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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 17, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. Best I can figure is that someone on korrespondent.net forgot to link the latest to its front page. But they're back. [Korrespondent] 13.43 Soldier Natalia Grabarchuk destroyed an enemy cruise missile from an Igla MANPADS during her first combat launch. As noted by the General Staff, she had mastered various types of portable anti-aircraft missile systems five months before.  13.04 F-16 pilots shot down about ten Russian air targets on Sunday, November 17, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported. Over the course of a week, the aggressor used nearly 140 missiles of various types, more than 900 guided aerial bombs and more than 600 attack drones. 12:22 On the night of November 17, the Russians carried out a massive combined attack on facilities in the energy sector of Ukraine, using 120 missiles of various types and 90 attack UAVs. Ukrainian air defenders destroyed 102 enemy missiles, including Tsirkon and eight Kinzhal, as well as 42 UAVs. 11.17 The head of the Odessa regional administration, Oleg Kiper, said that two people were killed as a result of the Russian attack on the region. A 17-year-old young man was also wounded. 10.49 As a result of the enemy attack, the energy infrastructure of the Odessa region was damaged. There are interruptions in the supply of heat, water and electricity in the region. 10.30 In Nikopol, a 58-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman were killed as a result of enemy shelling, and five more local residents were injured. 10.13 Russian troops attacked Lviv region with cruise missiles. As a result of falling debris in Chervonograd district, a woman died. 9.56 During Sunday's massive combined attack on all regions of Ukraine, the enemy used about 120 missiles and 90 drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Air defense forces destroyed more than 140 Russian air targets. 9.53 On November 17, two railway workers were killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region due to massive enemy shelling. In addition, several railway sections in the south, west and northeast of Ukraine were without power. 8.07 As a result of the Russian attack on the civilian infrastructure of Nikolaev, two civilians were killed and six more were injured. 8.04 The large-scale attack by the Russian Federation on Sunday is the response of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to those who recently called and visited him, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on the social network X. 7.52 From February 24, 2022 to November 17, 2024, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 720,880 people (+1,640 per day), the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. 7.45 As a result of a combined missile and drone strike on Kiev, a fire broke out on the roof of a five-story residential building in the Pechersk district. One victim was identified. 7:30 In the morning, Russian troops launched a massive air attack on Ukraine using drones and missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force and monitoring channels report. According to media reports, explosions were heard in Zaporozhye, Odessa, Dnepr, Krivoy Rog, Pavlograd, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Posted by: badanov 2024-11-18 |
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