Almost 180 combat clashes occur on battlefield over past day, 55 of them on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 178 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the most intense activity on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 55 Russian assault and offensive actions.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, information as of 08:00 on 17 October
Details: A total of 178 combat clashes have been recorded over the past day.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast, there were two combat clashes. The Russians conducted 13 airstrikes, dropping 29 guided bombs, and launched 228 attacks, 20 of which were from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, 15 combat clashes occurred near the settlements of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory and Kamianka and towards Kolodiazne, Bolohivka and Kutkivka.
On the Kupiansk front, 13 Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near the settlements of Petropavlivka, Pishchane and Bohuslavka and towards Kurylivka and Borova.
On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted 11 attacks, trying to advance near the settlements of Derylove, Ridkodub, Torske, Kolodiazi and Zarichne and towards Druzheliubivka and Lyman.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks. Russian units attempted to advance near the settlements of Serebrianka and Yampil and towards Zvanivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, no combat clashes were recorded.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 23 attacks near the settlements of Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar and Poltavka and towards Kostiantynivka, Stepanivka and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders stopped 55 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Shakhove, Nykanorivka, Volodymyrivka, Dorozhnie, Chervonyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Lysivka, Udachne, Molodetske and Filiia and towards Myrnohrad, Novopavlivka, Bilytske and Balahan.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Ukrainian forces repelled 33 Russian attacks near the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Novokhatske, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Vorone, Novomykolaivka, Ivanivka, Oleksandrohrad and Novohryhorivka.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions five times near the settlements of Poltavka and Malynivka.
On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops conducted an unsuccessful offensive action near the village of Stepove.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian defenders repelled three Russian attacks.
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