UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov 21 –  There were seven combat clashes in the Kupiansk direction over the past day. Ukrainian army repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Kolisnykivka, Zahryzove, Kucherivka, Kruhliakivka, and Zelenyi Hai, 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 attacked four times in the areas of Vovchansk and Starytsia with no result.

Russia launched one missile strike and 83 airstrikes, dropping 138 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 4,000 times at Ukrainian forces, including 92 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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