[NewsFront] 23:07 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for January 17, as of 23:00, additional information about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district): - MBOU "School No. 58 Gorlovka" on the street. Glebova.
n.p. Yasinovataya: – st. Vodnaya, 7 – private residential building. the city is partially de-energized, the pumping station is turned off, and about 600 subscribers are without power supply.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:05 Kherson direction: continuation of fighting in Krynki and the surrounding area, the situation towards the end on January 17, 2024
In Krynki, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold a bridgehead, regularly transferring reinforcements to the left bank of the Kherson region. Despite the heavy losses of the enemy, it has not yet been possible to knock him out.
Ukrainian formations are holding defenses in the populated area and the northern part of the forest. Russian assault troops are regularly attacked using artillery stationed on the right bank of the Dnieper.
Weather conditions play a significant role. The melted ice significantly complicated supply along the routes laid on the ice cover through Frolov Island. The enemy delivers the necessary cargo by drones.
Against the background of significant losses and an increase in morbidity, it would be logical for the command of the Katran group to withdraw the 35th infantry infantry infantry regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the right bank, but the political significance of this area is too high, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces clearly do not want to lose it.
But what is interesting is that in the last couple of days there has been an increase in artillery activity in the vicinity of the Kazachi Lagery. Taking this into account, the option of diversionary actions in this direction cannot be ruled out, which will make it possible to pull back part of the forces of the Russian Armed Forces and weaken the onslaught at Krynoki.
19:45 BMP of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces broke through to Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper, where there was a bridgehead of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Presumably, there is a powerful attack on the positions of the Ukrainian army in the northern part of the village.
19:11 The Russian Armed Forces launched a high-precision strike on the temporary deployment point of foreign fighters in Kharkov, the majority of whom were French, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
As a result of the strike, the building in which the mercenaries were stationed was completely destroyed. More than 60 militants were killed, over 20 were taken to medical institutions.
18:46 How the situation is changing in the Artyomovsk direction :parsing Military chronicle
Perhaps one of the most important events of November - December 2023, which remained practically unnoticed, was the final failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive attempts on the flanks of Artyomovsk.
The roads from Chasov Yar to the line of combat contact are under fire control of the Russian Armed Forces. The movements and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are subject to regular artillery attack .
The active use of Russian 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad", heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepek", barrel artillery and attack drones "Lancet" is recorded. The city of Chasov Yar itself is located within the range of cannon artillery of the Russian Armed Forces. In recent weeks, repeated attacks on targets in the city and its environs have been recorded. In fact, today Chasov Yar is a front-line city, so it is increasingly difficult for Ukrainian troops to rely on it as a supply base.
An interesting episode was also recorded north of Chasov Yar. Russian UAV operators tracked the movements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone, which is called “Baba Yaga,” to the location of the operators and discovered the concentration of Ukrainian troops. After detection, an artillery strike was launched at the location of the Ukrainian troops.
UAVs of the Russian Armed Forces are actively operating in the Chasov Yar area and even over the city itself. We can say that in this sector, as in Zaporozhye, Marinka, Tyaginka, Krynki and some other sectors of the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer from one problem - from an insufficient number of means for detecting and countering UAVs.
In particular, in the case of the Baba Yaga episode, the Russian Armed Forces UAV operators observed the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone before landing. At the same time, the Russian drone was not detected and countermeasures were not applied to it. Note that both reconnaissance and objective control are carried out by drones with thermal imagers.
In turn, the activity of Russian artillery indicates that the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area do not have enough reconnaissance assets, even in the tactical zone to a depth of 5 km.
Ukrainian troops in general do not conduct offensive actions, occupying static positions and gradually moving to the defensive. The onset of cold weather affects and, accordingly, the complication of provision; the general depletion of units that took part in offensive operations in 2023, as well as a reduction in the supply of Western weapons.
This situation allows the RF Armed Forces, while maintaining pressure, to use their advantage in firepower and gradually create the preconditions for breaking through the defense and further advancing deeper into Chasov Yar.
18:31 An explosion occurred in Dnepropetrovsk
17:52 News from the front. There is progress in the LPR, Makeevka region:
According to fighters from the field, fighting has been going on for a long time in relative proximity to the settlement. Makeyevka, writes Front Bird. However, today our assault group managed to break through the enemy’s defenses in several places. It is reliably known that the enemy advanced more than 1 km into the depths of enemy positions.
16:50 As a result of artillery attack n.p. Elenovka DPR damaged the glazing in the village administration building, and a grocery store and two residential buildings were also damaged.
The artillery attack was allegedly carried out using artillery.
