Since the beginning of the day, 132 combat engagements took place, 31 of them in the Pokrovsk sector. In addition, the enemy fired 4698 times, including 109 times from multiple launch rocket systems. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 08.00 on 17.08.2024, UNN writes.
Over the past day, 132 combat engagements took place. The enemy launched seven missile attacks on Ukrainian positions and localities using nine missiles, and carried out 70 air strikes, dropping 94 UAVs. In addition, 4698 attacks were recorded, including 109 from multiple launch rocket systems.
Russian airstrikes targeted the following localities: Stepok, Myropillia, Mala Rybytsia, Kiyanytsia, Krasnopillia, Liptsi, Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Osynove, Druzhelyubivka, Serebryanka, Siversk, Chasiv Yar, Dachne, Toretsk, New York, Oleksandropil, Promin, Shevchenkove Perve, Hrodivka, Mykhailivka, Kostiantynivka, Vuhledar, Novodonetske, Neskuchne and Odradokamyanka.
Aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted 17 strikes on the places of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment, and also hit two artillery systems, two air defense systems and three other important objects of the occupiers.
In the Kharkiv sector, nine combat engagements took place in the areas of Lypky and Vovchansk. In the Kupyansk sector, 12 hostile attacks were registered, which our forces repelled near Hlushkivka, Kruhliakivka and Andriivka, as well as two attacks near Lozova.
In the Liman sector, the enemy made eight attacks near Nevske, Makiivka, Torske and Dibrova. In the Seversky sector, Ukrainian troops repelled 10 Russian assaults near Bilohorivka, Verkhnekamianske, Spirne and Pereyizne.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupants attacked the areas of Hryhorivka and Chasovyi Yar four times. In the Toretsk sector, with the support of aviation, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near Bila Hora, Pivnichne, Zalizne, Nelipivka, New York and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian troops stopped 51 attacks in 15 localities, most of them in the area of Vozdvyzhenka, Novozhelanne, Hrodivka and Zelene Pole. In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 17 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, Heorhiivka and Oleksandrivka. In the Vremivsk sector, the enemy made one attack towards Kostiantynivka, and in the Orikhivsk sector, they made one assault on our positions in the area of Mala Tokmachka.
In the Prydniprovsky sector, the situation remains without significant changes, although the enemy conducted three unsuccessful assaults and launched an air strike in the area of Odradokamianka.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of enemy offensive groups were recorded. The enemy continues to maintain a military presence on the border with Chernihiv region.
"The operation in the Kursk region is ongoing, and our soldiers continue to make progress, with many Russian servicemen deciding to surrender," the General Staff added.
In general, along the entire front line, Ukrainian defenders inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupiers, depleting their combat potential. Over the past day, the Russian invaders lost 1,230 people, as well as five tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 58 artillery systems, one MLRS, one air defense system, 55 tactical UAVs, three missiles, 65 vehicles and 15 pieces of special equipment.
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Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army lost a number of its vehicles and 1230 soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine.