Armed Forces of Ukraine down Su-25 attack aircraft, Air Force strikes 10 clusters of Russians – General Staff report
In the course of the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the defence forces of Ukraine carried out 10 strikes on clusters of manpower and military equipment, and a Su-25 attack aircraft was also shot down.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:16 on 17 January
Quote: "The enemy does not give up its intentions to seize Donetsk Oblast within the administrative borders. [Russian troops – ed.] are concentrating its main efforts on conducting an offensive on the Bakhmut front. [Russians] are conducting unsuccessful offensive actions on the Avdiivka front."
Details: During the day, the Russian occupiers launched four missile attacks, two of which hit a civilian target in the city of Kramatork, Donetsk Oblast. In addition, Russian forces launched 13 air strikes and carried out 23 attacks from multiple-launch missile systems.
On the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts, Russian forces try to improve their tactical positions; on the Novopavlivka, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson fronts, the Russians are on the defensive.
On the Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, there are no significant changes, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were detected. The Republic of Belarus continues to support Russian armed aggression, the rotation of Russian units undergoing training on the territory of Belarus continues.
Russians deployed mortars and artillery to attack the areas of the settlements of Mykolaivka in Chernihiv Oblast; Atynske in Sumy Oblast; Veterynaryne, Lukiantsi, Staritsia, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Rybalkyne, Nesterne, Zemlianky, Bolohivka, Kamianka, Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian troops fired in and around Kyslivka, Kotliarivka, Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast, as well as Novoselivske, Andriivka in Luhansk Oblast.
On the Lyman front, the enemy used the entire range of artillery to attack the areas of settlements of Ploschanka, Chervonopivka, Kreminna, Dibrova in Luhansk Oblast; Terny and Yampolivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Bakhmut front, Russian troops used artillery to fire on the areas of the settlements of Verkhnokamianske, Vyyimka, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Zalizne, New-York in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Avdiivka front, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Nevelske, Heorhiivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast came under Russian fire.
On the Novopavlivka front, Russian forces deployed artillery and mortars to attack the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Mykilski Dachi and Prechystivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Zaporizhzhia front, over 10 settlements were affected by artillery fire, in particular, Vremivka, Novopil in Donetsk Oblast and Temyrivka, Poltavka, Malynivka, Huliaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaky, Stepove, Kamianske and Plavni in Zaporizhia Oblast.
On the Kherson front, occupiers continue terrorising civilians. In particular, Antonivka and Kherson were shelled by multiple-launch rocket systems, and civilians were injured.
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