Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine forced the enemy to leave the village of Dmitrovka, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a summary of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on Friday night, June 17th.
In the direction of Seversk, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructures near Mezenovka and Glukhov, Sumy region, and enemy aircraft launched airstrikes on two communities in the Sumy region.
In the direction of Slobozhansky, the enemy was conducting remote mining in the area.
In the direction of Kharkiv, the enemy was trying to prevent Defense Forces units from reaching the Ukrainian state border and behind the group of Russian troops running in the direction of Slavyansk.
“To identify the weaknesses in the defense of our troops in the areas of Dementievka, Rubizhne and Pyatikhatki, the enemy sabotaged and reconnaissance groups. They were discovered by Ukrainian soldiers and caused losses. Chances of victory, and the the enemy retreated with defeats, “the General Staff said in a statement.
The occupiers fired on civilian infrastructures in the areas of the Tsirkuny, Verkhny Saltov, Peschanoe, Russkaya Lozovaya and Krinichnoye communities.
In the direction of Slavyansk, the enemy focused major efforts on the resumption of the offensive in the direction of the city of Slavyansk, near Krasnopolye had not successfully tried to conduct reconnaissance in force and retreated.
The enemy conducted systematic artillery shelling in the areas of the communities of Dibrovno, Pashkovo, Grushuvakha, Kurulka, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha.
“The units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine forced the enemy to leave the village of Dmitrovka, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region,” the General Staff reported.
In the direction of Severodonetsk, the occupiers continued to shell, air strikes were carried out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Sirotino and Borovskoye. The fighting continued to establish full control over the city of Severodonetsk.
In the Sirotino and Metelkino areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled the attack. The opponent retreated with defeats.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructures in the areas of the Nikolaevka, Belogorovka, Pokrovskoye, Zaitsevo and Stepnoye communities.
Near the Mountainous Armed Forces of Ukraine, an enemy reconnaissance attempt was thwarted by the force. The enemy again unsuccessfully conducted offensive operations in the areas of the Berestovo and Kodema communities, retreating with losses.
“After reuniting with artillery support, the occupiers tried offensive actions near Nyrkovo. The Ukrainian soldiers were forced by fire to abandon this idea. Now the enemy is counting his numbers. losses, ”the General Staff reported.
In the direction of Avdeevka, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but fired on civilian infrastructures in the areas of Novoselovka, Krasnogorovka, Zelenoye Pole and Kamenskoye communities. Caused airstrikes in New York, Avdiivka and Pobeda.
In the direction of Yuzhnobuzhsky, the enemy conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV. To maintain our units, he conducted shelling from cannon and rocket artillery and mortars in the areas of the communities of Topolino, Knyazhevka, Luparevo, Posad-Pokrovskoye and Novogrigorovka.
“The invaders continue to violate the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territory, to destroy and export to the territory of the Russian Federation the property of seized industrial enterprises, to conduct of the measures of the administrative regime and police. The enemy does not understand and fears the total resistance of the Ukrainians, “the General Staff notes.
It was previously reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three warehouses of Russian troops in the south in one day. As a result of the strike, the Ukrainian military destroyed fuel and ammunition, as well as enemy equipment and personnel.
It should be noted that on the night of June 17, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the tugboat of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Vasily Bekh, which was carrying ammunition, weapons and enemy personnel to Snake Island.
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Source: korrespondent
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