The Russian occupiers continue to try to attack Ukraine in several directions.

During the day, the aggressor carried out 19 airstrikes and launched 26 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

This is stated in the message of the General Staff for March 17. 

The situation at the front: 

  • On the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly.

    The enemy continues to carry out engineering equipment in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions.

    Also, on the territory of the Belgorod region, the Soviet Union of the Russian Federation is holding a group of troops to carry out demonstration actions and prevent our units from being transferred to other directions.

    During the day, the enemy shelled the areas of Starykov, Volfyne, and Solyanyki settlements of Sumy region, as well as Strelech, Hlyboke, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Kutkivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, and Ternov areas of Kharkiv region.

  • The enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops on the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions.

    A number of settlements along the line of military confrontation, namely: Vesele, Hryanikyvka, Vilshana, Krokhmalne, Berestov, Dibrova and Andriivka of the Kharkiv region and Novoyehorivka, Nevske and Bilogorivka - of the Luhansk region, were hit by artillery shelling.

    The occupiers unsuccessfully tried to advance in the direction of Hryanikyvka, Verkhnokamyansky and Spirny.

  • In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop trying to capture the city of Bakhmut, where constant positional battles continue.

    At the same time, our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Klishchivka and Ivanovske settlements.

    In particular, Minskivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Zaliznyanske, Vasyukivka, Bakhmut, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, Ozaryanivka and Oleksandro-Shultine of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.

  • On the Avdiyivsk, Maryinsky, and Shakhtarsky directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Kamianka, Nevelske, Avdiivka, and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.

    Kamianka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Maksimilianivka, Marinka, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, and Zolota Niva of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.

  • The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions.

    In particular, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaki and Kamianske of the Zaporizhia region were shelled;

    Time of Donetsk region;

    Good Hope - Dnipropetrovsk, as well as Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Vesele, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Dniprovske, Kherson, Berehove Veletenske and Kizomys in the Kherson region.

The occupiers take away the wounded and set up new torture chambers 

  • In the city of Svatove, Luhansk region, in one of the buildings located in the eastern part of the city, there is a new hospital for the occupiers.

    Currently, there are about 30 seriously wounded soldiers of the Russian Federation, who were brought there during the last two days.

    In general, there is an increase in the number of seriously wounded Russian soldiers - evacuation flights to the territory of Russia have increased from two to three per week.

    Local residents who have at least some medical education are involved in the care of the wounded.

  • The Russian occupiers, with the active support of local collaborators, are increasing the number of torture chambers in the temporarily occupied and captured territories of Ukraine.

    Thus, a newly created torture chamber was spotted in the southeastern part of Energodar, Zaporizhzhia region.

    There, citizens with pro-Ukrainian views, as well as those who do not want to comply with the demands of the local occupying so-called authorities, are brutally tortured.

During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out

6 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.

We will remind, the commander of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division Oleksandr said that the most dangerous for Ukraine today is the X-47M2 "Kinzhal" ballistic missile.

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