November 17, 2024
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General Staff: Russian troops attack in almost all directions, especially actively on Pokrovsky and Kurakhivskyi

“The occupiers continue to use aviation, in particular KAB, and carry out attacks in almost all directions of the east and south of our country”โ€, โ€” write: www.radiosvoboda.org

More than 70 combat clashes have taken place at the front since the beginning of the day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a summary as of 4:00 p.m. on November 17.

“The occupiers continue to use aviation, in particular KAB, and carry out attacks in almost all directions of the east and south of our country, especially actively in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions. Our soldiers are holding the lines and taking all necessary measures to prevent a defense breakthrough,” the message reads.

According to the General Staff, combat clashes also took place in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Siver, Toretsk, Vremiv, Dnieper directions.

Read also: Russian brigade in Kurshchyna “is bleeding” – observers

“The occupier does not stop using artillery and aviation on the territory of Sumy region. Areas of the settlement of Basivka came under enemy fire. Enemy aircraft also struck the Zhuravka area, dropping two guided aerial bombs. “According to the currently available information, the Russians carried out nine airstrikes on the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, using 13 anti-aircraft missiles,” the summary says.

The American Institute for the Study of War said in a November 12 report that Russian forces had recently advanced in two mechanized assaults within and south of Kurakhovo in western Donetsk Oblast.

Despite the statement from the network that the Russian army has already entered Kurakhov, the Ukrainian side does not officially confirm this. But military experts predict that the Armed Forces will have to withdraw from there in the coming days.

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