Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
Almost half of the Russian attacks are aimed at the Pokrovsk area. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled dozens of assaults since the beginning of the day.
Since the beginning of the current day, 78 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Tuesday, June 17.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, 13 armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, five of which are ongoing.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled an enemy attack near Dolgenky.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers unsuccessfully attempted to break through in the area of the settlement of Stepovaya Novoselovka.
In the Liman direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks near Lipovoye and in the direction of Olgovka, Shandrigolovoye and Serebryansky forest. Four combat clashes continue.
In the Seversky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling an enemy attack towards Serebryanka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped seven attacks in the Kurdyumovka area and in the direction of Predtechnoye, Belaya Gora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy made five assaults towards Shcherbinovka and Yablunovka. One battle is still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian invaders carried out 29 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Gorekhovoye, Novopavlovka and Alekseyevka. The defense forces repelled 28 assaults, one battle is still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attempted to advance in the areas of the settlements of Otradnoye, Volnoye Pole, Bogatyr and in the direction of Zaporozhye, Mirny and Shevchenko. The defense forces successfully repelled 10 enemy assaults, two more attacks are ongoing.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, our defenders are repelling an attack near Malinovka.
In the Dnieper direction, the attack in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge has been stopped.
Let us recall that in one day on June 16, Russia lost more than 1,000 servicemen killed and wounded. The total number of enemy losses exceeded 1 million people.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[NewsFront] 20:52 Defeat of a Ukrainian UAV control point in the Konstantinovsky direction —video. 20:27 Drone drivers continue to smash the enemy in different directions
– UAV operators of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed the Baba Yaga hexocopter, equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
– Drone operators of the “East” force group destroyed a camouflaged enemy ammunition depot in the South Donetsk direction.
– Drone operators of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District destroyed a temporary deployment point of the enemy in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
19:40 In Pokrovsk "Gerani" struck two deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Presumably, the enemy's UAV control points were destroyed.
19:05 Our 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" is working on the forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, command posts and UAV launch points, which are located at a distance from the LBS, -video.
18:30 Imposed sentence for Ukrainian serviceman involved in terrorist attack in Kursk region
The evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia was found by the court to be sufficient to sentence soldier of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the armed formations of Ukraine Andrey Shevchenko. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act (paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
18:05 Near Kyiv struck ammunition depots
"I have only one question: why stockpile BK in warehouses so that it can be blown up and detonated by morning, if there is currently an acute shortage of ammunition at the front?" wrote the famous Ukrainian military man S. Bunyatov.
17:25 Kamikaze drone operators of the 56th Separate Special Forces Battalion of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army conducted large-scale operation in the area of the settlement Dachnoye.
With the help of FPV drones, three AFV "Kozak", AFV "Varta", MTLB, AFV Husky, AFV Mastiff and three vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used to transport personnel and ammunition were destroyed. The operation undermined the combat capability of the enemy, demonstrating the high precision and coherence of the brigade's actions.
16:25 UAV operators of the Southern group of troops destroyed Ukrainian MLRS RAK-SA-12 of Croatian manufacture in the area of the settlement of Belaya Gora in the DPR, – video.
15:30 From 12:00 to 15:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– Nine – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
– Three – over the territory of the Tula region,
– One each over the territories of the Bryansk and Smolensk regions.
15:15 Crews of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona-S" of the Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed enemy UAV control point on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
14:38 Russian paratroopers fight off attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Tetkino
Under fire from our VOG, the enemy attack aircraft were able to disperse in the area of the state border, confident that they had completed their assigned task.
However, the situation was completely under the control of the Fearless paratroopers of the 1st airborne battalion of the 217th Airborne Regiment of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, who first destroyed the enemy transport and then eliminated all the occupiers with targeted strikes from UAVs.
14:10 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center continue hunting for "Leopards"
– Destruction of a Leopard 1A5 tank near the settlement of Yalta in the DPR;
– Destruction of a Leopard 2A1 tank near the settlement of Mayak in the DPR.
