276 combat clashes take place at front during day, most of them in Pokrovsk and Huliaipole Axes
On July 17, 276 combat clashes took place at the front, the enemy attacked the most in the Pokrovsk (43 clashes) and Huliaipole (31) Axes.
This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Over the past day, the enemy carried out three missile strikes using four missiles and 93 air strikes, during which it dropped 265 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, the invaders used 10,252 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,117 attacks on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops, in particular, 30 - from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
On July 17, 276 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded at the front.
In particular, in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk Axes, the defenders stopped 4 enemy assaults. At the same time, the aggressor carried out three air strikes using 7 guided bombs and carried out 54 attacks on the positions of troops and settlements, in particular, one using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South-Slobozhansk Axis, 17 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Vilcha, Kozacha Lopan and Lyman, as well as in the directions of Izbytske and Synelnykove.
In the Kupyansk Axis, one enemy attempt to attack in the direction of Shyikivka was recorded.
In the Lyman Axis, 21 attacks were repelled in the areas of Lyman and Ozerne, as well as in the directions of Novoselivka, Drobysheve and Yampil.
In the Slovyansk Axis, the enemy carried out 23 assaults in the areas of Kryva Luka, Zakytne and Riznykivka, as well as in the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kramatorsk Axis, 6 attacks were repelled in the directions of the settlements of Malynivka and Nykyforivka.
In the Kostiantynivka Axis, 19 attacks were repelled in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia and Illinivka, as well as in the directions of Molocharky and Rusyn Yar.
In the Pokrovsk Axis, the defenders stopped 43 attacks in the directions of Novopavlivka, Sofiivka, Toretske, Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Bilozersk, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, Myrne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Udachne and Molodetske.
In the Oleksandrivka Axis, the invaders carried out one assault in the direction of the settlement of Berezove.
In the Huliaipole Axis, 31 attacks were repelled in the directions of Kosivtseve, Verkhnia Tersa, Tsvitkove, Hirke, Olenokostiantynivka, Vozdvyzhivka and Charivne.
In the Orikhiv Axis, the defenders stopped two enemy attempts to advance in the directions of Novoandriivka and Prymorske.
In the Prydniprovsk Axis over the past day, the enemy did not conduct any assault operations.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 20 areas of concentration of enemy manpower, three artillery systems and five control points of unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,420 people.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on July 16, 249 combat clashes took place at the front, the enemy attacked most of all in the Pokrovsk (37 clashes) and Slovyansk (23) Axes.