155 combat clashes take place on front during day, Pokrovsk and Toretsk axes hottest
On March 17, 112 combat clashes took place on the front, the enemy attacked the most on the Pokrovsk (44 clashes) and Toretsk (25 clashes) axes.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Over the past day, the invaders carried out 90 air strikes, dropped 139 KABs, involving 2,506 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The enemy also carried out 5,771 artillery shelling, in particular, 145 from multiple launch rocket systems.
On March 17, 155 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded on the front.
Thus, on the Kharkiv axis, the enemy once tried in vain to advance in the area of Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis, 9 attacks by the occupiers were repelled towards the settlements of Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, Kamianka, Zapadne, Kruhliakivka and Bohuslavka.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked 10 times in the areas of Balka Zhuravka, Yampolivka, Novomykhailivka, Nove, Olhivka, Zarichne and Zelena Dolyna.
On the Siversk axis, 3 enemy attacks were repelled in the area of the settlement of Bilohorivka and on the axis of Verkhniokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk axis, 7 attacks were repelled on the positions of our troops in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Stupochky, Predtechyne and Kurdiumivka.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy attacked 25 times near Toretsk, Dachne, Druzhba, Ozarianivka, Dyliivka and Leonidivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, over the past day, the defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane Druhe, Svyrydonivka, Promin, Novopavlivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Bohdanivka, Lysivka and Andriivka.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 attacks of the invaders in the areas of Oleksiivka, Pryvilne and Kostiantynopil, as well as in the direction of Vesele and Rozlyv.
On the Huliaipole axis, the Defense Forces stopped 10 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novosilka and Novopil.
On the Orikhiv axis, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 2 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Stepove and Lobkove.
On the Dnieper axis, one enemy attack was repelled.
On the Kursk axis in the russian federation, 18 attacks of the invaders were repelled over the past day, the enemy also launched 30 air strikes, using 42 KABs, and carried out 301 attacks, 9 of which were from MLRS.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 8 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two control points, one air defense system, three missile troops and artillery systems of the russian invaders.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders on March 17 amounted to 1,560 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 16, 112 combat clashes took place at the front, the enemy attacked most of all on the Pokrovsk (21 assaults) and Toretsk and Kursk (14 each) axes.