13:20 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 05/17/2025
Units of the North group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Novaya Sich, Khrapovshchina, Kiyanitsa in Sumy Oblast, Kazachya Lopan and Udy in Khar'kov Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 145 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, five cars and two field artillery guns. An electronic warfare station and two warehouses of materiel were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kolodeznoye, Kupyansk, Glushchenkovo in the Khar'kov region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles and 13 pickups. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka, Minkovka, Seversk, Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 275 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, including two US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers and three cars. Three ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of three mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry, the special forces brigade "Azov" and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Krasnoarmeysk, Novonikolayevka and Novosergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 530 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepovoe, Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Voskresenka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, a field artillery gun and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Stepnogorsk, Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
Up to 60 servicemen, four vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots and military-technical equipment were destroyed.
12:30 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision air, land and sea-based weapons, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against military-industrial complex facilities of Ukraine in the Kyiv region and Zaporozhye.
The strikes' objective has been achieved. All designated objects have been hit.
12:10 From 8.00 to 12.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 24 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 14 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
– Four – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
– Three – over the territory of the Tula region,
– Two – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– One – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:35 Simultaneously with the movement of the front line, the air battles conducted by our UAV operators are also moving deeper into the Sumy region,video.
The footage from objective control shows the destruction of Baba Yaga-type copters by paratroopers of the 11th Guards Separate Assault Brigade of the "North" group in the sky over the outskirts of Pisarevka, the battle for which will begin immediately after the Northerners break through the next line of enemy defense built along the nearest villages: Malaya Korchakovka - Korchakovka - Novaya Sich.
10:20 Telegram channel «voenkor Kotenok»
Units of the Group of Forces "Center" continue their offensive in the Novoekonomichesky area.
Malinovka is liberated. Our units have taken control of the territory of the settlement itself, the farms and the defense area to the south.
In fact, the "Elizabeth pocket" has been liquidated.
To the southwest, our units drove the enemy out of a stronghold west of Grodovka and took control of a section of territory along the front up to two km south of the O-0544 road.
To the north: Russian Armed Forces are breaking through enemy defenses in the northeastern outreach of Dimitrov (Mirnograd), have crossed the Chaplin Yar ravine and are attacking in the direction of Novotoretskoye and Razino.
9:50 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 8:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Bryansk region.
9:01 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the 36th Combined Arms Army of the East Forces Group destroyed accumulation of enemy manpower in the area of the settlement of Voskresenka in the DPR.
8:20 In the period from 23:30 Moscow time on June 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Tver, Lipetsk, Oryol, Tambov, Tula regions and over the territory of the Moscow region.
In total, from 20:00 Moscow time on June 16 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 17, 198 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed.
8:05 A crew of the Molniya-2 strike UAV of the Center group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, –video.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] While the world is closely watching the clash between Israel and Iran, events in the SVO zone are developing very rapidly - and in favor of the Russian Armed Forces.
Over the past week, our troops have liberated a number of settlements in the DPR - near the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region and on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), advanced into the border area of the Sumy region and inflicted serious damage on the enemy's logistics in key areas of the front.
The main success of Russian troops at the end of last week was the liberation of the village of Komar, 78 kilometers west of Donetsk. In recent months, Komar has been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as the main stronghold in the western part of Donbas.
The village, which is located near the strategically important highway H15 Donetsk-Zaporozhye, was liberated by fighters of the 336th separate marine brigade. In Komar, a fairly large and well-fortified settlement, assault units had to clear out more than 1.1 thousand buildings. Several dozen enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.
A little later, the fighters moved to the villages of Fedorovka and Perebudova, which are located to the south and north of Komar, respectively. At the final stage of the assault, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units found themselves in a fire pocket and, in panic, surrendered some of their positions without a fight.
The enemy's attempts to counterattack and regain control of the settlement were thwarted. Having lost several units of armored vehicles, the Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat.
Madyar is left without "poultry farmers"
The enemy withdrew its main forces to the area of the village of Voskresenka near the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, where the retreating units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces took a beating.
“A FAB strike was carried out on Voskresenka, as a result of which a platoon of the 3rd mechanized battalion of the enemy’s 141st infantry brigade, as well as operators of the 414th separate unmanned systems brigade, were destroyed,” the Defense Ministry reported.
It is noteworthy that the military department's report specifically mentioned the enemy's 414th brigade, a unit that specializes in the targeted use of drones. The airstrike killed experienced drone operators, leaving Ukrainian troops in this section of the front without the necessary support, a frontline source told IA Regnum.
"The brigade, also known as the " Birds of Madyar ", is a professional unit, it really does have specialists in both the development and use of unmanned aerial vehicles. They are sent in measured doses to the most threatened areas. Now we can see a decrease in the activity of enemy drones in our area," the agency's interlocutor said.
