KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022, 6:41 p.m.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian assaults on the Sloviansk and Bakhmut fronts and inflicted losses on Russian forces.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information at 18:00 on July 17
Details: On the Donetsk front, Russian forces continued to focus their main efforts on trying to establish control over the city of Siversk and advance towards the city of Bakhmut.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of Donetské, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske, Zvanivka, Vyimka, Ivano-Dariivka and other cities and towns. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled Russian assault operations near Hrygorivka, forcing Russian troops to retreat with losses.
On the Bakhmut front, Russian occupation forces bombarded the positions of Ukrainian troops using mortars and artillery from tubes and rockets near Berestove, Vesele, Krasna Hora, Vershyna, Novoluhansk and Travneve. Russian forces carried out airstrikes in Konstiantynivka, Novoluhansk and Pokrovsk.
The General Staff also added that “The occupiers tried to carry out assault operations and advance near Berestove, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka and Novoluhanske. The unpleasant actions of the enemy once again ended in failure and losses.”
On the fronts of Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhia, Russian forces fired on the areas around Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Volodymyrivka, Pavlivka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Stepnohirsk and Stepove. Russian planes carried out airstrikes near Pokrovsk and Novoselivka II.
The Russians also tried to improve their tactical positions in the areas around Mykhailivka, Pavlivka and Novomykhailivka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled their assault operations and forced them to flee.
On the Slovakian front, Russian occupation forces used mortars and tube and rocket artillery to fire in the areas around Dolyna, Dibrovne, Ivanivka, Mazanivka, Bohorodychne, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Kurulka, Konstiantynivka, Virnopillia, Husarivka and other peoples and villages. The Russians actively used electronic means of warfare to inflict damage on the control and command systems of Ukrainian troops and to prevent Ukrainian forces from conducting air reconnaissance.
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At the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian forces carried out systematic attacks on Ukrainian forces in an attempt to disrupt their logistical support. The Russians also fired on civilian and military infrastructure in the areas around Bila Krynytsia, Bereznehuvate, Ternivka, Veselyi Kut, Blahodatne, Kvitneve, Lotskyne, Novohryhorivka, Myrne, Prybuzke, Lupareve, Bashtanka and other villages and towns. In addition, Russian forces launched rockets at Mykolaiv.
Russian forces also continued to conduct air reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles. There is a threat of new missile attacks on the region’s critical infrastructure.
On the Kharkiv front, Russian occupation forces focused their efforts on maintaining their previously occupied positions, firing on the areas around Petrivka, Protopopivka, Prudianka, Ruski Tyshky, Pytomnyk, Staryi Saltiv, Chuhuiv, Mospanove, Uda , Vesele and other villages and towns. , and launched airstrikes in areas near Prudianka and Verkhnii Saltiv.
There were no significant changes on the fronts of Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna. Russian forces used artillery to fire on the towns and villages of Studenok, Volfyne, Bilopillia, Novi Vyrky and Iskryskivshchyna near the Ukrainian-Russian border and continued to conduct aerial reconnaissance of areas adjacent to the border to the oblast. Chernivtsi and Sumy.