Battlefield sees 216 clashes, Ukrainian forces repel 75 attacks on Pokrovsk front – General Staff
A total of 216 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the most intense fighting taking place on the Pokrovsk, Lyman, Kostiantynivka and Oleksandrivka fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 17 November
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast, six combat clashes occurred. The Russians conducted 6 airstrikes, dropping 11 aerial guided bombs, and carried out 148 artillery attacks, 8 of which were from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, there were six combat clashes near the town of Vovchansk and towards Dvorichanske and Obukhivka.
On the Kupiansk front, eight Russian attacks were recorded. Ukrainian defenders repelled the assaults near the settlements of Pishchane, Kupiansk and Holubivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 23 assaults, attempting to advance near the settlements of Cherneshchyna, Novyi Myr, Hrekivka, Karpivka, Korovii Yar, Drobysheve, Yampolivka, Terny, Zarichne and Novoselivka and towards Lyman, Novoselivka and Stavky.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight Russian attacks. The Russians tried to advance near the settlements of Yampil, Serebrianka, Fedorivka, Siversk, Vyimka and Zvanivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, there were six combat clashes near the settlements of Maiske, Viroliubivka and Chasiv Yar.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 32 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Stepanivka, Poltavka and Sofiivka and towards Novopavlivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces repelled 75 Russian attacks near the settlements of Volodymyrivka, Bilytske, Nove Shakhove, Nykanorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Pokrovsk, Sukhyi Yar, Kotlyne, Udachne, Shakhove, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, Dachne and Filiia and towards Novopidhorodnie, Hryshyne, Kucheriv Yar and Vilne.
On the Oleksandrivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 21 Russian assaults near the settlements of Zelenyi Har, Yalta, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Oleksandrohrad, Voskresenka, Stepove, Sosnivka, Verbove, Oleksiivka, Pavlivka, Pryvilne, Krasnohirske and Zlahoda.
On the Huliaipole front, 14 Russian attacks were repelled near the settlements of Dobropillia, Rivnopillia, Zelenyi Hai, Vesele, Bilohiria, Vysoke and Ternuvate and towards Zatyshshia.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian offensive operation near Stepnohirsk.
On the Prydniprovske front, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack towards the Antonivka Bridge.
The Ukrainian defence forces continue to inflict serious losses on Russian manpower and equipment, actively eroding the Russians' offensive potential in the rear.
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