The 297th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 17.12.2022.
The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. On the Lyman direction, Russia is trying to regain its lost position. In other areas, the Russian army is concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
During the current day, Russian military launched 5 missile strikes. In particular, the civil infrastructure of the cities of Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk oblast came under fire. Two Onyx-type missiles launched from the temporarily occupied Crimea in the Odesa region were successfully destroyed by air defense forces. In addition, Russian troops fired more than 10 rounds of anti-aircraft fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops in various directions and at the civilian infrastructure of Kherson.
There is still a threat of Russian air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected.
- On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, Russian military carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Hai, Zernove, Yastrubyne, and Kindrativka in the Sumy oblast, and Strilecha, Krasne, Starytsa, Zakharivka, Mylove, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, and Zapadne in the Kharkiv oblast.
- On the Kupyansk direction, the districts of Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Tabaivka of the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka and Nevske in the Luhansk oblast were shelled by tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery.
- On the Lyman direction, the Russian army fired at the positions of Ukrainian troops with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova of the Luhansk oblast.
- On the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the Russian army unsuccessfully continues his attempts to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. The areas of more than twenty settlements were shelled. Among them are Andriivka, Berestove, Blahodatne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Karlivka, Maryinka and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk oblast.
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- In the direction of Novopavlivka, Russian troops tried to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops near Prechystivka, Vuhledar, and Shakhtarske, Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the Russian army continues to shell positions of Ukraine and the civilian infrastructure of the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. 32 settlements were affected by fire. In particular, Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, Respublikanets, Novokayry, Charivne and Olhivka in the Kherson oblast.
On December 15, Russian soldiers lost more than 100 people wounded and a warehouse of ammunition in the areas of Tokmak and Polohy settlements. Information on eliminated Russian servicemen is being clarified.
During the current day, units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit five areas of concentration of personnel, a control post and three ammunition depots of Russian troops.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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