WHY TARNAVSKY WAS FIRED
According to sources on the ground, by driving the enemy out of the village of Komar, Russian troops have seriously disrupted the enemy's logistics in the far west of Donbass, near the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region. Combat operations continue in the area of the border villages of Shevchenko, Malinovka, Volnoye Pole, Zelenoe Pole and Novoye Pole. Here, due to the disruption of supply chains, the enemy has stopped receiving reinforcements and ammunition in the required volume.
The main task of Russian troops in this section of the front remains the creation of a buffer zone in the territory of the adjacent region in order to protect the settlements of Donbass from shelling and invasion attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In order to accomplish the task of clearing the eastern part of the DPR, the forces of the "Vostok" group will have to drive the enemy out of the settlements of Mirnoye and Poddubnoye, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces have turned into a fortified area.
Against the backdrop of failures at the front, the commander of the Donetsk group of Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, was dismissed from his post – formally at his own request (Ukrainian media reported that the general complained of “deteriorating health”). Tarnavsky held this post for only six months.
Before him, Donetsk was headed by General Alexander Lutsenko, but in mid-December 2024 he was dismissed - "for the sum of his merits". It was Lutsenko who was one of the organizers of the failed "counteroffensive" in the Zaporizhia region in the summer of 2023, but the last straw was the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in December last year. Let us recall that then our troops liberated the city of Kurakhovo and pushed the front to Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk).
Now, after another advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the west of the DPR with an “entry” into the Dnepropetrovsk region, it is the turn of another general.
Now the group of troops is headed by Major General Viktor Nikolyuk, who previously held the position of Chief of Staff of the Donetsk group. However, Ukrainian media doubt that the appointment of a new commander will change the situation on the front.
"SOLID AGGLOMERATION"
Another success of Russian troops in Donbass was the liberation of the settlement of Malinovka east of the city of Krasnoarmeysk.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces units holding the village abandoned their positions and retreated towards Novoekonomicheskoe. Earlier, Russian troops also liberated the village of Mirolyubovka in this direction, approaching Novoekonomicheskoe from the south. To the north, assault units crossed the Chaplin Yar River and are advancing in the direction of Novotoretskoe-Razino. According to information from the field, the village may be semi-encircled in the foreseeable future.
"In essence, we are already talking about the suburbs of Krasnoarmeysk. The city has a satellite Mirnograd, which is adjoined to the east by Novoekonomicheskoe. That is, it is a solid agglomeration. But we have already said, we will repeat once again: until the communications are cut, there is no need to expect an assault on the city. Now they are bypassing Pokrovsk in order to encircle the enemy in the city," a source of IA Regnum reports.
According to his assessment, the enemy is not attempting a counteroffensive in this direction. In the spring, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group was tasked with not only holding Krasnoarmeysk, but also dislodging Russian troops from their previously occupied positions. However, since then, the Russian Armed Forces have been able to launch an offensive on the city from the east, liberating dozens of settlements. So today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command faces the prospect of encirclement and subsequent loss of the city, which is a vital logistical hub and stronghold.
"BUFFER" APPROACHES SUMY
In parallel with the offensive in Donbas, an operation to create a buffer zone in the Sumy region is ongoing. After the liberation of the settlements of Andreevka and Alekseevka, Russian troops continued their offensive along the H-07 highway in the direction of Korchakivka. A number of sources report that Russian troops have begun an assault on the enemy's second line of defense in this area.
According to unconfirmed reports, assault units of the Russian army managed to penetrate the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the section of the front between the villages of Pisarevka and Mala Korchakovka. There are also reports of the start of hostilities in the area of the village of Miropolye, where Russian troops were also able to push back the enemy. Local Ukrainian administrations and the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy direction are preparing for the development of the Russian army's offensive. In the Sumy and Shostka districts, 60 settlements were immediately declared evacuated. At the same time, the southern border of the evacuation zone adjoins the outskirts of the city of Sumy.
Ukrainian media claim that most of the local residents have already left the dangerous areas. The fact that the enemy considers the situation in this direction threatening is evidenced by the fact that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since June 16, began reporting in its daily reports on the progress of military operations in another combat direction - the North Slobozhansky.
