Kharkiv news highlights for February 16: strikes on Zolochiv and assaults at the front line.

The main news of the day is in the chronicle of the MG "Obektiv".

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Injured, shelling of Zolochiv with KABs – how the day went in Kharkiv region

No strikes on Kharkiv were recorded over the past day, reported the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Synegubov.

▪️ On February 16 at around 06:40, Russian forces attacked the village of Zolochiv with two KABs in an open area. Windows of administrative buildings and shops were damaged. No information about casualties has been received.

▪️ On February 15, Kupiansk district, Dvorichanska hromada, village of Petro-Ivanivka. As a result of the shelling, a 60-year-old man was injured. A private house was damaged.

▪️ On February 15 at 15:19, Kharkiv district, Pesochynska hromada, village of Rai-Olenivka. Fragments of a UAV were found, preliminarily identified as Geran-2. There are no casualties.

Nearly 40 attacks by Russians in the Kupiansk direction – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces launched five assaults on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Volchansk, Tikhiy, and towards Kazachya Lopan.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The defense forces repelled assaults in the Kupiansk direction near Dvurechne, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Kolesnykivka, Lozova, and towards Novoosynove. There were 39 attacks by the occupiers in that area over the day.