Ukraine begins evacuating people from the de-occupied southern regions. They are offered to temporarily leave for Krivoy Rog or the western regions of Ukraine. This is due to the difficult living conditions in the de-occupied territories, especially during the winter cold.

Rocket attacks knocked out almost 50% of Ukraine's power grid. Prime Minister Denys Shmihal stated this at a briefing, Ukrinform reports.

As a result of the Russian strike on Volnyansk, 7 people were killed. In Dnieper, over 20 people were injured due to shelling.

An oil depot was blown up in the Oryol region. According to preliminary data, no victims.

On November 16, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine put the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the wanted list. The orientation indicates that he is accused under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 110 “Encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine” (punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years) and Art. 437 “Planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war” (up to 15 years).

Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv, Lvov, Kharkov, Rivne and Zhitomir. At least 90 missiles and 10 kamikaze drones were used. There are dead and wounded, residential buildings and critical infrastructure have been destroyed. 10 million people were left without electricity.

Demining of buildings located in the center of Kherson has begun.

The police began to find so-called dungeons in the liberated part of the Kherson region, in which the occupiers apparently kept Ukrainians. And Radio Liberty journalists discovered traces of possible mass graves in Kherson.

A former fighter of the Wagner PMC, who surrendered to the Ukrainian army, was kidnapped in Kyiv and demonstratively killed.

Ukrainian troops entered Kherson, abandoned by the Russian army. It is reported that bridges across the Dnieper, including Antonovsky, have been completely destroyed in the region.