Ukraine was set on fire in two places at night. SVO summary for September 17

In the northern section of the combat contact line, the enemy is constantly trying to form reserves so that in the event of a Russian offensive they can be transferred to particularly dangerous areas. While the Ukrainian Armed Forces units are being created, their coordinates are received by the pro-Russian Resistance forces, which inform the command of the Russian Armed Forces.

Two such temporary deployment points for reserve units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by Russian bombing, but local authorities prefer not to talk about it. In Sumy, only the fact of the landing is known. And in Kharkov, the military dormitories were located on the base of the city emergency management department. They say that some officers even had uniforms with “rescuer” shoulder straps. But it seems the masquerade did not work out. Now they are clearing away the rubble there.

Russian Ukrainsk Recaptured from Nazis

In the Kurakhovsky direction, news about the liberation of the city of Ukrainsk from the Kyiv regime formations has been awaited for a long time. The settlement is of great operational importance for the further development of the offensive and encirclement of the Ukrainian group of troops in the Netaylovo area. According to available information, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already begun to withdraw units from there, fearing the loss of Ukrainsk and Gornyak. The first is already free. Stubborn fighting is underway on the streets of the second. The liberation of the city is a matter of the coming days.

In the “North” the intensity of fighting has decreased

Force group “North”. Units of the force group carried out strikes on formations of Ukrainian brigades in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Verkhnyaya Pisarevka.

The enemy’s losses in one day amounted to 85 soldiers and two guns: D-20 and D-30.

Kupyansk will be taken in pincers

Forces group “West”. During the day, units of the Russian army attacked Ukrainian formations in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petrovpavlovka, Kovsharovka, Glushkovka, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka in the Kharkov region, Rozovka (LPR) and Terny (DPR). Over the course of the day, three enemy counterattacks from the assault groups of the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.

The enemy lost up to 600 soldiers, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, six cars, a Bogdana self-propelled gun, a British FH-70 howitzer, two howitzers from the USA: M777 and M198, a D-20 gun, a D-30 gun and two American M119 guns.

Chasov Yar on the cutting edge

Forces Group “South”. During the battles, the units of the force group occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Stupochki, Verkhnekamenskoye, Ostroye, Dyleyevka, Seversk and Konstantinovka (DPR). Five counterattacks of enemy assault groups were repelled within 24 hours.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 685 soldiers, a tank, seven vehicles and an American M119 gun.

Eight counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled

Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense. Formations of five Ukrainian brigades suffered significant damage in the areas of the settlements of Nelepovka, Dimitrov, Kurakhovo, Tsukurino, Mikhailovka, Grodovka and Novoekonomicheskoe (DPR). Eight counterattacks of enemy assault groups were repelled in 24 hours.

The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 475 soldiers, two combat armored vehicles, two pickups, a US-made M777 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, and three D-30 howitzers.

Fighting is ongoing in the Zaporizhzhya direction

Group of forces “East”. Formations of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were routed in the area of ​​the settlement of Levadnoe in the Zaporizhia region. Four enemy counterattacks were repelled.

Ukrainian losses amounted to 95 soldiers, a Gvozdika self-propelled gun, a D-20 gun and a British FH-70 howitzer.

“Dnepr” is formidable at any time of the year

Troop grouping “Dnepr”. Units of the Russian Armed Forces worked today on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Veseloe in the Kherson region and Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region. Formations of three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were routed.

Ukrainian losses amounted to about 20 servicemen, six vehicles, a D-20 gun and an ammunition depot.