“There were also intensive attacks in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhivskyi, Lymanskyi and Vremivskyi directions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In Kurshchyna, the Defense Forces repelled 55 Russian assaults, three clashes are still ongoing.
The enemy also increased its activity in the Kupyansk direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 18 attacks near Petropavlivka, Kolisnikivka and Lozova – there were three offensives last day.
On the Lymanskyi direction, the Russian invaders stormed the positions of the Defense Forces near Grekivka, Novoehorivka, Nadia, Yampolivka, and Terniy 21 times, and on Kurakhivskyi – there were 22 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses near Sontsivka, Staryy Terniv, Kurakhovoy, and Dachnyi – four battles are still ongoing.
In the Vremivsk direction, the enemy attacked Ukrainian units 24 times near Kostyantynopolsky, Rozlyv, Velikay Novosilka, Blagodatny, Novy Komar and Storozhevy – 10 combat clashes are still ongoing.
There were also Russian attacks in the Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions.
As reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi, as of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a section of the front with a total length of more than 1,170 kilometers, the most difficult situation now is in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.
Sirskyi also reported on December 17 that the Russian military has been conducting “intense offensive actions” in the Kursk region for the third day, actively using units of the North Korean army.
In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.