According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this in a Facebook update on the battlefield situation as of 08:00 on Monday, August 17.
Russian forces launched one missile strike involving 12 missiles and carried out 82 airstrikes, dropping 255 guided aerial bombs. In addition, Russian troops deployed 11,783 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,309 attacks.
Artillery strikes hit Koreniok, Ulanove, Buniakyne and Seredyna-Buda. The settlements of Velyka Chernechchyna, Stepanivka and Ulanove in the Sumy region also came under airstrikes.
Ukraine's Air Force, missile forces and artillery struck 12 areas where Russian personnel were concentrated.
On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk fronts, Ukrainian forces repelled one enemy assault. Russian invaders carried out two strikes using six guided aerial bombs and launched 44 attacks, including two with multiple launch rocket systems.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian units repelled 17 enemy attacks. Russian troops attempted to advance near Lyman, Kozacha Lopan and Izbytske, as well as toward Okhrimivka, Kruhle and Dvorichanske.
On the Kupiansk front, three Russian attacks were recorded near Kupiansk and Kurylivka, as well as toward Novoplatonivka.
On the Lyman front, Ukrainian forces repelled eight Russian attacks near Lyman and Dibrova, as well as toward Karpivka, Ridkodub, Novoselivka and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk front, Russian forces launched 20 assault operations near Kryva Luka, Zakitne and Riznykivka, as well as toward Rai-Oleksandrivka and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, Russian troops attacked launched three attacks toward Yurkivka and Dibrova.
On the Kostiantynivka front, 26 attacks were recorded. Russian forces conducted assault operations near Kostiantynivka, Illinivka and Ivanopillia, as well as toward Rusyn Yar, Novoselivka and Stepanivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces repelled 33 Russian attacks. Russian forces were active near Bilytske and Serhiivka and launched assaults toward Svitle, Kucheriv Yar, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Novohryshyne, Myrne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopidhороdnie and Novopavlivka.
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On the Oleksandrivka front, the invaders launched one attack toward Yehorivka.
On the Huliaipole front, Russian troops attacked 19 times near Hirke, Zaliznychne and Huliaipole, as well as toward Charivne, Rivne, Rizdvianka and Kopani.
On the Orikhiv front, Ukraine's Defense Forces stopped one Russian attempt to advance toward Novoiakivlivka.
On the Dnipro River front, Russian forces conducted no assault operations.
No signs of Russian forces forming offensive groupings were detected on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.
Photo: AFU General Staff