Earlier, DeepState reported Russian gains on the Novopavlivka front in Donetsk Oblast. On June 13, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces halted Russian advances in Sumy Oblast, with fighting confined to a 7-kilometer depth from the border,

DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, reported on the evening of 16 June that the Russians had advanced near settlements in Donetsk and Sumy oblasts. Source: DeepState Details: The analysts' reports indicated that Russian troops had advanced near the village of Yablunivka in Sumy Oblast.

Ukraine's president said that troops maintained their defensive lines along more than 1,000 kilometers of the front.