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| Operational summary of the Ukrainian General Staff for the evening of Wednesday, August 17 |
| 2022-08-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] The Russian military is suffering such losses that they are demoralized and look for any opportunity to avoid hostilities. " They are trying to simulate minor injuries, resorting to various simulations; an increase in the facts of sabotage of officers' orders is recorded, especially when it comes to offensive actions ," they say in the summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Wednesday, August 17. In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation remained unchanged. At the latter, the enemy is improving the fortification equipment of the positions. He carried out artillery shelling near Chernivtsi, Pavlovka and Gudovoy, Sumy region. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery carried out shelling of the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Novaya Nikolaevka, Dementievka, Korobochkino, Pechenegs, Russian Tishki, Odnorobovka, Lebyazhe, Novoye, Svetlichnoye, Sosnovka and Rubizhnoye. The enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops in the directions of the settlements of Lebyazhe and Bazalievka, but had no success , retreated. In the Slavic direction , enemy units with cannon artillery fire and multiple rocket launchers tried to defeat our units and destroy civilian infrastructure in the areas of Brazhkovka, Dibrovnoye, Mazanovka, Dolina and Dovgenkiy. The enemy tried to advance in the directions of Novodmitrovka and Mazanovka, but to no avail , retreated. In the Kramatorsk direction , in order to displace our units from occupied lines, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery near Nikolaevka, Kramatorsk, Verkhnekamensky, Tatyanovka, Serebryanka, Grigorovka and Raygorodok. Inflicted an air strike near Ivano-Daryevka and Vesely. With assault actions, he unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation in the direction of the Veseleye settlement . In the Bakhmut direction , shelling was recorded near Bakhmut, Zaitsev, Yakovlevka, Belogorovka and Mayorsk. The occupiers used aircraft to strike at Soledar. Ukrainian soldiers suppressed all enemy attempts to improve the tactical position of units in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Kodema, Zaitsevo and Mayorsk. In the Avdiivka direction , the enemy continued shelling near Avdiivka, New York, Peski, Vodyanoye, Poprosnoye, and Nevelskoye. Launched an air strike near Maryinka. The enemy has a partial success in the direction of the settlement of Poprosnoye . In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions , the occupiers used tanks and various-caliber artillery to fire at the areas of the settlements of Bolshaya Novoselka, Konstantinovka, Pavlovka, Solntsevka, Olgovskoe, Vugledar, Volshebnoe, Gulyaipole, Novodanilovka, and Malaya Tokmachka. Air strikes were recorded near Shcherbakov, Maly Shcherbakov and Zheleznodorozhny. In order to clarify the positions of fire weapons and adjust the fire, the invaders used the UAV. The invaders also made an unsuccessful attempt to advance in the direction of Shevchenkovsky and have partial success in the direction of Novomikhailovka. In the Yuzhnobuzhsk sector, the enemy continues to concentrate his efforts on holding positions and preventing the Defense Forces from creating favorable conditions for a counteroffensive . Using the available firepower, it is trying to inflict maximum losses on our units along the line of collision. Does not stop aerial reconnaissance by unmanned aerial vehicles. Inflicted air strikes near Belogorka, Lozovoye, Belaya Krinitsa and Posad-Pokrovsky. The enemy tried to improve the tactical situation in the direction of Belogorka. Our soldiers completely broke their plans and threw them back to their previous positions. In the waters of the Black and Azov seas , the enemy naval grouping continues to carry out tasks to support the actions of the ground grouping of troops. Two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles are in readiness for the use of high-precision weapons . August 17 is the 175th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua . |
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