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Ukraine War Situation Update: 16-22 November 2024

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Authors: Olha Polishchuk and Cristian Vlas

Key trends

  • Russian forces made further advancements in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region, occupying five settlements around Kurakhove.
  • ACLED records 25 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in the western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Volyn, and Zakarpattia. Ukrainian forces also intercepted strikes in at least 33 further instances.
  • Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 59 civilians across Ukraine, almost half of them in the Sumy region. Additionally, at least one civilian was killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Horlivka in the Donetsk region.

Key events

  • 17 Nov. | Sumy – Russian missiles hit a residential quarter in Sumy city, killing 12 civilians and wounding 84 others
  • 18 Nov. | Sumy – Russian drones strike a dormitory in Hlukhiv, killing 12 civilians and wounding 13 others
  • 18 Nov. | Odesa – Debris from a downed Russian missile kills four civilians and seven police officers in Odesa city