16:25 Orekhovsky section: positional battles and advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Verbovoy situation as of 16.00 January 17, 2024:
Positional battles are taking place in the Orekhovsky sector. Russian troops are trying to improve the tactical situation, and the enemy is bringing only formed units to fill the gaps in the defense.
The main attention is focused on the area west of Verbovoy: there the Russian Armed Forces advanced to a depth of up to half a kilometer to positions abandoned in the summer during the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue at the Kopani-Rabotino line. After the forces of the 136th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade captured several enemy strongholds during counterattacks, the situation again entered the stage of positional battles.
In bad weather conditions, the activity of enemy UAVs decreased. However, the intensity of mutual use of artillery remains the same. At the same time, a unit of the 151st Separate Reconnaissance and Strike Battalion of the 10th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces arrived at the Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovoe line.
This formation was created only in November, and the battalion itself is still being recruited. Moreover, it includes the most trained members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and even Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are in service.
In addition, activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also observed in the direction of Pyatikhatki, where fighters of the Russian Armed Forces recaptured several strong points during several attacks. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have increased the level of use of FPV drones, possibly as part of fire training.
About a week ago, detachments from one of the battalions of the 141st Brigade, which rotate the forces of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, arrived at the same area about a week ago. At the same time, the 141st brigade has a shortage of both manpower and weapons and military equipment.
15:40 The truck was damaged as a result of an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle of Ukrainian troops in the center of Gorlovka, there were no casualties, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko reported on the Telegram channel.
“Today at 14.30 on Internatsionalnaya Street, 89 (Central City Gorlovka), a truck was damaged as a result of an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.). Fortunately, there were no casualties,” Prikhodko wrote.
15:27 Advancement of the Russian Army over the past 24 hours:
Belogorovka - water utility buildings were taken under control;
Dibrova - the Ukrainian Armed Forces were driven out of the territory of five km² after our artillery barrage;
Novomikhailovka - our advance took place along a wide front 7 km² south of the village;
Avdeevka - our fighters knocked out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from seven streets of the dacha village east of AKHZ, along the railway track;
Nevelskoye - advanced 350 meters;
Makeevka (LPR) - advance half a kilometer along two forest belts.
Klescheevka – the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repulsed and a counterattack was launched. Advance within half a kilometer.
14:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled six attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day, enemy losses in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 290 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored combat vehicles;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction near Yampolovka and Chervona Dibrova, the enemy lost up to 210 military personnel;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 25 military personnel and three vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction per day;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 25 military personnel and two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns in the Kherson direction in one day;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 75 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction per day;
During the day, the Russian air defense shot down 11 rounds from the Vilkha MLRS, as well as a Czech-made Vampire.
14:05 Zaporozhye direction, Makarovka area
Russian tactical aviation strikes identified concentrations of enemy forces using air-to-ground missiles. The front-line bird writes that the sound of aviation has been heard since the morning. Aerial reconnaissance confirmed the destruction of several enemy armored vehicles.
14:00 It is reported that Russian forces have advanced about one km near Novomikhailovka.
13:50 Air defense repelled an attempt by the armed formations of the Kyiv regime to shell the Genichesk municipal district of the Kherson region. Two American-made Storm Shadow missiles, aimed at a school and a medical facility, were shot down in the area of the village. Popovka on the way. There were no casualties or damage. This was announced by the head of the region, Vladimir Saldo.
13:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions during a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
In the areas of Chervonaya Dibrova and Yampolovka, units of a motorized rifle brigade, with artillery support, repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The crews of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems of the Russian group defeated six enemy strongholds in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova and Grigorovka. Enemy losses amounted to up to 250 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
12:42 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber aircraft strikes, rocket and cannon artillery fire hit temporary deployment points, strongholds and manpower concentration areas of the 72nd Mechanized and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka and Vladimirovka areas, destroyed a company command post, five temporary deployment points, four control points for unmanned aircraft, and three attempts to strengthen the forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were thwarted.
The group’s artillery, Lancet loitering ammunition and FPV drones destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle in the Makarovka area, an M777 towed howitzer in the Kurakhovo area, and an100mm MT-12 Rapier anti-tank gun in the Ravnopol area. In addition, the enemy lost up to 120 military personnel, two Fury-type unmanned aerial vehicles, two pickup trucks and two armored combat vehicles.
11:57 Explosions in Krivoy Rog. Previously, a missile threat was declared in the region.
11:39 Group of troops “Dnepr”. Kherson direction.
