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| Chronology of the Russian war against Ukraine: Wednesday, May 17 (updated) |
| 2023-05-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Vesti] May 17 is the 448th 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, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua . 07:00 . Russia has stepped up rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities to stop the counteroffensive, reports CNN. Massive Russian attacks could even benefit Ukraine as the Russian Federation makes more use of its limited stock of precision-guided missiles. Nikolaevkskaya area. At night, Nikolaev was subjected to a missile attack : a partial destruction of a shopping center and a car dealership, private houses and shops were damaged by the blast wave, and a hit on an industrial infrastructure facility was recorded. One person was hurt. 08:00 . Kherson region. During the day Kherson was shelled 6 times. Also, the Russian military hit the residential areas of the region and a gas station in the Berislav region. seven people (including three children) were injured. Zaporozhye. During the day, the Russians inflicted 88 strikes on the Zaporozhye region. The destruction of 51 civilian objects was recorded: cars, houses. A 48-year-old man was wounded during the shelling of Gulyai-Polye. A 34-year-old tractor driver and a 61-year-old agronomist were injured in a field near Uspenovka. 09:00 . Kherson region. The Russians shelled a residential building in Kherson at night: two entrances were destroyed. Probably a rocket attack was carried out on the house. In the nine-story building, apartments from floors 1 to 5 were destroyed. The impact started a fire. The fire was extinguished. People were not hurt. Previously, residents were evicted from their homes. 10:00 am . The last ship left a port in Ukraine on Wednesday, May 17, as part of an agreement allowing the safe export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, a day before Russia could pull out of the pact due to obstacles to grain and fertilizer exports. 11:00 am . Poland has transferred almost all of its MiG-29s to Ukraine, but is not ready to transfer F-16 fighters, said Polish President Andrzej Duda. Nevertheless, Warsaw expressed its readiness to train Ukrainian pilots on this type of aircraft. The US Patriot missile defense system in Ukraine is likely damaged by the Russian strike, but not destroyed. 12:00 . Donetsk region. There is progress in the Bakhmut direction, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. Almost 20 square kilometers liberated in the suburbs in recent days have not been lost, but in some areas the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving on. As for Bakhmut himself, fierce battles are going on in the city, the enemy is advancing somewhat there. 13:00 . The Limano-Kupyansk direction is the leader in artillery strikes, said Sergei Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russia inflicted 575 strikes per day, 11 of them were airstrikes. Nine clashes took place in the Masyutovka area of ​​the Kharkiv region, Novoselovsky, Stelmakhovsky, Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, where the Russian Federation tried to attack, but was rebuffed. 52 Russians were killed, another 101 wounded. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also knocked out 5 enemy mortars, the Zhitel electronic warfare station, a field warehouse with ammunition and a Lancet-type kamikaze drone. 14:00 . Donetsk region. During the day, the Defense Forces advanced up to 500 meters in the Bakhmut direction. During the day, 25 clashes occurred near Bakhmut, the defenders of Ukraine eliminated 107 Russians and wounded 153 more, and also destroyed one infantry fighting vehicle, one airborne combat vehicle, six D-30 122mm howitzers, two electronic warfare stations, three drones and four drones -kamikaze "Lancet", said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty. 15:00 . The Grain Agreement was extended for another two months. Chernihiv region. As a result of the morning shelling in the Semenovskaya community, a feldsher-obstetric station caught fire. Information about the victims is being specified. 16:00 . Kherson region. As a result of the shelling of Zelenovka, a child was killed . Two more people who were near a local store were injured. 17:00 . Britain will not transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, said Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. Germany also has no plans to participate in a "fighter coalition" for Ukraine. Olaf Scholz considers the issue of transferring fighter jets to Ukraine "not as urgent as it is put." He stated that Germany is focused on the supply of tanks, ammunition, the creation of an effective repair system and air defense. Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra also said that there is still no progress in creating a "coalition of fighters". 17:36 . Successes near Bakhmut strengthen Ukraine's hopes for a turning point, writes the New York Times. Ukrainian forces were able to regain positions on the flanks, pushing the Russians away from the highways and into the city. In Bakhmut itself, fierce battles continue. The Russians are coming. 18:10 . As a result of the morning shelling of the Chernihiv region, a feldsher-midwife station caught fire. This was stated by the Governor of the Chaus region. Information about the victims is being specified. 18:55 . During the day, the enemy launched five missile attacks on the cities of Bakhmut and Kherson using S-300 air defense systems. In addition, he launched 32 air strikes and made more than 40 attacks from the MLRS on settlements. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, residential buildings and infrastructure have been damaged. Operational summary as of 18:00. 19:20 . As a result of the shelling of Zelenovka, Kherson region, a little boy and two adults were killed. The governor of the region Prokudin supplemented the information of the head of the Presidential Office Andrey Yermak. 19:51 . Special Representative of the Chinese Government Li Hui met with Kuleba during his visit to Ukraine. This is reported by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. 20:32 . Explosions are reported in Lugansk. 21:15 . The enemy continues to concentrate his main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. During the day, 25 clashes took place in the indicated sectors of the front, Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities. 21:32 . The United States sent an inspector to Ukraine to assess the state of the Patriot air defense system. This is reported by CNN, citing an unnamed US official. 22:00 . Explosions are reported in Odessa . An air alert has been declared in the region. 22:12 . The grain deal between Russia and Ukraine will be extended for two months. The media write about this with reference to the words of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The last time the deal expired in March 2023, Russia also agreed to extend it for only 60 days, not 120 as the agreement suggested. |
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