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.