The number of combat engagements in the Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Dnipro River sectors has increased, whereas in the Kharkiv sector, Ukrainian defenders are strengthening the defense in the border areas of the region and conducting reconnaissance.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a situation update as of 20:30 on Friday, May 17, Ukrinform reports.
According to the update, Ukrainian defenders "resolutely hold off the enemy onslaught and harshly respond to any attempts by the enemy to advance."
Since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have launched 15 missile strikes and 70 airstrikes against Ukrainian forces and have carried out 105 attacks using multiple rocket launchers. The enemy continued to carry out active offensive and assault operations in the Pokrovsk and Dnipro River sectors.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy launched 15 airstrikes, using 18 guided aerial bombs. The enemy lost 133 soldiers killed and wounded in action, as well as 36 pieces of weapons and equipment. Eight enemy dugouts were destroyed there. The situation is under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Six combat clashes occurred in the Kupiansk sector. The Russians carried out airstrikes near Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi and Vilshana.
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Since the beginning of the day, 60 combat clashes have taken place, 20 of which are still ongoing. Ukraine's Armed Forces are trying to prevent the Russian troops from advancing
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reports.
The command emphasized that Ukrainian Defense Forces keep focusing their main efforts on preventing the Russian troops from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory and disrupting the Russian plans to gain control over the entire territory of Donetsk region and part of Kharkiv region.
Russian attacks across Ukraine
Since the beginning of the day, 60 combat clashes have taken place, 20 of which are still ongoing. Russian forces launched four missile strikes using seven missiles and four air strikes, 35 kamikaze attacks, and fired over 570 times at Ukrainian troops' positions.
On the night of May 17, 2024, the Russian aggressor attacked with 20 Shahed attack UAVs from the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk (Russia). All Shaheds were shot down within Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.
Frontline situation
In the Kharkiv direction, one combat engagement took place in the vicinity of Starytsia.
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