On November 17, 149 combat clashes took place at the front, most of them on the Kurakhove (42 clashes) and Pokrovsk (32 clashes) axes.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated this in its operational update on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Over the past day, the enemy has launched 3 missile strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, including one massive missile-air strike, using 132 missiles.
Besides, the enemy carried out 85 airstrikes, in particular, dropped 141 guided air bombs, launched more than 4,700 attacks (111 of them from multiple launch rocket systems) and engaged about 1,699 kamikaze drones for destruction.
On November 17, 149 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded.
Thus, on the Kharkiv axis, the enemy unsuccessfully stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the settlements of Vovchansk and Starytsia four times, while actively using bombing aircraft.
Ten attacks by invaders took place on the Kupiansk axis during the day.
The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Kucherivka, Kruhliakivka, Zahryzove, and Kolisnykivka.
On the Lyman axis, the russians attacked six times, trying to penetrate the Ukrainian defenses near Tverdokhlibove, Hrekivka, Novoiehorivka, Terny, and Cherneshchyna.
On the Siversk axis, Ukrainian troops repelled one enemy attack near Verkhniokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk axis, one combat clash took place in the area of the settlement of Bila Hora during the past day.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy, actively using bomber aircraft, carried out three attacks in the direction of Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian defenders stopped 32 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Krutyi Yar, Yuriivka, Hryhorivka, Pustynka and Petrivka.
On the Kurakhove axis, the Defense Forces repelled 42 attacks.
The occupiers most actively tried to advance near Nova Illinka, Berestky, Voznesenka, Sontsivka, Zoria, Maksymilianivka, Dalnie, Kurakhove, Katerynivka, Yelyzavetivka, and Antonivka.
On the Vremivka axis, the enemy carried out eight assaults on the positions of the Armed Forces in the areas of Trudove, Novodarivka, Rivnopil and Rozdolivka, in addition, assault and bomber aircraft attacked the settlement of Velyka Novosilka.
The enemy did not conduct active operations on the Huliaipole axis.
On the Orikhiv axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled one attack by the occupiers near Novoandriivka.
Four times, without success, the invading forces tried to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from their positions on the Dnieper axis.
The operation is ongoing in the Kursk Oblast of the russian federation.
Russian aviation continues to raze its villages and cities to the ground.
So, over the past day, russian planes have carried out 26 airstrikes with 33 guided aerial bombs on their own territory.
Ukrainian soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one control post, one radar and one electronic warfare station of the enemy.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders on November 17 amounted to 1,560 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 15, 170 combat clashes took place at the front, of which 38 - on the Pokrovsk and 35 - on the Kurakhove axes.
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