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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided operational information as of 17.08.2026 regarding the Russian invasion.
The 1636‑th day of the full‑scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 236 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
Yesterday the enemy carried out one missile strike using 12 missiles and 82 air strikes, during which 255 guided bombs were dropped. In addition, the invaders used 11 783 loitering kamikaze drones and conducted 3309 shellings of populated areas and our troops’ positions.
Artillery shelling by the enemy hit the settlements of Korenyok, Ulanove, Bunyakyne, and Seredyna‑Buda in the Sumy region. In addition, in Sumy region aviation strikes hit the areas of Velyka Chernechchyna, Stepanivka, and Ulanove.
Over the past day, the aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 12 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
On the North‑Slobozhansky and Kursk directions our defenders repelled one enemy assault yesterday. At the same time the aggressor carried out two air strikes using six guided bombs and conducted 44 shellings of our troops’ positions and populated areas, including two using multiple launch rocket systems.
On the South‑Slobozhansky direction Ukrainian units repelled 17 enemy attacks. The invaders attempted to advance in the areas of Lyman, Kozacha Lopan, and Izbytske, as well as toward Okhrimivka, Kruhlyi, and Dvorichanskyi.
On the Kupiansk direction three enemy attacks were recorded in the areas of Kupiansk and Kurylivka, as well as in the direction of Novoplatonivka.
Attempts to break into our defense were repelled on the Lyman direction, where the invaders attacked eight times in the areas of Lyman and Dibrova, as well as toward Karpivka, Ridkodub, Novoselivka, and Drobotysheve.
On the Sloviansk direction the enemy conducted 20 assault actions in the areas of Kryva Luka, Zakitne, and Riznykivka, as well as toward Rai‑Oleksandrivka and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk direction the invaders attacked three times toward the settlements of Yurkivka and Dibrova.
On the Kostyantynivka direction 26 attacks were recorded. The invaders carried out assault actions in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Illinivka, and Ivanopillia, as well as toward Rusynyi Yar, Novoselivka, and Stepanivka.
The largest number of assault actions was recorded on the Pokrovsk direction, where our defenders repelled 33 attacks. The enemy showed activity in the areas of Bilytske and Serhiivka, and also launched assaults toward Svitlyi, Kucherovyi Yar, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Novohryshyne, Myrne, Udarne, Molodetske, Novopidhorodne, and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka direction the invaders carried out one attack toward the settlement of Yehorivka.
On the Huliaipole direction the occupiers attacked 19 times. The enemy attempted to advance in the areas of Hirkyi, Zaliznychne, and Huliaipole, as well as toward Charivne, Rivne, Rizdvyanka, and Kopany.
On the Orikhiv direction our defenders stopped one enemy attempt to advance toward Novoyakovlivka.
On the Prydniprovskyi direction the enemy did not conduct any assault actions over the past day.
On the Volyn and Polissia directions there were no signs of the enemy forming offensive groupings.
In total, the enemy’s losses over the past day amounted to 1440 personnel. Also neutralized were two tanks, four armored fighting vehicles, 93 artillery systems, three multiple launch rocket systems, two air defense systems, three missiles, 16 ground robotic complexes, 2093 unmanned aerial vehicles, 597 motor vehicles and five enemy special‑purpose vehicles.
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