Frontline update: 112 clashes reported in past day
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
Ukraine’s General Staff has reported 112 combat clashes across the frontline in the past 24 hours as of 8:00 AM on Wednesday, July 17.
At Kharkiv front, Ukrainian forces were engaged in seven combat clashes near the villages of Hlyboke and Vovchansk.
The Kupyansk area saw nine attacks, with Ukrainian defenders thwarting enemy assaults near Synkivka, Andriivka, Pishchane, Berestove, and Stepova Novoselivka.
At Lyman, nine enemy attacks were repelled near Hrekivka, Makiivka, and Nevske.
The situation remains tense at Siversk where Ukkrainian troops successfully defended against 11 enemy assaults in the areas of Verkhniokamianske, Spirne, Vyiimka, Pereizne, and Pivnichne.
At Kramatorsk, the enemy launched seven attacks near Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, and Opytne.
The Toretsk front saw Ukrainian forces dealing with 11 assaults near Pivnichne, New York, and Toretsk.
Things are escalating at Pokrovsk where 24 enemy assaults were repelled around Prohres, Vozdvyzhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Kalynove, Novoselivka Persha, and Umanske. Novooleksandrivka dealt with the heaviest concentration of attacks where the enemy push is backed by aviation.
At Kurakhove, Ukrainian defenders successfully turned back 23 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Kostyantynivka, and Paraskoviivka.
At Vremiv, six assaults were reported near Vodyane.
Russian forces keep their pressure at Orikhiv and Huliyapole where they tried to push back Ukrainian units near Marfopil, Mala Tokmachka, and Novoandriivka.
At Prydniprovske area one assault was reported near Kozachi Laheri.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the situation remains static, with no signs of new enemy offensive formations. Along the borders of Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy routinely shells the border villages and keeps planting minefields.
After the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine witnessed an unprecedented wave of private support for the army. Citizens, big businesses, charitable foundations, and international philanthropists began financing the country’s defense alongside state assistance provided by international partners. Estimates of total private contributions range from tens to hundreds of billions of hryvnias. However, determining the exact amount remains difficult. In many cases, companies combine military aid, humanitarian programs, tax payments, social spending, and employee support in their reporting.
Rinat Akhmetov’s military initiative, “Steel Front”, has delivered a batch of drones worth UAH 214 million to the 1st “Azov” Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine. This shipment is part of the Metinvest Group’s ongoing support for the unit in 2025.
On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.
Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest Group has completed the construction of an upgraded underground NATO Role 2 hospital in one of the hottest sectors of the frontline. This is the second stabilization point established under the Steel Front initiative in cooperation with the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new facility, funded by Metinvest with an investment of UAH 21 million, is more secure than the first one thanks to its deeper location underground (over 6 meters) and additional fortifications.
Five armored vehicles “Kozak” have received a new mission – thanks to the support of Metinvest, they have been upgraded to full-fledged command and staff vehicles. These upgraded vehicles are now operating on the front line.