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2022-11-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Chronology of the war in Ukraine: Wednesday, November 16 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] November 16 is the 266th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:

During the day, Russia fired more than 90 Kh-101 and Kalibr missiles and more than 10 strike UAVs, launched 43 air strikes and more than 40 MLRS attacks.

The Defense Forces destroyed 77 cruise missiles, 10 Shahed-136 Iranian attack drones, and one Orion UAV.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russian military in the settlements of Belogorovka, Kurdyumovka, Novokalinovka, Vesele, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye, Vodyane, Novomikhailovka and Vremivka of the Donetsk region.

Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck 14 times. Affected: 11 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, three positions of the air defense systems of the Russians.

Soldiers of the Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit three areas of accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an electronic station, and an ammunition depot in a day.

08:00 . Dnepropetrovsk region. "Hails" and heavy artillery shelled the Marganets, Nikopol and Krasnogrigorevsky communities at night. No casualties. Russian shells hit 10 private houses in Nikopol. Outbuildings, cars, gas pipelines and power lines were damaged.

09:00 . Zaporozhye region. Three rockets hit a roadside restaurant in the Zaporozhye region. There is no information about the victims.

09:50 . Odessa region. Explosions are reported in Odessa.

10:00 a.m. Kyiv. An elderly woman died as a result of a Russian missile hitting one of the high-rise buildings . The entrance of one of the houses received significant damage. People were evacuated and resettled.

Kherson region. Oschadbank and PrivatBank start operating in Kherson. On November 15, two branches of Ukrposhta opened in the city.

14:00 . Germany donated shells for MLRS MARS II to Ukraine. In addition, Ukraine received: three M1070 Oshkosh heavy tractors, 17 border vehicles, 24 MG3 machine guns for armored evacuation vehicles, drone and silencer protection sensors, spare parts for the M2 heavy machine gun.

17:27 Ukrzaliznytsia launches the Kiev-Izyum train. The train will start running from tomorrow. Will follow, including through Poltava, Kharkov, Balakleya.

17:50 The train will depart from Kiev at 22:55 and arrive in Izyum at 12:00. In the opposite direction: departure from Izyum is at 18:22, passengers will arrive in the capital at 06:10.

18:08 The period of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine has been extended by 90 days until February 19, 2023.

18:31 Chinese leader Xi Jinping reproached Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for leaking the details of their confidential communication on the sidelines of the G20 summit to the press. According to media reports, the leaders of the countries discussed Ukraine. The dialogue was filmed by journalists on the sidelines of the summit. Trudeau tried to justify himself, but it didn't work out very well.

18:57 The Ukrainian military informed the United States that their air defense system was trying to intercept a missile near the site of the Pszewoduwe incident at about the same time. This is reported by CNN, citing an anonymous American official.

19:19 The Polish Ambassador has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. This was reported by Maria Zakharova.

19:48 The United States is asking Ukraine to lift the ban on the storage and transportation of explosives for international non-governmental organizations and not to recruit members of these groups into the ranks of sappers.

20:15 The British authorities will not rush to conclusions about the origin of the rocket that fell in Poland.

20:40 During repair work of a water supply system Dnepr-Nikolaev on a mine the KAMAZ of brigade of a water utility was blown up. The photo of the damaged car was published by the mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich. He said that there were no casualties, and urged residents of the city not to push public utilities with repairs, since it is necessary to restore water supply in difficult conditions.

21:01 In the Lviv region, from November 17, a round-the-clock schedule of hourly shutdowns is being introduced. Without electricity, people will still be 4 hours, but each group of consumers will be turned off twice a day. This was reported by the Governor of the region Maxim Kozitsky.

21:31 Poland was preparing for the possibility of a missile falling on Polish territory. This was stated by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

21:55 "I have no doubt that it was not our missile or our missile attack," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a conversation with reporters on November 16, commenting on the missile's fall in Poland.

22:22 In the Khmelnitsky region, due to an accident on one of the power lines, 420,000 consumers were left without electricity. Power engineers are already working to restore power supply. This was stated by the head of the UVA Gamaly.

22:47 Components from more than 30 European and American companies have been found in Iranian Shahed-136 drones. Project Trap Aggressor investigators studied the details of the Iranian Shahed-136 drone in partnership with the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NACO). This kamikaze drone was shot down by the Ukrainian military on October 13, 2022 near Odessa.

23:13 The Polish general proposed to expand the zone of action of the Polish air defense on the territory of Ukraine - the Polish media.

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