As of 22:00 on October 17, 111 combat engagements have taken place. Ukrainian defenders are resolutely repelling the enemy’s attempts to advance deeper into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them.
This was reported by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Today, Russian forces carried out 78 airstrikes, dropping 154 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they deployed 3,292 kamikaze drones for attacks and conducted 3,834 shellings of our troops’ positions and populated areas.
In the Pivnichno-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled two assault actions by the occupiers. Furthermore, the enemy conducted six airstrikes, dropped 14 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 147 shellings of our troops’ positions and populated areas, two of which were with multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy assaulted the positions of our units 15 times near Vovchansk and in the direction of the settlements of Bolohivka, Kutkivka, Obukhivka, and Kolodiazne. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor conducted offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Pishchane, Petropavlivka, and in the direction of Kupiansk. Ukrainian soldiers repelled six out of seven attacks, with one combat engagement still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 12 times near the settlements of Hrekivka, Karpivka, Torske, Shandryholove, and Drobysheve, as well as in the direction of the settlement of Korovii Yar. Two combat engagements are still ongoing.
Ukrainian defenders repelled seven enemy assaults in the Sloviansk direction, where the occupiers attempted to advance in the areas of Pereyizne, Hryhorivka, Dronivka, and Yampol.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions today.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, Russians attempted to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 11 times in the areas of Torske, Shcherbynivka, Rusynyi Yar, and in the direction of the settlements of Kostiantynivka and Berestok.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers attempted to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 33 times. The enemy attacked in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Filiia, and in the direction of Novopavlivka and Pokrovsk. Fighting continues in one location.
According to preliminary data, today in this direction, 56 occupiers were neutralized, 41 of them irretrievably. Additionally, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed one vehicle and 19 unmanned aerial vehicles, and damaged a control point for unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy attempted to break through the defense of our defenders 12 times in the direction of Orestopol and in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Novomykolaivka, Novohryhorivka, Vesele, and Malynivka. One combat engagement is ongoing.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has not conducted any offensive actions in the Hulyaipole direction.
In the Orikhiv direction, with aviation support, the enemy advanced three times in the areas of the settlements of Kamianske and Stepove.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, the enemy made one futile attempt to approach the positions of our defenders in the direction of the Antonivka Bridge.
In the remaining directions, no significant changes have occurred.
Today, it is worth noting the soldiers of the 34th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade, who are effectively destroying the enemy, inflicting significant losses on them in manpower and equipment.