On the 16th, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian army had attacked Ukrainian targets such as Ukrainian troops, command posts, and ammunition depots in many places.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff said that the Ukrainian army repelled several Russian attacks in Donetsk.

  Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov reported on the 16th that the Russian army hit targets such as the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in the Kharkiv region, and used high-precision weapons to hit the 80th Ukrainian Army in the Donetsk region. The airborne assault brigade destroyed a large amount of Ukrainian weapons and equipment, ammunition, etc.

Russian aviation and rocket artillery units hit the command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk region and other places, and also hit Ukrainian artillery units, personnel and weapons in many areas.

In addition, the Russian army also hit eight ammunition depots in the Donetsk region, the Zaporozhye region and the Nikolayev region.

  Ukraine repels repeated Russian attacks in Donetsk

  The Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff said on the 16th that the Ukrainian army repelled multiple Russian attacks in Donetsk and intercepted sea-based missiles launched by the Russian army in Odessa.

Ukrainian media reported on the 16th that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on his official social account that as of that day, Ukraine controlled almost the entire territory of Kharkiv Oblast.