The 236th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 17.10.2022.
Russia is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defence Forces of Ukraine in certain directions, at the same time, it does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of Russian troops in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda and Nevelske of the Donetsk oblast.
The Russian army is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the current day, Russian military launched 9 missile and 39 air strikes, carried out about 30 MLRS attacks.
Areas of more than 25 settlements were hit by the Russian army. Among them are Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia; Kozacha Lopan and Strilecha of Kharkiv oblast; Krasnohorivka, Terny, Soledar and Maryinka of the Donetsk oblast, Bilohirka of the Kherson region; as well as other settlements of Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Sumy oblasts.
For strikes, Russian soldiers used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, Russia continues to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. A planned rotation of units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus involved in the protection of the state border is being carried out. The threat of missile and airstrikes, as well as the use of “Shahed-136” attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, remains.
Russian military fired in other directions:
- in the Siversky direction – from artillery of various types, in the Popivka and Khodyno settlements of the Sumy oblast;
- in the Slobozhanskyi direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vysoka Yaruha, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve and Hatyshche;
- in the Kramatorsk direction – from tanks and artillery along the contact line. In particular, in the areas of Grekivka, Stelmakhivka, Zarichne, Kiselyvka, Terny and Yampolivka settlements;
- in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, Russian troops fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact.
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On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, Russia shelled more than 25 settlements. Among them are Velyka Novosilka, Pavlivka, Olhivske and Mali Shcherbaky.
In the South Buh direction, the Russian army is defending previously occupied lines and positions. Fires at objects of military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 35 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire.
According to the clarified information, the results of fire damage to Russian units have been confirmed. More than 40 Russian soldiers were injured in the Melitopol settlement of the Zaporizhzhia oblast as a result of point-blank artillery strikes by the Defence Forces of Ukraine. An ammunition depot was destroyed in Berdyansk. Up to 30 Russian servicemen were wounded in the village of Voskresenka, and up to 25 wounded in Vasylivka. The number of dead, which Russian troops are trying to hide, is being clarified.
In Kherson, Russian soldiers are forced to involve Russian guard units in the engineering equipment of positions around the city. At the same time, measures are being taken to deport collaborators and their families to the territory of the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine has carried out more than 11 strikes. The defeat of 10 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as the position of the Russia’s anti-aircraft missile complex, was confirmed. In addition, Ukrainian air defence units shot down 25 enemy “Shahed-136” UAVs.
Units of missile troops and artillery of Ukraine hit two control points, one area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defence facilities, 2 ammunition warehouses and other military targets of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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