Drone operators destroyed International MaxxPro with the M58 MICLIC remote mine clearance system at the VFU on the right bank of the Dnieper.
11:10 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-S guns support infantry offensive in the Donetsk direction.
Artillerymen of the “Southern” group of forces strike at firing positions, ammunition depots, fortified strongholds and concentrations of enemy personnel. Firing is carried out with 152mm high-explosive fragmentation rounds at a distance of over 30 km.
“We are now working on the front line. The infantry is very grateful to us. In any case, it’s easier to approach a torn out support tower than a fortified one,” shared the artilleryman with the call sign “Ruchey.”
10:54 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire, successfully repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 10th Mountain Assault and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye and Bogdanovka.
Artillery strikes and heavy flamethrower systems defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the Kurdyumovka area.
The enemy lost up to 280 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles in the Donetsk direction, wounded and killed.
During the counter-battery fight, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 152mm D-20 gun were destroyed.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Staromikhailovka, Peski, Spornoye, Maryinka, Lipovoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 13 HIMARS MLRS missiles.
10:20 The assault company of the 98th Airborne Division takes the enemy stronghold north-west of Artyomovsk -video.
10:01 During the day, the Ukrainian military carried out 60 strikes from cannon artillery on populated areas on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
The criminal Kiev regime continues terrorist attacks on settlements located on the left bank of the Kherson region. Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian army launched 40 strikes on them from cannon artillery. As darkness fell, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out another 20 attacks.
Velikaya Lepetikha, Cossack Camps, Golaya Pristan, Aleshki, Korsunka, Novaya Mayachka, Kardashinka, Podstepnoe, and Peschanivka were hit.
The destruction of infrastructure and civilian casualties are being clarified.
09:57 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 16 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 55 units of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 5 attacks, Gorlovsky - 9, Yasinovatsky - 2.
As a result, a man born in 1957 was injured as a result of an explosion on a PFM Lepestok mine in Gorlovka.
09:28 From the Verbovoy area in the Zaporozhye direction, the Front Bird reports: “Our aviation has worked hard with gliding FABs by the neck of the enemy. Numerous explosions were heard and seen in the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
09:10 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction.
In order to restore the lost position, the enemy carried out six counterattacks by assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade, supported by tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, in the area of the village of Sin'kovka. During the shooting battle, the group's motorized rifle formations, supported by army aviation and artillery, repelled all counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy was forced to retreat in the southern and southwestern directions.
In addition, a reconnaissance group of a special purpose brigade using Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed a Leopard-2 tank in the area of the village of Terny.
The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to 160 people, three tanks (two Leopard-2, one T-64), one pickup truck and one unmanned aerial vehicle.
08:14 Front-line report as of the morning of January 17 from military correspondent Yevgeny Lisitsyn:
In the Kherson direction, since the beginning of the cold weather, due to the difficulty of logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces across the Dnieper, the number of enemy personnel in Krynki and on the islands has decreased. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are under constant attack from Russian artillery and drones. As a result of one of the attacks in Kherson, areas where enemy personnel were concentrated were covered.
In the Zaporozhye direction on the Rabotino-Verbovoe line, local counter-fights are taking place. At the same time, under Verbovoy, the Russian military has had significant success in regaining positions.
In the Maryinsky direction, Russian fighters are advancing west of Maryinka in the direction of Georgievka, where the Russian army managed to break through deep into the village. Fierce attacks are carried out on enemy strongholds with the help of artillery and aviation against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the most populated area.
In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops continue offensive operations south of Avdeevka in the Pervomaisky area. Heavy fighting also continues at the Stepovoy and coke plants. Artillery and attack drones from both sides are actively operating in these areas.
In the Artyomovsky direction, our fighters continue to push the enemy out of Bogdanovka, where the main battles are taking place in the southern part of the village. A similar situation has developed in the Khromovo region. South of Artyomovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still holding back attacks by the Russian Armed Forces at Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.
In the Kremen direction, our fighters managed to break through the enemy’s defenses on the Tor ledge and occupy a number of strongholds, improving the tactical position.
There are also successes in the Seversky direction. Russian troops managed to enter the southern outskirts of Spornoye and gain a foothold there.
On the Kupyansky sector of the front, our fighters advanced to the Oskol River, defeating two enemy strongholds.
08:00 Artillery worked along the forest belt, which will soon have to be stormed by motorized rifle units
“Now we are working along the front line, mainly covering the infantry and working on the enemy infantry. The infantry is very grateful. In any case, it’s easier to “enter” a torn out support than a fortified one,” said the crew number of the gun with the call sign “Ruchey.”