UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct 21 — Russians attacked the Kupiansk direction. There were five attacks in one day. Ukrainian army repelled Russian assaults near Petropavlivka, Zelenyi Hai, Vyshneve, and Lozova, 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 Russian army continues assault operations, with a total of three combat clashes taking place over the day, the General Staff reported.

On October 21,  the “Kharkiv” group of forces reported that over the past day, the Russian army used four guided and 16 unguided bombs against the Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv direction. The Russians also conducted 50 kamikaze drone strikes and fired 389 times at Ukrainian positions from artillery, mortars, and other weapons. 

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  • Russian troops have advanced in the area near the village of Kolisnykivka in the Kurylivka community, which is 24 miles from the city of Kupiansk, reported the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Kyiv hasn’t confirmed this information as of October 16.