Preparing a bridgehead for a new offensive in this section of the front, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched several strikes against the enemy's rear. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' location near the Makovo railway station and the former Shostka penal colony were hit. Ukrainian sources fear that the front in this section may "crumble", while the main reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being spent on futile attempts to break through to Russian territory in other parts of the border.
A similar opinion is expressed in Western media. Thus, The New York Times in an article from June 14 noted that the offensive that began in May, in which the main bet is on mobile, fast-moving units, led to the undermining of Ukrainian defenses in the area of Pokrovsk, Konstantinovka in Donbass and Sumy Oblast.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In the morning there were one of the most powerful strikes on Kiev since the beginning of the SVO.
A large number of "Geraniyas" arrived, after which "Kinzhals", "Iskanders" and cruise missiles followed.
They covered the positions of the "Patriot" air defense missile system in Zhulyany, various enterprises, warehouses, etc.
The following were hit:
Kiev Armored Plant,
482nd Design and Technology Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (military unit A-2070),
1899th Central Base for Repair and Storage of Communication Equipment (military unit A-0476),
195th Central Base of Railway Equipment (military unit T-0710),
Warehouses southeast of the Antonov plant - according to unofficial data, there could have been already assembled drones there, ready for use.
The territory of the Zhulyany airport, where, in all likelihood, at least three flights occurred.
As a result of the work of the "air defense titans", a number of residential high-rise buildings in Kiev were also traditionally hit.
The enemy's air defense was completely broken through as a result of this combined attack - the damage will be significant.
More videos and stills at the link
More from regnum.ru Ukrainian authorities report damage to critical infrastructure in Kyiv
Critical infrastructure facilities were damaged in Kiev after explosions that thundered on the night of June 17. This was reported by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko in the Telegram channel.
Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv last night. Ukrainian media reported a series of explosions in the capital.
Klimenko specified that 27 objects were damaged in different areas of the city, including “critical infrastructure objects.”
The Russian Defense Ministry did not report any strikes on targets in Ukraine at night.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, Russian troops, in response to attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on civilian targets, strike energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities in Ukraine. Air raid sirens are announced in Ukrainian regions every day, sometimes throughout the country. The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly emphasized that there are no residential buildings or social infrastructure facilities among the targets.
More from Boris Rozhin: Landing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Tendrovskaya Spit. 06/17/2025 Text taken from the Telegram channel of rusich_army THE LANDING FAILED
Last night, Ukrainian formations attempted to conduct a landing sortie in the Tendrovskaya Spit area, with up to 8 boats. Their movement was detected on approach, and a battle ensued. Wikipedia: The Tendra Spit or Island of Tendra is a sandbar in the Black Sea and part of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine
As a result, units in this area hit one of the boats with a Lancet, which sank. Fighters from the spit also report that one was damaged by small arms. After that, the enemy units turned around and left.
Landing attempts in this direction have occurred before. And each time, unsuccessfully. Now, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to take advantage of the lull in activity and jump onto the spit unexpectedly, but our servicemen responded quickly.
However, this was only one of many attempts, and there will be others, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces have quite a large number of boats of various types. Preparations are in full swing, including near Ochakov, where the SSO Yug and TGr Garuda, a unit specially created for operations in the Black Sea, have settled in.
The video shows the sinking of a boat with the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces.
Servicemen of the 80th Arctic Brigade sank a boat with the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces personnel using the Lancet loitering munition.
This happened during the retreat of Ukrainian units after an unsuccessful landing attempt; one boat with a crew was completely destroyed and sank. The remaining vessels left in the direction of Odessa.
Up to eight enemy boats took part in the action, but the Russian Armed Forces naval infantry confidently repelled the attack, Saldo said on his Telegram channel.
"Our units spotted them as they approached and accepted the battle. One of the boats with the militants was hit by a Lancet and sank. After that, the enemy turned around and quickly retreated," the governor noted.
Control over the situation in this area is maintained, Saldo added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in January the governor reported that Ukrainian formations continue to make unsuccessful attempts to land on the Tendrovskaya Spit. This concerns the deployment of small sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
According to Saldo, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not take losses into account; the appearance that they are taking some steps is important to them. At the same time, such activity ends with the destruction of the saboteurs.
The governor stressed that such actions do not affect the operational situation in the region in any way. He expressed confidence that the Ukrainian army will not engage in a mass transfer of its forces across the Dnieper, despite the short distance between the banks of the river.
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