16 October 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war

• The Russians hit Dnipropetrovsk region with a missile
• Russians attacked Poltava Oblast, 2 adults and a child were injured
• Ukrainian Air Force shot down 2 out of 6 missiles and 11 out of 12 Russian drones
• More than half of Germans support Scholz's decision not to give Ukraine Taurus missiles
• The head of the OSCE arrived in Kyiv
• NATO begins nuclear exercises
• The Russian Federation carried out assault operations in the Avdiiv direction with the support of aviation
• Japanese Fujitsu liquidates its Russian branch
• An oil tanker blew up on a mine in the Black Sea
• The Russians attacked the Kherson region with five fighters
• Zelenskyi talked with the Finnish president about security
• The Russian Federation hit the Izyum district in the Kharkiv region with missiles
• Russia reported 3 drones over the Belgorod region
• ISW: The Russian military is stepping up its efforts to encircle Avdiivka
• In Russia, unknown persons are destroying equipment that builds fortifications on the border with Ukraine
• The Russians are trying to surround Avdiivka, the Armed Forces repelled 10 attacks in a day
• The Ukrainians destroyed 800 invaders and 26 artillery systems in a day