Situation update, Sunday 16 November at 9 pm.
The Ukrainian army announced it had attacked a Russian refinery in Novokuybyshevsk during the nightin Samara Oblast, as well as the Rubicon elite unit drone storage site and fuel and lubricant pumping station, both located in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast.
Tanker loading operations resumed on Sunday at the Russian port of Novorossiyskin Krasnodar Krai, two days after disruptions caused by Ukrainian missile and drone fire, Reuters news agency reported, citing two industry sources.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of Rivnopillia and Mala Tokmatchka, Zaporizhia Oblastwhere this week he claimed the conquest of two more territories.
Most of Kupiansk, a strategic crossroads of Kharkiv Oblast, is controlled by Ukrainian forcesand Russian troops in northern districts were cut off from all ground supplies, according to the joint forces group, which denied there was a siege.
Greek public company DEPA and Naftogaz of Ukraine signed a declaration of intent regarding the supply of natural gas to the Ukrainian market for the winter periodfrom December 2025 to March 2026. The signing took place in the presence of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to arrive in Paris on Monday.
Foreign volunteers joining Ukrainian forces now have the opportunity to choose their combat brigadetheir areas of activity and specialization, according to their training, experience and wishes, are announced by the army.
