the areas of Petropavlivka, Kolisnykivka, Zahryzove, and Lozova over the past day, 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, the Russians conducted offensive and assault operations ten times in the areas of Starytsia, Vovchansk, and Hlyboke.

Russia launched five missile strikes and 51 airstrikes, dropping 85 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 3,000 times at Ukrainian forces, including 139 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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